Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FRIDAY, March IL, 1869.

Mr.. Whitley was allowed to record his
vote in the affirmative upon the resolution
adopting the 18th amendment.
By Mr.. Pou: A bill abolishing the Office
OF State Geologist. Referred
By the same: A bill repeating the law
giving Sheriffs and Constables mileage in
certain cases. Referred.
MIR. Sinclair moved to suspend the rules
and take up his resolution expressing con-
fdence 1r President Chant and requesting
our Representatives ia Congress to vote for
a repeal of the " tenure-of-office act"
After considerable debate the motion to
suspend the rules was put to vote and no
quorum voted.
Mr.. Sinclair renewed his motion and
called for the yeas and nays. The call
being sustained, the House adopted the
motion by vote of yeas So, nays 81.
| Tie Clerk read the resolution, when Mr..
Estes offered the following substitute =
"That our Senators in Congress be re-
quested to vote for the repeal of the law
known as the tenure.of-ofice act
Resolved further, That each of our Sena
tors in Congress be furnished by the Gov
ernor with a copy of the foregoing resolu-
ton. "a. .,'a.- 49,
After a somewhat lengthy debate the
substitute was put to a vote and lost.
Mr.. Durham moved to strike out the
preamble of the original resolution
Upon the adoption of that motion the
yeas and nays were called, and the House
rejected the motion by vote Of yeas 49,.
NAYS AZ. '.-.--.---. .''.-,.
The original motion after being amend m
was then adopted. 80, a-,o,----
SPECIAL ORDER.
The House bill for the protection of me
chanics and other laboYers.
The bill was read, when, on motion of J.
d. Harris, OF Wake. colored, it was laid oD
the table.
Senate bill for the protection Of me.
chan1cs and other laborers was taken mn
and made special order for Monday next.
IL o'clock. I-..... n
On motion, the consideration of the bill
to prevent the distilIation was postponed
until Friday next at IL o'clock.
On motion of Mr.. Seymour, the rules
were suspended, and the bill transferring
cases from the docket of the late criminal
Court OF Eewbern to the Superior Court
was taken up and passed its several read
ings
The special order for this hour was an
nounced, to wit
The bill suspepaing the Code of Civil
Procedure in certain cases, reported by the
Special Committee on Relief as substi-
tute for the bill to regulate proceedings in
certain cases. -. .-.,9
The question required upon Mr.. Ma
lone's substitute FPhe substitute is the
bill as reported by the Committee. with his
proVlso, published yesterday, annexed to
it,
Mr.. Bowman moved to make section IL
section 13, and insert in lieu of section u
the words {" the provisions of this act shall
not apply to proceedings by attachments
Agreed to.
Mr.. Durham moved the following as al
additional section, to be known as section
IA, viz: "That nothing in this act shall
operate to repeal the provisions of the Code
of Civil Procedure, which allows defend
ants to be arrested and held to trial in GER
tain cases." Adopted.
Mr.. Durham moved to amend by striking
out in section all after the word "filed,"
in line 3, down to the word 'the" in line s.
MIR. Durham said he offered the amend
ment IN order to prevent defendants post
ponlng trials governing of actions &c de-
,ecto and &c cOntrdctu since May, 1866, az
we'll as debts hereafter to be contracted
&c. .. .......
Mr.. Moore, of Chowan, said every resi-
AOAO VI LILO OIuGO hoS ClLLblCu ~ 9" AOAaS
stead and personal property exemption,
and the House had recently passed by an
unanimous vote an act TO carry into effect
those benefcent provisions of the Constr
tution, but it had not yet passed the Sen
tie. In the meantime the Justices OF the
Peace and the Courts are going on rem
1ering judgements for thousands and thou,
sands OF dollars and unless they are arrested
Ill or nearly all of the land in the State Will
% sold before the people can bsve and 'ake
heir rights under the homestead law, &C.
The next question is, can we stop, the
of old debts and new ones alone
this discrimination be made He, ioE
me, and he believed every one of the com
nittee was in favor of doing SO, but as the
abolishes all distinctions be-
ween the different forms of action, redu
ing them all to civil action. grave doubts
re entertained whether it is competent