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the Committee to consider the bill.
Mr.. Welch: Have you attended a meet
ing of the Com mittee, either last session
| Or this, when there was quorum present
Mr.. Moore: No sir, but that is no reason
why it is not just ami proper that d maiori
ty Of the Committee should consider this
bill.
Mr.. Moore continued by saying that he
would never consent to the 1st and Cd Sec
tons of the bill. He was willing to vote
for the Sd section of the bill if it be so
guarded as to apply to private Individuals
He considered the provisions Of the 1st
and I'd Sections as surrendering the privi-
leges Of the House and the Cd section if
construed III its broadest latitude as at
tacking the privileges of the coordinate
branches of the Government.
Pending any definite action, the House,
on motion of Mr.. Downing, adjourned.
NoTE.-The following is synopsis of
the bill which elected the discussion:
Sec. l. That any Committee Of investi-
cation, either by joint resolution or reso-
luton of either House of this General AS
sembly shall have power to send for per-
sons and papers, and to enforce their at
tendance by attachment or otherwise un-
der such rules and resolutions as they may
adopt.
Sec, 2. That any person failing to at
tend on summons shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and on conviction fined not less
than $500.
Sec. 3. Gives the Chairman power to ad-
minister oaths.
Sec. 4. Makes false swearing perjury,
subject to imprisonment in the Peniten-
tiary.
SENATE.
THURSDAY. Dec. 2, 1869.
On motion Of Mr.. Winstead, the Sena-
tor from the 4th District, (Mr. Barrow,)
was allowed to withdraw his resignation.
CALENDAR.
Resolution proposing to print for the
use Of each Senator 20 copies of the ad-
dress delivered by Professor Kerr, before
the North Carolina Agricultural Society,
was rejected.
Bill to repeal certain Railroad acts, was
postponed to Tuesday next at IL o'clock,
for consideration.
RESOLUTIONS TRANSMITTED FROM THE HOUSE.
Resolution to provide for the Insane.
This resolution instructs the Board Of
Public Charity to make inquiry and ascer-
tain if three brick buildings can be OBJ
tanned that will accommodate each 100 pa
tients, said buildings to be situated one in
the Eastern, one in the Central, and the
other IN the Western part CT the State,
upon what terms said property can be pro-
cured, and to report by the Sd OF January,
OF as soon thereafter as possible The
resolution lies over.
Resolution concerning the taxes asses
sed Oh the Wilmington and Weldon Rail
road and the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad.
(The resolution proposes to suspend the
collection of said taxes until its constitu-
tionality can be ascertained.)
On motion of Mr.. Robbins the rules
were suspended in order to consider the
resolution, its merits were discussed at
some length.
Mr.. Robbins offered the following amend
ment Prouided, That it shall be the duty
Of the Treasurer to notify oil Sheriffs in
terested, Immediately upon the decision of
the first test case, and if the decision be in
favor of the validity of said taxes, it shall
be the duty of all of the said Sheriffs to
proceed at once to collect said taxes, and
they shall settle with the Treasurer for the
same within thirty days after the rendition
OF the aforesaid decision in the first test
case. PrOUided further, That these reso
lutions shall not apply to any county until
the authorities of said Railroads shall OBJ
ligate themselves to the Sheriffs thereof,
to abide by the decision rendered in the
aforesaid test case, and institute no
other suit to restrain the collection Of said
taxes.
Mr.. Bellamy moved to lay the whole sub
iect on the table.
Mr.. Graham moved the previous ques-
ton, and the motion prevailed.
The amendment was adopted.
The resolution as amended passed by
the following vote:
AYEs-Mess-s. Barnes, Beall, Boasley, Brog
den, Cherry, Galloway, col, Graham, Jones, OF
Mecklenburg, Lassiter. Legg, Lindsay, Melchor,
Murphy, Rcspass, Robbins, Scott, Schofner,
White and Wilson-10.
NAYs-Messrs. Beeman, Bellamy, Barns, Blythe,
Colgrove, Cook, Etheridge, Eppes, colored
Forkner, Harrington, Jones, of Columbus, Long,
Love, Mason. Martlndae, Moore, of Carteret,
Richardson and Stevens-18.
Bill authorizing the Petersburg Railroad
Company to run a new road into Weldon
from some point near Garysburg, on mo-
tion of Mr.. Respass the rules were sus
pended and the bill passed It's several
readings.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 1869.