The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-07
SENATE.
TUESDAY, March 80, 1853


porate the Mclean Hook and Ladder Com
pany of Fayetteville. Referred to Commit
tee on Corporations.
Bill to establish the line between the
counties of Alamance and Chatham, came
up for third reading.
Mr.. BURNS said the people OF Chatham
| did not wish to sustain the expense which
| the bill would OCCASION, eifs.5s II
MIR. SHoFFNER argued in favor of the bill,
| and asked if the Senator from Chatham
would vote for the bill if Alamance would
pay all the expenses attendant upon the
| survey.
After considerable debate the bill was
| amended so as to put the expense OF the sur
vey upon the county of Alamance, provided
| that the county commissioners OF chatham
were unwilling to pay its share and the bill
as amended passed third reading.
Bill to lay off and establish homesteads
and personal property exemptions passed
third reading
Mr.. HYMAN offered a resolution providing
that bills and resolutions requiring three
several readings, be given first and second
readings at the time of introduction. Laid
over.
Bill defining the salaries of the Governor
and Treasurer.
Mr.. OSBORNE said the bill gave the Governor
four thousand dollars year, salary. and one
thousand year for house rent, which was
practically five Thousand dollars per annuna.
He moved to amend by giving four thou
| sand year. taa .- :,
MIR. MOORE, of Yancey, moved to strike
| out the words 'and Tor house rent one thou
| sand dollars a year." gIs.4 .-tl4r
Mr.. OSBORNE accepted the amendment.
Mr.. MARTINDALE thought $4,000 year
| little enough for the Governor OF the State.
| His services were surely worth as much as
those of any member of Congress. he
| hoped the amendment would not prevail.
Mr.. JONES, of Wake, said it would be
recollected that the Governor had refused
| TO allow the Executive Mansion to be fur
nisbed at cost of $4,000 10y which he had
saved much money to the State. 1t was
nothing but fair to allow him for house rent.
He hoped the motion to strike out would
not prevail. ......-. -...-. ....,,
Mr.. ROBBINS said 5000 was too much.
The Republican party claimed to reduce
expenses They had not done so, and many
people were leaving the State. The State
was ponr and impoverished.
from Rowan who made the State poor
What party did it? He remembered when
North Carolina was proud and wealthy
State. but the Senator from Rowan and his
friends had brought about this great change.
Ii the Democratic party ever got control of
the State, it would show no mercy TO the
people or to Republicans. Last year North
Carolina raised and sold over $SS, ,000 900 of
produce. She was not pauper. If she
was, secession had made her so. He was in
favor of paying every man in office liberal
salary.
Mr.. REsPAss was glad to see the Senator
from Rowan so anxious for rctrenciment. 1t
was well known fact that North Carolina
had never had Governor who cost her less
than $25, 900 for four years. The Republican
party was for retrenchment. We,believed that
by fixing the Governors salary at $4,000
per year, we could save five or six thousand
dollars to the State.
Mr. WELKER offered substitute fixing
the salary of the Governor at $4,000 per
anura, and that of the Treasurer $4,000
Mr.. LINDSAY moved to amend by making
| the salary of the Governor 81 900. Lost.
The substitute was adopted.
The bill as amended passed its third
reading.
Bill to require the Board of Education to
| invest funds, or conversions into money, in
bonds of the State or of the United States,
passed third reading
Mr.. LINDSAY moved to reconsider the vote
whereby the bill to exchange certain bonds
issued during the war for internal improve
ment purposes was laid on the table.
The motion prevailed.
Mr. REsPAss moved that the bill be made
special order for Monday next.
Mr.. MOORE, of Yancey, moved to post
pone the bill until the 16 of November next
Considerable discussion ensued.
The motion to postpone until November
was lost.
The motion to make the bill a special or
der for Monday next prevailed.
Bill to authorize the Public Treasurer to
supply the temporary deficiency in the
Treasury.
The motion prevailed.
Mr.. MARTINDALE moved to amend nv
substituting 6 for ,S-thus providing that
the Treasurer shall not pay over six per
cent for borrowed money.
A long debate ensued, which was brought
to close, as
Mr.. MOORE, of Carteret, moved the pre-
vious question. Sustained.
Mr.. Martindale's amendment was adopted.
| The substitute as amended was adopted
The bill passed third reading.
Bill to amend certain sections of the Code
of Civil Procedure, and to repeal certain
sections the Revised Code, passed its third
reading.
Adjourned. ....