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

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under Title IL, of the Code of Civil Proce-
| dure, and to extend the time allowed in
section 400 of said title.
Bill to provide for the holding OF special
terms of the Superior Courts.
Bill to make certain amendments to the
Code of Civil Procedure.
Bill to add another section to be marked
| section 46Oa to chapter Z, title 10, of the
Code of Civil Procedure. ai ~
Bill to regulate proceedings in the
partition and sale OF real and personal
property.
Bill to amend chapter 40 of the Revised
Code. So ft
Bill in relation to special proceedings in
cases of mills
| Bill to define and punish bribery.
And bill concerning guardians and wards.
Mr.. HARRIS of Wake introduced bill
to authorize ]. J. Moore, sheriff of Granville.
to collect arrears of taxes for the year 1868,
which was considered under a suspension
| of the rules i
/ Mr.. WEIGH amended the bill by adding
the name of Hiram Rogers, late tax collec-
tor of Haywood county for the year 1867.
| Accepted.
| Mr.. MOORE of Alamance, the name of W.
]. Murray, late sheriff of the county of Ala
nance, for the years 1S67-'6S. Accepted.
Mr.. WILLIAMSON the name of E A. Cup
ton. late sheriff of Franklin, for the years
1867-68 Accepted.
As amended, the bill passed several read
ings. pt1
Mr.. PAINTER, from the Committee on
Townships, reported favorably on bill con-
cerning townships, with an amendment to
insert after I" Yancev" the words land all
other counties that may be reported and
approved of during the present General
Assembly" Amendment adopted.
Mr.. HoDNETT moved to insert the name
of Caswell county. Agreed to.
Mr.. VEST moved to amend section five
so as to provide that the County Commis
sioners shall designate at what place in each
township the election of township officers
shall take place. Agreed to.
The county of Pitt was stricken out on
motion of Mr.. Latin.
A motion of Mr.. FOSTER to strike cut
Bladen county did not prevail.
Mr.. SEYMOUR offered an amendment to
read as section 4. Agreed to.
AS amended, the bill passed third reading.
A message was read from the Senate an
nouncing the refusal of that body to concur
in the House amendments to the school bill,
and asking a committee OF conference.
Mr.. STIILEY moved that the House do
not recede from its amendments, but concur
in the proposition to raise a committee OF
conference of the two Houses. Carried.
The Chair announced as the House branch
of the committee of conference, Messrs. Els.
tes, Bow man, Jarvis, Hodgin and Leary.
H. TcN tn,
vote by which the bill to charter the Fay
etteville and Albemarle railroad was indeh-
nitely postponed. Lost.
Mr.. iEARY moved to reconsider the vote
by which the bill to charter the Southern
Air Line Railroad failed to pass its second
reading.
Mr.. SEYMOUR moved to lay the motion to
reconsider on the table Carried.
The special order was taken up, viz: the
bill to authorize the construction of rail-
road leading from Plymouth to Whining
ton. I1t Hr ErIr
| Mr.. Sr1LLEY said some $17,00O,O00 had
been voted for railroads, not one of which
was located in the eastern part of the State.
He stated the advantages that the proposed
road would be to the east. and appealed for
! a unanimous vote in favor of its passage.
Ifthe appropriations contained in the bill
were to be submitted to the people, and
! they were to decide against granting the
same he would cheerfully submit; but when
so many railroad dlprojects located in other
parts of the State had been encouraged by
this General Assembly, he conceived that it
would both be unjust and unwise to refuse
to charter the road mentioned in the bill.
e Mr.. SWEAT moved to amend So as to pro-
! Al. L IL H.
the people. -3l a 1u ,5
r Mr.. WEIGH favored the amendment.
Mr.. LAFLIN said in favor of the bill that
! the counties through which the proposed
road would pass paid taxes in 1860 to the
amount OF $316, 1000, and they now only ask
ed an appropriation of 81 100000. The
Western N G. Railroad passed through II
counties, and paid for the same year but
little upwards of $4,000 taxes. We had
appropriated eleven millions to those eleven
counties Two millions had been given to
the N. W. N. Ci Railroad, and the counties
through which it passed only paid in 1860
but $43, 800 taxes. The same amount (two
millions) had been given to the Atlantic,
Tennessee and Ohio Railroad, the counties
through which it passed only paying for
1860 the sum of $33,4S6. Three millions
had been given to the Coalfelds road, the
counties through which it passed only
paying $65,000. -Four millions had
been given to the Charlotte, Wilmington
and Rutherford Road, the counties through
4 which it passed, having paid for 1860 only
q 500, 900 taxes. Upon these facts and figures
he addressed himself to the sense of justice
of members to vote for the bill. sH.
Mr.. SEYMOUR offered substitute for Mr..
Sweat's amendment that the provisions OF
the bill should not take effect until the same
shall have been ratified by majority of the
legal voters of the State. Accepted
Mr. ESTES favored the amendment.
The appropriations asked for would
not carry the road out of New Hanover
county. The proposed route was the
most circuitous and impractcable one tnat
could be conceived of, running over bogs
. marshes, streams &C. A great part of the
road would have to be built on tiles. By
an examination of the map it would be seer
that there was not more than 10 miles diff
ference between the length of the Air Line
route and that from Wilmington to Norfolk
by the usual Railroad communication. HI
: opposed the bill for the reason that the cas-
did not want the road; and father bccaus,
3 the State debt, (now thirty seven millions
2 was more than that of any other State say,
New York. He read extracts from letter.
from the financial agents of the State
q Messrs. Souter & Co. One under date O
2 March 27, said: H.a
y !" From what can gather from North Car
olina papers, is the Legislature attemptin.
to do over the old game and make a new
q batch Of appropriations. What on earth cal