Wilmington journal., 1875-02-26
Condensed from the Raleigh News
NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
FIFTY SEVENTH DAY.
FF.tRUARY, 18th. 1875.


FFuRUARY, 18th, 1875.
Mr.. Albright, IL resolution to ad
iourn sine die on the 1st of March
Lies over
Mr.. LeGrand, a-resolution that the
Joint Comrnlttee on. Constitutional Re-
form report i1nmt Aiately bill tt
amend by Legislative enactment the
State Constitution. i-ies over.
! CHARTER OF NE.gBERN.
Mr.. Bells bill to amend the charter
of Newbern, placing it on property
basis, came up as unfinished busines =,
The bill passed its second reading
by vote of 2S to 9.
Mr. Parish explained his reasons
| for voting in the affirmative that bs
| did not believe any parties who FAD
acted, as was alleged had been done
! by The Commissioners Of NeWbern IN
! burning their vouchers TO prevent i'll
| vestigation, deserved to hold office
| They reminded him of wharf rats,
which. when chased, fled INTO their
holes and pulled their hol S in after
| them.
The bill passed It's thi.d reading by
vote of 20 to 10.
THE INSANE ASYLUM.
The bill to provide additional sc
comnIodation for the insane of III
State was considered. This bill pro
vid IS that Messrs Kemp P Battle
Thos. S. Kensn, DR.. Pride Jones, Jno
+. Brown and DR.. @. Tate Murphy
shall be appointed Commissioners fer
the purpose of experimenting tha
State institution located at Raleigh,
the new wings to CORES pond with the
same in all respects L. provides that
not mere than $4,000 shall be tx
pended for the purpose i'll any one
year, ard the whole appropriation not
to be more than S2JO. coo, AID thtt
convict labor shall be employed Ia
this wo,k to as great au extent as prac
tic 2ble.
Tue bill was being discussed when
the Reporter left the Hall.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Permission was granted Mr.. Wal
ker, of Richmond, TO offer 8 petition
from certain citizens Of Eichmo2d 4
county protesting against the p:.ssug"
Of law Incorporating the town &
Great Falls III said county. Mr.. ".
gave notice that when the bIIi came
up he would move to table.
THE USURY BILL
was resumed as the unfinished bu5i
ness.
Mr.. Whitley offered an amendment
to Mr.. Mebane's amendment, prCvid
ing that the operation OF the BIZ
should not go into effect until January
LIST, 1876. Mr.. Mebane accepted, and
Mr.. Whitley proceeded 90 discuss the
merits OF the bill. He was anxious to
see some modification of the bill III it,
shape. He was Il farmer himself and
represented a farming constituency. =
Believing that the fa' mers would be
benefited by its Operations, be felt
compelled to favor it.
Mr. Stephenson said he did rot rise
to discuss the legal questions inyolv-
ed. as his friends OF the lega! frater-
nifty had SO ably and thoroughly ex-
hausted the subject, but as one of the
representatives OF the Metropolitan
county, he desired to express disap-
probation ot the measure proposed,
and would vote every time against
it, etc.
Mr. Patton opposed :he amendment
at some length and tavort d the bin.
MI Staples next took the floor in
favor of the bill, and spoke at consid-
erabe length. He was followed by
Mr.. Pinnix, also favoring the bill
Mr.. Walker was allowed so minutes
to reply to those favoring the bili.
MIR Staples called the previous
question, but allowed 5 minutes each
to Messrs. NIcRae, Walker, i:eid,
Moring and Spears against the bill
and Messrs. Thorne and Mendenhali
in favor it,
Mr.. Mcndenhall, in his remarks,
said ne had lea ned from Sena-
tor who opposed this bill, that if they
got this bill back iii that body, they
would smash it, and for that purpose
he would vote against oil amendments,
etc.
Mr.. Mrbane rose to a question OF
Parliamenta,y law, as to whether tn,
Senate had u right TO smash the bill
# it was not required to be returned
to this House Unless the amend .nents
were adopted.
The Speaker stated that the Senate
would be compelled to return the bill
to this House for final action.
The Mebane amendment with Whit
by the following vote: ayes Sc; nays
64.
Mr.. Richardson's amendment was
next taken up and lost by nearl, til"
same vote.
The amendment provides that no
corporation. banking institution or
company shall pay any interest or
deposits, and any corporation, bank
~, OF / tt1tT UIni.3f fIHU
the provisions of this section, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and OF
conviction in the Superior Court,
shall be fined not less iran 500 nor
more than 81. 900.
The prOvISO and amendments OF
Mr.. McRae were also lost.
Several other amendments, offered
by various gentlemen. were a so voted
| down.
The vote was then taken on tbs.
secoud reading Of the bill, and result
ed as follows. During the call OF
the roll Mf. Gudger stated that he
was paired off with the gentleman
/ from OIalow, but be would vote ~
/ the gative if that gentleman was
/ presently
Yeas-Messrs Anderson, Atwater,
iSarnha'd DIT, of Rowan, Bennett, BettiA,
Brewington, Bryson, Bum, Candier,
| Carson. Garter, Crews, Davis, of Hay
wood. Davis of jackson, Dortch, Dula,
Eafman, Erwin, Etheridge, Fields,
Freeman, Gather, Garrison, Glenn,
/ Goodwin. Goud, Green, Haymore,
Hicks, Hill. Hughes, Jones, kendail,
/ King, Latta. Lloyd. Martin, McCub-
ms Mcneil Ne'sdenbail, Mitchell,
( =. k. MoGit, Nostly. .ttundrn, \ w
e.;, Patton, Pinnix, | -u3i.t, oL. p >.
Smith, of Anson, Staples, Stowe,
Thomson, of Lincoln. Thorne. Triv
ett, Walden. Ward, Whisnant, Whit
] lev. Wood and Woodhouse-63.
Nays-Messrs. Barnett. Barnhardt
of Caldwell, Barrett, Bizzell, Brya' ,
Finger, Cash, Griffin, Holt, Hooker,
[sler, Jessup, Jetton, Johnston, Me-
Calop, McIver, MeRae. Mebane,
NJ ring, Norment, Oaksmith, Page,
Reid, Richardson, Scott, Smith OF
HYDE, Spears. Station, Stephenson,
Strong, Tate. Thompson of Beaufort t,
Walker of Richmond, Wheeler and