Wilmington journal., 1875-01-29
Condensed from the Raleigh News
TINE LEGISLATURE OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
SENATE.
THIRTY-FIFTH DAY.

Mr.. Morehead, petition from Ala
nance Grange to amend the present
usury law to per cent as the highest
rate of interest. Referred.
Mr.. Parrish, a memorial from far
mers and sheep raisers in Orange,
asking higher tax on worthless dogs.
Referred.
Mr.. PEBBLES, a bill to provide for
additional terms of the Superior
Court of Northampton and Halifax
counties.
Mr.. Waring, resolution requesting
the opinion Of the Attorney General
on the constitutionality of taxing dogs.
Adopted.
fuckers resolution asking Congress
for an approprition to build a custom
house aud postoffice in Tarboro, was
adopted.
SPECIAL ORDER,
being q bill to reclaim certain swamp
lands in New Hanover, Duplin, Jones,
! Ons'ow and Carteret counties, belong
| :no 20 the School Fund Of the State,
was considered.
Mr.. Bell advocating the bill. 1t
would reclaim over 500, 900 acres OF
land that are now utterly worthless,
one-half of which it is proposed to be
given to the New Rive. Canal Com
pany for reclaiming the whole.
Mr. Kerr wanted the Senate to con-
slider the question carefully. He him
self had not made up his mind fu ly,
as he wanted full guarantee that the
land would be permanently reclalme ed
before the State should allow the
title to pass from its hands.
After some further discussion, or
motion, the further consideration Of
the question was postponed until Mon
day night.
On motion of Mr.. Kerr, the vote
was Ieconsidered by which the resolu
ton of Mr.. French, regarding the
Constitution of the State and the
determination of the Legislature te
give relief TO the people, was yester
day referred to the Constitutions
Committee.
Mr.. Kerr then advocated the pas
sage Of the resolution.
Mr.. G. M. Cooke offered IN amend
ment that the relief will be given "b,
one or the other of the modes provid
ed in the Constitution" at the earlies
practicable moment Accepted.
The resolution was thsu adopted b,
q vote of ayes. 80; nays,S.
Mr.. Mills stated that in voting TO
this resolution he did not mean t.
imply that he thought the Constitu
ton could be amended in any othel
way than BY q Convention.
Mr.. Armfe d stated that he votet
endorsing the views expressed by MIR
Mills.
Mr.. Albright stated that in votin,
for this Yesolu' ion he wished it under
stsod that he was pledged to his peo
pie to vote for Constitutional amend
ments by the Legislative mode.
The resolution as adopted read a
follows:
Resolved by the Senate, the Kous
of Representatives. concusrinY, Tha
the present Constitution is unsuitet
to the wants of the people of tn
State, is a check upon their .nerg
and impedes their welfare, and tina
the people demand that the burden
contained in the same shall be re
moved from their shoulders.
Resotred further, that we, the Gen
eral Assembly, will relieve them O
these checks to their welfare, pros
perity and happiness, at the soones
practicable moment by one or tn
other of the modes provided in tn
Constitution.
Mr.. PEBBLES moved to rsconside
the vote by which the Louisiana reso
lutions were adopted yesterday. 81
approved of the resolutions entire, bu
he did this in justice to those VIII,
, voted in the minority. He also state
that he would vote again for the reso
lutions, and that since seeing them i
print this morning he approved @
both the preamble and resolutions an
every clause thereof.
Mr.. French was willing to &C or,
this right to the minority. If mem
bers on the floor wanted to place them
selves in favor of the interference b.
the general government with the right
of the States, he was willing the
, should do so.
The Senate refused to reconsider.
Mr.. Waring asked leave of absenc
for Mr.. Cantwell, in cons, quence o
sickness in his family.
Messrs. Graham, Mills and Jernigal
were made Senate branch Of the Join
committee to investigate affairs of al
the roads in the State in which tn
State was interested
Mr.. Cooke, of Franklin, on Frida,
introduced bill to repeal the Law
which allows liens to be made to mer
chants on crops before said crops ar
made, the repeal to go into effect OF
the 1st OF January. 1875.