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+, extended the time allowed for fishing in the
rivers from the first to the tenth OF May.
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The time having arrived, the Senate ad'
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. %
MONDAY, March 90. 1863.
Messrs. Hoffman, Parker, Sinclair, Moore,
of Cbowan, and Grier obtained leave OF
absence. eas T. J..
Mr., MENDENHALL presented the report of
the Commissioners Of Davidson county.
Referred.
Mr.. HINNANT, from the Committee on En-
rolled Bills, reported the following bills cor
rectiy enrolled; and they were thereupon
signed by the Speaker: Act to empower w.
P. Rhodes and Others to remove distractions
from the Cape Fear River; act to incorpo-
rate Davidson r. r. Co. act to Incorporate
Lockville Manufacturing Company; and
act to incorporate Yellow Mountain Bridge
Company. li
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. MORRIS Bill to abolish the office
of councilmen in the city of New Berne.
Calendar.
Mr. PARKER: Resolution instructing the
Superintendent of Public Works to report
what repairs are necessary to the State Uni
versity, and the appropriations necessary for
the same Adopted.
Mr. MALONE Bill to make valid the is
suance of certain writs of summons since
the adoption of the Code of Civil Proce-
tlure, and bill to amend the law in regard
to obtaining divorces. Judiciary Commit
tee. od .sf
Mr.. MOORE, of Chowan: Resolution con-
cerning the investigation of the affairs of
the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Com
pany. Calendar. -.
Mr.. BOWMAN: Bill supplemental to an
act passed at the present session, ratified
or the goth of January. 1869, amending the
charter of the Western N G. R. r. Co. In
ternal Improvements Committee.
Mr. HoDGIN: Bill concerning jamestown,
Guilford county. Corporations Committee
On motion of Mr. FRENCH, the rules were
suspended, and the bill to incorporate the
Cape Fear Agricultural Association, was
taken up.
Mr. FRENCH offered another substitute,
which was adopted, and the bill passed Sec
ond and third readings.
On motion of Mr.. FRENCH, Senate bill in
relation to townships was printed and made
a special order for Wednesday at II o'clock.
.- CALENDAR.
Bill authorizing the construction of rail
road through the counties of Granville, Per-
son, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes and Surry.
Mr.. WEIGH wanted to vote for railroad
measures in a constitutional manner. He
proposed to amend SO as to submit the ques-
ton to vote of the people, Article 5, sec
tion 5, ofthe constitution prohibited pledg-
ing the credit of the State for new railroads
unless in was ratified by vote of the peo-
pie. a -.
Mr.. BARNETT said eminent lawyers in this
city had assured him that bis bill was con-
stitutional. The gentleman had shown no
unconstitutional feature in the bill. He was
ready to vote for the amendment if it were
made to apply to all the bills nf this session,
but there was no reason why 1t should be
made to apply to this road alone.
Messrs. STILLEY and DOWNING favored
the immediate passage of the bill without
the adoption of the amendment
Mr.. ARGo said the objection raised to this
bill was Its alleged unconstitutionality.
Article 5, section 5, of the Constitution pro-
hibits the State, under certain restrictions,
from giving its credit to two classes of cases.
Those cases are distinct as day and night.
The first is "Until the bonds of the State
shall be at par, the General Assembly shall
have no power to contract any new debt or
pecuniary obligation in behalf of the State,
except to supply casual deficit, or for sup
pressing invasion or insurrection, unless it
shall, in the same bill, levy a special tax to
pay the interest annually" That applied
to a case where the corporation own the pro-
perty itself. The other prohibits the State
lending its credit to any person, association
or corporation. The corporation mentioned
in this bill is mere agency, an ideal corpo-
ration representing the State ITSELF He
could not see how bill of that kind could
be interpreted to be unconstitutional.
MIR. DURHAM argued that this was cor
poration with corporate powers, and the
bill was therefore unconstitutional unless
amended.
On motion of Mr.. BARNETT, the previous
question was ordered.
3 The amendment did not prevail-yeas 80,
nays Al, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Ashworth, Clayton, Durham,
Ferebee, Gibson Gunter, Hawkins, High, Hin
nant, Hodgin, Hoffman, Humphries, Jarvis, JUS
tus of Henderson, Kinney, Long of Chatham,
Mendenhall, Moore Of Alamanee, Painter, Parker,
Smith of Allegheny, Smith of Wayne, Snipcs,
Stanton, Sweat, Vestal, Welch, Whitley and
Williams of SampsOn-29.
NAYs-Messrs. Ames, Argo, Banner, Barnett,
Blair, Carson, Cawthorn, Downing, Ellington,
Farrow, Forkner, French, Galiagan Gi bert,
Graham, Hendricks, Hilliard, Horney, Hudgings,
Ingram, Justice OF Rutherford, Kelly of Davie,
Kelly of Moore, Latin, Long Of Richmond, Ma
lone, Mayo, Moore OF Chowan, Proctor, Rag
land, Renirow, Robbins, Reynolds, Siegrist
simonds, Stevens, Stilley, Sykes, Vest, Wilkie
Wilson-41.- ..-f.
During roll call -..
Mr.. FRENCH said he should vote no. We
were bound to sustain these railroad projects.
Though if he should do as he and the friends
ofthe Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Railroad were done by, he should vote to lay
on the table.
Mr.. MOORE of Chowan, said if all of the
railroad projects started at his session had
been submitted to the people, he should vote
aye; but he thought it would be unjust to
submit portion and not ALL -
The bill passed third reading-yeas 46,
nays 26, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Ames, Argo. Ashworth, Ban
ner, Barnett Blair. Carson, Cawthorn, Davis,
Downing, Ellington, Farrow, Forkner, Gahagan,
Gilbert, Graham, Gunter, Hayes, Hendricks, Hill
lizard, Hodnett, Horney, Hudgings, Ingram, JUS
tice of Ruthford, Kelly, Of Davie, Kelly of
Moore, Kinney, Latin, Long of Richmond, Ma
lonc, ulayO MoOIc VI SnoWaH, ITocCoT, hdglanu,
Renfrow, Robbins, Reynolds, Simonds, Stevens,
stilley, Sykes, Vest, White, Wilkieand Wilson
10 10 -4.- -;a
NAYs-Messrs. Clayton, Durham, Ferebee.
French Gibson, Harris of Franklin, Hawkins,
Hicks, High, HinDant, Hodgin, Hoffman, Hum
phries, Jarvis, Justus of Henderson, Leary, Long
Of Chatham, Mendenhal, Moore, Of Alamance,
Parker, Smith of Allegheny, Smith of Wayne,
Stanton, Sweat WEIGH and Whitley-26. ~
a8 Bill to prohibit the distillation of grain
came up BY assignment. .
Mr.. MALONE thought the bill an absurdi-
ty, and moved to lay it on the table.
The motion prevailed-yeas Al, nays 81.