The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-29
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WEDNESDAY, July %, 1868.

W EDNESDai, ouis iOoO.
House was called to order at 10 o'clock,
A. NJ.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. 'Pritchard.
Mr.. Seymour, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported back the following bills, with
the Recommendations annexed:
A bill providing for the attendance of
witnesses in certain cases. A majority of
the committee recommend its passage.
A bill preventing the distillation of corn.
No necessity for its passage.
A bill to- enable sheriffs to sell on the lev
les and advertisements of their predecessors,
with amendments. Recommend its passage
as amended.
Senate bill No &c, "appointing Judges of
the superior courts, clerks of superior courts,
and chairmen of the board of county COM
missioners 10 take privy examination of
tenae couerts in the conveyance of real estate"
Recommend its passage
MIR. Barnett, from the committee on Cor
porations, reported back the bill author
izing the medical colleges of the State to
dissect dead bodies, with amendments.
| Recommend its passage as amended.
Also recommend the passage of the act re-
pealing the act directing the time and
place for selling land in the counties of Hall
| fax, Northampton, Hartford and Martin"
These several bills were placed on the
calendar.
Mr.. Stilley introduced resolution, which,
| (omitting the preamble,) reads as follows ::
ResoIued, That it is the sense of this
House that no resolution or motion of the
! character above mentioned (the petitioning
of Congress for the removal of political disa-
bilities from various persons) shall be enter
tanned at all; that the same proceed to the
discharge of its legitimate duties. save time
on the completion of important measures for
the people, save money by saving time, leav-
ing all political questions of either side to
its own political organization.
Mr.. Stilley said he offered the resolution
for the benefit of the House and of the peo
| ple of the State The discussion incident to
| the introduction of the various motions and
resolutions to petition Congress to remove
disabilities only served to engender bitter
| feelings between the two political parties
| represented on the floor Those two parties
had each its own organization, through
which applications or petitions for the re-
moval of disabilities could be made. For
the sake, therefore, of harmony in the delib-
erations of the House, and as Congress was
the pardoning power, he moved the suspen-
sion OF the rules, for the sake of putting the
resolution on its passage.
| The motion prevailed.
Mr. Durham opposed the adoption of the
resolution, as it would abridge the right of
members to offer petitions and other papers.
Mr. Justice, OF Rutherford, favored the
resolution for the reasons mentioned by MIR.
Stilley. 1t was not the business of the Lee
| gislature to seek the removal of disabilities
from citizens of the State. The two politi-
Cal parties could more effectually perform
that work. The Republicans would move
for their friends, and the Democrats could
move for theirs. He disliked to see the
! wheels of legislation clogged by the numer-
Gus propositions made on the subject in the
House.
Mr.. Seymour suggested that the resolu-
ton be deferred until to morrow, that it
m ght b con dered in connection with tie
special order.
There being no objection, that course was
pursued.
Mr.. Seymour moved to suspend the rules
for the purpose of moving reconsideration
of the vote of yesterday adopting the ma
jority report on the Camden county contested
election.
MIR. Harris, of Wake, opposed the motion
and said the action of tue House only left
! the matter with the committee tor investiga.