Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12
SENATE.
PIFTTErH DAY.
FEBhUARY 9th, 1915.

FEBKUARY 9th, 1873.
Mr- Cdntwel, "a petition 20 furnish
steel ensravings Of the State Capital
and other State buildings for the use
OF the work proposed to be published
| III connecCon with the Philadelphia
Centennial. Referred.
Mr. Love, a memorial from the In
ternationai Agency OF birmingham,
England, to the Board of ImsDigra-
! ton OF this State. Referred.
. Mr., Love, a bill to prevent tie car
! ryIng Of side arms. Referred
! Nr. Taylor, a bill to prohibit the
sale ef liquor i'll townships wEere q
majority Of the voters may so deter =
mine. Referred.
Mr. Busbee, a bill to incorporate
Orion Ledge / Q. Q. z Of Winning
; ton. Peferred. A-1 *
Bill to change the sale days-mak- =
ing It the first Monday in each mouth.
Passed its several readings.
Bill 70 Incorporate the town of Shell
by. Passed its several readings.
Bill to a:ne nd chapter II, section ),
of Battles Revisal Refers TO Build
ing & sociatious. Passed its several
readings
Bill tc amend the charter of the
town OF Shoe Heel. =
Bill passed its several readings.
The substitute Cf1-Et3 by the Joint
Committee on the Puf2!jc - =bt came u,o
as the special order. It provlaes for
the IuuaIng OF the debt III the State
into new bonds, which would make
the debt some five AID q half million
dollars.
The question of adopting the sub
stitute was discussed by Messrs.- War,
ing, Cas well, Latham, Stamford and
Ereuch
The substitutes does rot provide for
the bonds known as the Special Tax
bonds, and AIr. French desired to
know # the Committee had satisfied
itself tha5 there was no danger Of She
Federal Courts compelling some day
the payment of these bonds by the
State
Mr.. WaTiog said the Committee
could hot advise Itself il + gard tu
this matter, and could not therefor,
und drrtake to ADVISE the Senate.
On molten. ;i4e further CONSIDERS
ton Of the question was postponed
llDti' l2 o'clock tomorrow
The protest of certain Senator'S
against tie. pass sege-of the usufy bal
(pubiishrd by us yesterday m0IniD9l
was OF AOuday ordered to be sprea.i
upon the min1ites. The following
members, IN addition TO those publish
I'd. have signed the protest. Messrs.
La lam, SCandfprd and p gram. .lf
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
By Mr. Pmrlx, pe tition from clti-
2enS 81 New Hanover county, Grant
township, asking that no law be passed
incorporating sad township il a new
coualy. Also u slullar paiItIon from 1
cl:iz. s of Holly township III said /
comfy.
4 ccmennnication was received FRI III !
citizens of Cumberland county pray
ing that the General Assembly. VIII
not pass the Usltry law.
The bin in relation to the purchase
of the Western North Carolina RaiI-
road was taken up and discussed at
length, Messrs. Tate,
Pinnix, Staples, Moripg aud Reid
taking an active part in the same
The bill having failed to pass its
second reading, q report of the discus 1
sion viii not be Of general interest to
our readers. .... .... ....-.-.
House bill, being a substitute for !
several bills in regard to usury, was /!
taken. up. as the special order for IL /
0 clock. The bill is entitled IN act to !
the rate of interest aud to |
prevent usury., t
The provisions of the bill are the |
same identiealiy as that recently dis /
russed at. SO much length in the
Senate, therefore the reporter consid-
ers it unnecessary TO give the pIovl- /
sions of the BILL p s@ |
: Pending discussion on the subject, (
AIr. Robinson stated that as the SEN +
ate bill was identically the same as the /