The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1868-07-15
JULY IS. 1868.
Legislature Of NORTH. Carolina.
SENATE.

Legislature OF H0fln-CaT0llnd.
SENATE.
MONDAY, July 6, 1868.
The Senate met at 104 o'clock. President
in the chair.
Prayer by the Rev. MIR. Branson, of this
city. 81. &.
MIR. Galloway introduced the following
resolution, which lies over:
Resolosd, That q committee of thrse
members of the Senate to he Joined by four
members of the. House of Representatives,
he appointed to consider and report ut All
early day on the subject Of the removal of
political disabilities from certain citizens of
North Carolina. g
Mr.. Burns introduced resolution appoint
ing committee to investigate the condi-
tion of the Office of Auditor of Public Ac-
counts. Lies over. oaf,s.
MI. Robi5ins offered a substitute for his mo-
ton OF Saturday last, requiring the COM
mittee on investigation to ask the opinion
of the Judges of the Supreme Court of North
Carolina upon certain questions Lost.
The question recurred on the original mo-
tion as amended by Mr.. Rich.
The yeas and nays were ordered upon mo-
tion OF MIR Robbins, and resulted as follows {:
YEAs.-Messrs. Barnes, Beeman, Love,
Melchor, Mason, Purdie, Robbins, Wynne,
Winstead-9.
NAYS. -Mcssrs. Barrow, Bellamy, Brog-
den. Burns, Blythe. Cook. Davis, Eaves,
Etheridge, Eppes, Fnrkner, Galloway, Hayes,
Harrington, Hall, Hyman, Legg, Lassiter,
Ma arfip1uln Moor, ofH
ofYancey, Rich, Respass, Richardson, Smith,
Shoffner, Sweet, White, Welker, Wilson
81.
+ The motion was lost.
A message was received from the House
of Representatives transmitting Engrossed
Bill, entitled IAN Act TO provide for the
qualification of certain officers, recently elect
ed under the provisions of the Constitution
of the State of North Carolina"
The bill was read the first time.
A message was received from the House
of Representatives, transmitting the report
of the committee on Joint rules, for the
government OF intercourse between the two
Houses.
The rules were adopted.
The resolution of Mr.. Galloway relative
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was taken up and passed.
House bill, No. 1, in relation to the bond
of the Public Treasurer was taken up and
passed, and message was transmitted tG
the House of Representatives informing thai
body of the passage of the same.
The resolutions of Mr.. Robbins, declaring
the Constitutional Amendment of no force
or effect in North Carolina, were taken up
and after being discussed by MIR. Robbins
in favor of the resolutions, and Messrs Blythe
Welker, and Galloway against them, Mr.
Barrow called for the previous question.
The call was sustained.
The yeas and nays were ordered upoI
motion of Mr.. Robins and resulted yeas 8
nays 80.
YEAs.-Messrs Barnes, Beeman, Love
Melchor, Mason, Purtlie, Wilson. "''
NAYs.-Messrs. Barrow, Bellamy, Brog
den, Beaslcy, Burns, Blythe, Cook, Davis
Eaves, Etheridge, Eppes, Forkner, Galloway
Hayes, Harrington, Hall, Hyman. Legg
Lassiter, Long, Martindale Moore, of Cart
eret, Moore, Of Yancy, Rich, Respass, Rich
ardson, Smith, Shoffner, Sweet, White
Wynne, Welker.
The resolutions were rejected.
Mr. Br gden introduced the following
resolution which was adopted:
RsSOlUed, That message be sent to tht
House cf Representatives proposing to prin
fifty copies of the Inaugural address of Gov
w. w. Holden, delivered on the 4th July
as in our opinion it should I've extensively
circulated among the people in every County
of the State
Resoloed, That the remarks delivered by
Judge Edwin G. Readc and Tod r. Cald
well, President of the Senate, be published
with the Inaugural address of the Governor
The resolutions were sent to the House OF
Representatives for concurrence.
Mr.. Robbins was granted leave of absence
on account of the illness Of his family.
On motion of Mr.. Galloway, the Senate
took a recess until four o'clock.
RECESS
The Senate assembled at o'clock.
Mr.. HAYES moved that the rules be sus
pended, and that House bill entitled "ar
Act to provide for the qualifications of off
GERS recently elected under the Constitution
of the State of North Carolina" be taken
up, and put on its second reading.
The motion was lost, and on motion oi
Mr.. Robbins, the bill was referred to the
following committee, appointed by the Pres
ident: Robbins, Sweet. Barrow, Winstead
and Shoffner.
The committee on rules reported, and
after an amendment offered by Mr.. Robbins
striking out the previous question as second
order of business, and making it the last
order of business, the rules were read, adop
ted by sections and then as a whole.
Mr.. Welker introduced resolution provid
ing for the printing of the rules, which
passed.
A message was received from the House
of Representatives transmitting the Senate
Resolution to print the Inaugural Address
of the Governor, and other matter, with
amendment, making the number of copies
ten thousand.
A motion of Mr.. Rich to concur, was lost,
and message was transmitted to the House
of Representatives notifying that body of the
same.
A message was received from the House
of Representatives, transmitting bill en-
titled" "a bill to Amend the Charter of the
Davidson Copper Mining Company" Read
first time.
Amessage was received from the House
transmitting House bill No. 2. "A bill to
provide for the holding of special term of
the Supreme Court of Caswell County,
Read first time.
Several members gave notice of the future
introduction of bills.
On motion of Mr.. Barrow the Senate adj
iourned to 10 O'Clock to morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
EVENING SESSION.
MONDAY, July 6, 1868.
The House was called to order at
O'Clock by the Speaker.
Mr.. Estes, presented petition from ]. T.
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