The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-03-30
! THE TIL legislature.


W y SENATE. ~ Z. y 80.
~ Il, y, ~ AFTERNOON SESSION. e - y,
n, ~ = !. Z, WEDNESDAY,. March 22S 1870
Senate met at o'clock. f's,si
Mr.. ShofIiier. Senator from Alalianee, IN the
| Chair. - .',ssfef taa lzssgsasi asis5H1ts;las
| = The consideration OF House bill toIprosidc
| for the collection Of taxes, was rcsumcd.. b..
Mr. Beeman moved to strike out section Of
teen, introduced By Mr.. Hayes, and adopted on
M. Graham said that be desired the yeas and
nays upon the motion to strike out, II. tue
! amendment OF the Senator IRON Robson 10 oil
lowed to remain in the bill, and the three hun
dred and seventeen Thousand dollars OF special
taxes now In the stnfc Treasury, arc creditcdto
the several counties of the State. there will be
no tax levied and collected under this bill, II
Senator'S desire another sessluh OF this Legisla-
ture, let them refuse to strike out this section.
| want 10 know who It Is that desires Summer
session of this Legislature. Just as certain as
| we pass this bill with, the amendment oi, the
Senator from Robson retained in The bill the
Governor will call US back.
Mr.. Cook said that he hoped the amendment
| would not be strickcn ont. We have three hun
| dred and seventeen thousand dollars in the State
Treasury which has been ordered to he credit
| ed 10 the several counties; In addition 10 this
| amount, the North Carolina Railroad Company
| has declared divided of six per cent upon
the States interestin that corporation, which
| will place in the State Treasury ninety thou
| sand dollars on the first day OF April, and the
same amount on the first day Of July. This
| will place In the hands of the Treasurer four
i hundred and ninety seven thousand dollars TO
| run the State government. 4 claim that this
| amount is sufficient for all the purposes Of the
| State until the meeting Of the Legislature in
| November next. i - 4ta ~ . f7tt y
Messrs Sweet and Forkner took the same
/ positionas Mr.. Graham. 81 b1fihFs Az 9gl-
The yeas and nays were called, and the Sec
| tion was stricken out by the following vote !,
/ YBAs-Messrs. Barnes, Beall, Beasley, Bee
/ man, Burns, Forkner Graham, Harrington,
| Hawkins, Jones, of Mecklenburg, Jones, Of
| Wake, Lassiter, Long, Love, Mason, Martindalc,
| Mechor, Moore, of Carteret, Murphy, Scott,
Stephens, Sweet, Welker, White and White
/ side-25
NAYs-Messrs. Bellamy, Brogden, Blythe,
1 Cook, Galloway, Hayes, Hyman, Lindsay and
Robbins-9. - ',,,t,,. La "a. 7ai 4,
The bill then passed third reading by The iol
4 lowing vote: e.
Yeas-Messrs Barnes Beall, Beasley. Beeman
Jones Of Meckiensurg, iassiter, Long, Mason
Martindale, Moore, of Carteret, Murphy, Scott
! Sweet, Weiker, White and Whiteside-21.
Nays-Messrs. Bellamy, Brogden, Blythe
Cook, Galloway, Hayes, Hyman. Jones, of Wake
Lindsay, Love, Melchor, Robbins, Shoffner ant
! House bill in relation to public printing wa,
| taken up.
The amendments of the Committee on Print
ing were adopted, and the Hill passed seyera
| readings. url4 -.rsa4. b
The rules were suspended to take up Senate
bill to authorize the State Treasurer to use $3.50
600 OF the special tax money now in the Treas
ury, which passed Its several readings, when thu
private calendar was taken up. stl rs 81 ai
The rules we're suspended and Mr. Jones, o
Mecklenburg, introduced aresolution in favor Q
Messrs. Nichols and German Passed LIST read
ing, and referred to Committee on Printing
Mr.. Sweet introduced resolution in favor o
Messrs Bragg, Phillips and Scott. Referred.
The calendar of private bills was taken up ant
considered to adjournment. ~
Adjourned. ."