The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-08-05

| By Mr.. Barrow: bill in relation to county
| Treasures. Read first time.
By Mr.. Shoifner A bill to amend an ordi
nance the Convention, ratified March IA, 1868
| Read first time.
| By Mr.. Osborne. A bill concerning the refund,
| ing of bonds. Read first time and referred to the
| Judiciary Committee
By Mr.. Lasster: bill to charter the Union
| Emigrant and Transportation Company. Read
| first time and referred to Committee on Corpo-
| ratons.
The following notices were given:
| By Mr. Rich a bill for the relief of Churchill
| Perkins, Henry Mordccai and David Hinton.
| The code of civil procedure was taken up and
| passed IFS End reading.
Mr.. Winstead moved suspension of the rules
| to place the bill ON its 3rd reading. The motion
was not sustained.
Mr. ShoiIner moved to make the bill special
order for Thursday next at ii o'clock.
Mr. Love amended by making it special or
der for to- morrow at IL o'clock. Carried.
An act concerning the government OF counties.
The following messages were received from
the House of Representatives:
message concurring in n resolution TO print
1000 copies of acts in relation to County officers
message refusing to concur in the Senate
amendment to resolution regarding per diem and
mileage, asking committee of difference on
the subject. The Senate concured.
The President announced Messrs. Osborne,
Cook, and Blythe as that committee.
message transmitting bill authorizing the
Air Line Railroad Company, in South Carolina,
TO construct and operate its road within the
State. Amended by striking out cor near" in
the eleventh line, asking a concurrence of tue
Senate. The Senate concurred, and notified the
House of the same.
| Leave of absence was granted to Messrs LASH
! ter, Lyman and Respass, until Monday next, and
to Messrs. Robbins and shoffner for tomorrow
and Monday.
| The following resolution, introduced by Mr..
| Barrow was adopted.
Rlsolned That the Committee on Public Char
| tiers be instructed TO enquire whether any egis-
lation is necessary to continue in force the laws
for the support OF the poor; and to report bill
| or otherwise.
Bills with titles as follows were taken up, read
| and disposed of as follows:
| A bill to amend an ordinance to aid the Will
| liamston and Tarboro Railroad
| MI. Sweet said he was Railroad man. He
| believed in promoting internal improvement and
would support any measure for that purpose,
J which in his Judgment is reasonable and practi-
cal. He could not, however, vote for the bill
| before the Senate. As a member OF the Conven-
| ton he voted for the ordinance Which this bill
proposes to amend
| That ordinance authorizes an issue of State
| bonds to the company to the amount OF one hum
| dred and fifty thousand dollars, whenever the
| road is graded, and requires the company in eX-
change Tor such bonds to execute and transfer to
this State its bonds to the same amount, secured
by mortgage upon the property of the company.
The Convention generously authorized the
loan upon the companys own terms, and the
company ought not to ask or expect the State to
do more The proposition is to make the loan
in sums of twenty five thousand dollars, as each
section OF five miles is graded, the State to take
the bonds OF the company for like amount,
secured by mortgage upon such section.
The value OF railroad depends upon its con-
tinuity. II this bill becomes law. terthe first
| section is graded the Stale je ,pardizes twenty
five thousand dollars Of its bonds, or some null
tiple of that number, until the completion of the
road for if default occurs on the part of the
company, this incomplete and fragmentary road
would be very inadequate secur ty to the State.
The section or sections to which the line of the
State might attack and be confined, would pos
sess relatively, much less then than as sections
such mortgage
He Thought the company ought to be satisfied
with the generous legislation in its behalf by the
Convention
A bill in relation to legal process. Passed.
resolution iflstructing the Judiciary commit
tee to report on bill providing thar administra-
TORS executors, &c. shall pay all claims pro rata
except in special cases.
On motion of Mr.. Osborne, the Senate ad-
iourned.
NOTE BY THE REPoRTER.-In our report yes
terday, Mr.. Moore was reported as voting against
the bill making bank bills set-off. He voted
for the bill