Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-02-26
From the Raleigh Sentinel.
LEGIsI,ATURE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
lCONCLUDED.


CONCLUDED.
Mr.. Wynne, by leave, introduced reso
luton directing the Secretary Of State to
notify the Senate what number of registra
ton books he ordered, how many he dis
posed of and to whom, and the amount OF
money he drew to meet the expense, for
distribution, and by what authority.
After considerable debate, Mr. Wynne,
by leave, Withdrew his resolution and Of
fered another, instructing the committee
appointed to investigate the affairs of the
Treasurer's office to investigate, also, the
affairs Of the Secretary of States Office.
After discussion, on motion of Mr..
Moore, of Carteret, the whole matter was
laid on the table.
CALENDAR.
Bill authorizing the Board of Education
to sell stock in the Wilmington and Man
chester and the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroads came up, was discussed at
length, amended, and passed its several
readings under a suspension of the rules.
On motion, the Senate adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
NIGHT SESSION.
MONDAY, February Is, 1869.
Mr.. Sinclair moved to reconsider the
vote the bill in relation to the weighing
of rosin in the city of Wilmington. Car
ried.
After considerable debate between Mr..
Mcmillan who opposed the bill, and Messrs.
Sinclair, French and Eestes, who favored
it, the bill passed its third reading.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The bill entitled an act to raise revenue.
I -
sec l chap. "That all the taxes for
State and county purposes imposed upon
the real and personal property of the State
shall in no case exceed two thirds of l per
cent"
Mr.. Jarvis sid he did not intend to make
any extended remarks upon this matter as
this proviso was nothing more than carry
ing out the plain provisions of the Consti-
tuition. He thought this was the proper
place for this Assembly to state explicitly,
now they were levying taxes, whether or
not they intended to confne themselves to
the constitutional limitations.
Messrs. Estes, Vest and others opposed
it on the ground that the bill was no place
for it as il was a matter for the Supreme
Court to decide as to this limitation.s
Mr.. Mendenhall said he hoped the gen.
tlemen would stick up to their promises to
the people last Spring. All Republican
speakers in that campaign declared that
this was the limitation and that taxation
could not go beyond it. Upon the adop-
ton of the amendment, the yeas and nays
being called resulted in the following bal
lot:
YEAs-Messrs. Armstrong Ashworth, Banner,
Barnes, Blair, Boddie, Clayton. of Iransylvania,
Durham Ferebee, G bson, Green, Gunter, Haw-
kins. High, Hinnant, Humphrie Ingram, Jarvis,
Kelly, of Davie, Kelly Of Moore, Kinney, Leary,
Long of Chatham, Long of Richmond, Malone.
Mcmillan, Mendenha!l, Moors, Nicholson, Parker,
Pou, Protfit, Robinson, Shaver, siegrist, Smith
OF Allegheny, Stanton, Thompson, Nestal, Welch,
Whitley, Williams, of Harnett and Williams of
Sampson.
NAYs.-Messrs. Argo, Barnett, Carson, Carey,
Franklin, French, Gahagan, Calling, Graham,
Hayes, Hendricks, Hilliard, Hodgin, Horney,
Hudgings. Latin, Mayo, McCanless. Morrill, Nor
ris, Pearson. Price, Robbins, Reynolds, Sinclair,
Simonds. Snipas, Stevens, Stilley, Vest, Waldrop,
White, Wilson and Wiswan.
Mr.. Estes changed his vote to the affir-
native
Mr.. Durham moved to reconsider the
vote.
Mr.. Estes succeeded in getting the floor.
and moved to adjourn, which was carried
by vote of yeas 40, nays 81.
SENATE.
TUESDAY, Feb. IL, 1869.
Mr.. Lassiter presented communication
from Richard Holloman, of Granville, set
ting forth the suffering condition of the
people of said county, relative to their in
debtedness, &C., urging the General AS
sembly to take some action to remedy the
same.
On motion of Mr.. Osborne it was laid on
the table.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Graham, from the committee on the
Judiciary, reported favorably on the fol-
lowing bills, viz ::
Bill to declare persons of color compe-
tent to testify in all cases.
Bill to define and punish bribery.
! Here Mr.. Lassiter arose and announced
the death of Mr.. Rich, Senator from Pitt
county.
| The usual resolutions of coincidence were