The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-11-25

ordered to be re-puDnsned Ior Inc use oi tho
House.
A message from the Senate announced
that the Senate had appointed Messrs.
Moore Of Cafteret, Jones and Robbins
committee on its part to wait upon His Ex-
celcncy the Governor, and requested that
committee of five be appointed on the part
of the House. r.
TIE resolution was agreed to, and the
Chair appointed Messrs. Bowman and Sim
clair as the additional members of the com.
mittec. lL
Aftcra pause Mr.. Argo, as chairman OF
the committee reported that the commit tee
had waited upon His Excellency the Gov
ernor. and had been informed by him that at.
half past 12P. NJ, he would send in his an
nual message.
Mr.. JUSTICE, of Rutherford, introduced
resolution providing for the payment to
Sheriffs of ten cents per mile for the distance
necessarily travelled by them in delivering
the returns of the late election; the resolu-
ton to take effect Immediately after its pas
sage. sU
Mr. Bowman moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the resolution put upon its pas
sage Agreed to. ag4
Mr.. SEYMOUR suggested that it should be
a Joint resolution in order to have the de-
] sired effect. i
(; Mr.. JUSTICE, of Rutherford, accepted an
amendment making it a joint resolution.
| Mr.. HARRIS. of Wake, asked an explana-
ton, whether siieriffs had incurred expenses.
He desired to act intelligently.
| Mr.. BOWMAN, said that, as the law now
islands, there is a contingency unprovlded
| for. The Public Treasurer does not feel au-
thorized to pay the sherifs for making re-
turns for the late election. The old revised
| code provided that the sheriffs should meet
and compare the votes in the eight districts.
! An ordinance of 1868 provided that the
! State should be laid off into seven districts
and provided that the elections should be
conducted and the returns made in all re-
spects as heretofore provided by law. The
act passed at the last session providing for
the election of electors for President and
Vice President provided for the election on
Tuesday, and the Revised Code would have
required the sheriffs to make the returns on
the day following, which would have been
an Impossibilty. The sheriff of his county
and the sheriffs of neighboring counties went
up to Asheville eight days after the
election. Finding no laws authorizing them
to count the votes they came to Raleigh
many of them. The sheriff of Mitchell
county is here now.
Mr.. BOWMAN hoped the gentleman from
Wake was satisfied and would make no OBJ
lection.
The resolution passed second reading.
Mr. SEYMOUR moved to amend by insert
ing the words actually and" before neces
sarily, SO as to make it read ten cents per
mile for the distance actually and necessarily
travelled.
Mr. HARRIS of Wake. asked that the reso-
luton be laid over until tomorrow.
Mr.. BOWMAN said the sheriff of his county
was now waiting.
Mr.. HARRIS of Wake, thought sheriffs
should be paid actual expenses, but did not
think it should be left open so that sherifis
could receive money when they had not
rendered any services or incurred any expen-
ses. He asked how much the sheriff of
Mitchell claimed.
Mr.. BOWMAN said it was ten cents mile
for $50 miles,
Mr.. HARRIS of Wake offered to amend by
combining it to the sheriff of Mitchell county.
Mr.. Bowman accepted the amendment.
: The SPEAKER said the resolution was in
the possession of the House, and could not
be so amended if there was objection.
| Mr.. SEYMOUR objected.
Mr.. HARRIS of Wake, asked to hear the
objection. ,..i,...
Mr.. SEYMOUR replied that the suspension
of the rules did not suspend the Constitu-
| ton. -t.-
The SPEAKER decided the objection to be
correct
Mr.. BOWMAN had not expected the resolu-
ton would be objected to- Every member
knew that the laws of North Carolina had
always allowed ten cents per mile for making
returns, and many sheriffs sent up their re-
turns by mail and then received mileage, and
received their pay for holding the election
in that way. Now there is no provision for
paying them The sheriff of Mitchell had
travelled $40 miles upon his own expense.
Judge Henry, of the 18th District, advised
him that lie was bound to deliver the returns
TO tile Secretary of State.
Mr.. ARGore read section five of the act passed
at the last session to provide for the election
of electors of President and Vice-President,
as follows:
1.-THE Register of Deeds shall envelop and
seal up the abstract, and endorse and direct
it as provided in other cases. and before ten
o'clock, A. NJ, of the fifth day after the cleo
ton, shall deliver the same to the sheriff of
his county, whose duty it is to deliver the
abstract to the Secretary of State within ten
days including the day lie receives its
This makes it plainly the duty of the
sheriff to deliver it, and therefore he is requir-
ed to come here. The only question is as to
how much mileage he shall receive. He
thought there was law now emitting the
sheriff to receive the same mileage and per
diem as members of Congress, for delivering
their elections returns. ta .
Mr.. BowMAN said it had been ten cents
per mile
Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake, thought the law
did not require him to come in person.
Mr.. ARGo said it required delioery,
while in other places in the same act it re-
quired the Governor to transmit.
Mr.. HARRIS, of Wake, said some Sherifs
had sent their returns by mail and by gen.
tlemen representing their counties, and he
did not see why those Sheriffs should re-
ceive mileage.
Mr.. SEYMOUR said his amendment inser-
ted the words actually and" before the
word necessarily" SO that the Sheriff who
has performed no service receives no mileage.
The amendment was adopted.
The resolution, as amended, was passed
its third reading, and ordered to be enrolled
and sent to the Senate.
The annual message of His Excellency the
{ Governor was received and read at length
On motion of MIR. ARGo the message and
1 accompanying documents were transmitted
to the Senate, and twenty copies of each
| were ordered to be printed tor the use OIL
each member.