The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-14
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

MONDAf, dpfii y, lOOo.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. SHAVER, of the House.
Mr. BARNETT, from Committee on Cor
porations, reported favorably on bills to
charter the Bank of Greensboro, the Bank
of Cumberland. and the Merchants Bank of
Wilmington The bills were placed on the
calendar
Mr.. GILBERT presented petition from
the citizens of Mcdowell county, which was
referred to the Committee on Internal In
provements
Mr.. JARVIS called up the bill to charter
the Merchants Bank of Wilmington, which
passed its several readings.
Mr. BARNETT called up the bill to charter
the Bank of Cumberland, which passed sew
eral readings, yeas so, nays %.
Also bill to charter the Bank of Green's
boro, which passed several readings, yeas
81. nays %.
Mr.. SYKES introduced bill to incorpo-
rate the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Rail-
road Company. Referred to committee on
Internal Improvements.
Mr. HINNANT reported the following bills
as correctly enrolled, which were signed by
the Speaker:
Act supplemental to act to amend the
charter of the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad.
Act to incorporate the Plaster Banks and
Salt Works Railroad Company.
A message was read from the Senate. an
nouncing the passage Of number of bills,
which were appropriately disposed Of
The special order was taken up, which
was motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill to incorporate the Railroad
running from Plymouth to Wilmington
failed to pass its second reading.
Messrs, Latin, Malone, Barnett and JUS
tice of Rutherford, made remarks in favor of
the motion to reconsider, when the same pre-
vailed ,-l
MIR. WILKIE offered an amendment to in
sert after the word Jones'" the words
running within four miles of Trenton,
thence the direct line to Wilmington"
Agreed to.
The bill, as amended, passed second read
ing by the following vote:
YEAsMessrs. Armstrong, Banner, Barnett,
Bowman, Carson, Carey, Cawthorn, Cherry,
Crawford, Davis, Dixon, Downing, Ellington,
Farrow, Forkner, Foster, Gahagan, Gilbert, Gra-
ham, Gunter, Harris of Wake, Hayes, Hilliard,
Rodgin, Hudgings, Justus ofHenderson, Justice
of Rutherford, Kinney. Latin, Malone, Mayo,
Renfrow, Robbins, Reynolds, Sinclair, Smith of
Martin, Stilley, Sykes, Thompson, Vest, Waldrop,
| White, Wilkie, Williamson, Wilson and Wiswall
so.
NAYs-Messrs. Ashworth, Blair. Boddie, Ellis,
Estes, Gibson, Hawkins, Hinnant, Hodnett,
Hoffman, Kelly OF Moore. Leary, Long of Chat
ham, Mendenhall, Moore of Alamance, Nicholson,
| Piiinter, Robinson, Seymour. Siegrist, Smith Of
| Allegheny, Smith of Wayne, Vestal, Williams of
Harnett, and Williams OF Sampson-25.
The special order was taken up, viz: the
| bill authorizing the construction OF a railroad
| from Edenton to Suffolk.
The bill passed its second reading by the
follow vote:
| YEAs-Messrs. Armstrong, Barnett, Bowman,
Carey, Cawthorn, Cherry, Davis, Dixon, Down
ing, Ellington, Farrow, Forkner, Foster, Gaha-
ings, Justus of Henderson, Justice OF Rnther-
ford, Kinney, Latin, Malone, Mcmillan, Moore
of Chowan, Morrill,, Morris, Price, REYNOLDS,
Sinclair, smonds, Snipes, ,stillsy, Sykes, ,Thomp-
/ son, Vest, Waldrop, White, Wilkie, Williamson,
Wilson and Wiswall-43. s
Il, NAYs-Messrs. Ashworth, Blair, Boddie, Car
son, Ellis, Gibson, Hawkins, Hicks, Hodnett,
Kelly of Davie, Kelly of Moore, Leary, Long OF
Chatham, Long oil Richmond, MeDdenhall, Mich
olson, Painter Robinson, Shaver, Siegrist,
Smith, of Allegheny, Smith, of Wayne, Sweat,
| Vestal, and Williams OF Sampson-25. f
Bill to authorize the construction of rail-
road through the counties of Nash or Will
son, Johnston, Harnett, Cumberland and
/ Robson, (heing substitute for bill to amend
the charter of the Western Railroad Compa.
ny and to build branch of said road to
the town of Selma, in Johnston county
was taken up.
Messrs. Sinclair, Foster and Latin favored
the bill on its second reading, and Messrs
Bowman, Argo and Leary opposed it.
The bill tailed to pass its second reading
as follows:
YEAs-5Messrs. Armstrong, Barnett, Carey
Cherry, Crawford, Davis, Dixon, Forkner, Foste
Gilbert, Gunter, Harris of Wake, Hayes, Hilliard
Hudgings, Justus of Henderson, Justice of r.
Kinney, Malone, Mayo, Mcmillan, Moore, o
Chowan, Morris. Price, Proctor Renfrow, Rob
bins, Sinclair, Stilley, Sykes, Thompson, Vest
White, Wilkie,5 Williams OF Harnett, Williams o
4 Sampson, Williamson, Wilson and Wiswall-39
NAYs.-Messrs. Allison, Argo, Ashworth, Ban
ner, Barnes, Blair, Boddie, Carson, Cawthorn
4 Ellis, Farrow, Gahagan, Gibson Hawkins, Hen
bricks, Hodgin, Hodnett, Hoffman, Horney
Humphries, Jarvis, Kelly Of Davie, Kelly
Moore, Latin, Leary, Long of Chatham, Lon
of Richmond, Matheson, Mendenhail, Moore Q
Alamance, Nicholson, Painter, Parker, Robinson
Seymour, Shaver, Siegrist, Smith of Allegheny
Smith, Of Wayne, Sweat Yestal, Mslarop an