Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-09-17

wait until the same e inGS up Tor &C
ton from the committee before he eau
Civ. the actual purport of the amend
mems. The various committees ure
now actively ut work, and will i'll a
few days give ali abundance of work
to the Convention, when we shall be
| enabled to more inteliignnfly report
| the character of amendments 1t Is pro-
! posed to make. Reporter.
EIGHTH DAY.
RALEIGH, Sept. II, Is.
| INTERROGATION OF ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS.
BY NJ. Carter, an ordinance to
| am.nd Sec. 81 Art 4, relating to fill
| ing vacancies named in sad article,
providing for appointments by t:Ie
iJvornor, unless otherwise provided
| for
BY Mr.. Rumley, al ordinance to
prohibit counties, cities, &c, from
contracting debts, prohibits the L4egis-
| latrrc from authorizing them to do 50.
By Mr.. Watts, an ordinance to re
duce the number of State Senators to
% Referred.
BY Air, Allison, an ordinance to
| amend sec. 3 art. 2, providing shat
State Senators alternate as 10 time of
going out of Office, one half to go out
at time.
BY same, al ordinance to amend
sec. %, ant. 2, 10 bill to originate
within tive days Of the adjournment Of
| either House Of the Legislature. Re-
ferred.
By Mr.. Cooper, an ordinance rela-
ting to art 3, proposing an amendment
| fixing the salaries Of State officers, re-
duclng the same. Referred.
ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
Ordinance in relation to the COM
peusation of the General Assembly.
The Committee recommended that
the members Of tho General Assembly
shall receive s., 90 per day for the
term of 50 days, If they sh Il! remain
| in session SO long, and for longer
period shall receive only 81 per day
for net more THAI 20 days, aud that
they shall receive 10 cents mileage
each way, and that the pay OF officers
shall be IS per day, and that for all
extra sessions the compensation shall
be the same for 30 days.
Mr.. Clingmau, dem, Chairman #
the Committee, explained the action
of the committee IL making this rec
ommendation.
Mr. Manning, DEM, of Chatham.
moved to make the per diem Of the
numbers of the Legislature 5 instead
of 50, and to make the length of the
session ouiy go days, supporting his
resolution with few appropriate re-
marks.
Mr.. Barringer, rep. spoke TO the
question at some length. He favored
! rrtrenchmeut, aud went into the gen
eral question rs to what were the duties
OF the Convention. He came here to
assist in making all needed amend
ulents to tue Constitution, without
cnptious objections AMI III no partizan
spirit; he acknowledged that amend
| ments were needed, but farther than
this he would not go.
Mr.. Manning, DEM, of Chatham,
thanked Mr.. Barringer for the asser-
ton that he would assist his side of
the houseiu making all needed reform ;
he could assure him that he ana his
friends desired to go no farther, and
he extended cordial invitation to all
the gentlemen of the other side to
unite with him and his friends i'll
making all necessary amendments to
the present Constitution.
Mr.. Chamberlain, rep objected to
this whole question. He did not be-
lieve in paying low price to the rep
resentAtlves of the people. They were
worthy of their labor, and he did not
want to soe them restricted to low
per diem.
Mr.. CIingman, dem, again argued
in support of the report of the Com
nittee.
Smyth, col, rep. argued at some
length in favor of q 50 per diem. He
thought anything less than that was
an insult to those who might be sent
here to leglslate.
Mr. b ecker was i'll favor of the
amendment of Mr.. Manning. He wan
ted the question OF per diem taken
from the hands of the General Assem-
bly,. He favored retrenchment While
ht came here not to legislate upon the
| Constitution, if he could avoid it, yet
since ne was now compelled to remain
here, he should favor every thing that
looked TO retrenchmcnt.
Mr.. Buxton, rep. took advantage of
the present opportunity to explain the
course he sitonld pursue upon this
floor. He clme here pledged Co pro
tect the present Constitution as far as
WAS i'll his power. but since the Con
stitntion was TO be amended, he should
| labor with earnestnesS to accomplish
| what he deemed the best for the pco-
| pie of the Stat" The great evil of the
present age !" too much legislation.
and he should support that view OF
| this question which proposed to re
strict the tI,ue OF holding tn : sessions
of the General ssembly.
Mr., Price, dem, moved the preVi-
Gus question.
The motion of Mr.. Tourgee to make
| the payment OF members Of the Leg
!siaturu $500 for their term of office,
was lost by vote OF % ayes, 81 nays
The motion OF Mr.. Manning to make
the per diem of the members 81, was
lost by vote of IS ayes, 63 nays.
The ordinance rs amended was thea
adopted, by vote of II ayes, 81 nays,
| Mossrs. Barrlnger, Bryan, Blocker,
Buxton, Dockery, Du.a, Hampton,
Hinnant, HoltOn, Jones of Yadkin.
Hoffman, Massey, McCandless, Vince
Ter, Wilson, Woodfin aud Young-Re-
publicans, and Wilcox, Ind, voting
for the ordnance.
Mr.. Davis, of Wake, presented an
ordinance, making The per diem of the
members OF the Convention 50, the
Presiding Officer 50, and the other
officers 81, and the mileage ten cents.
Mr.. Badger moved to suspend the
rules to consider the proposition.
Adopted.
Mr.. Badger then moved to amend by
giving the President So per day, the
Principal aud Assistant Clerks the
same, and other clerks and assistants
So, the Sergeant-at-arms So, and door
keepers and other employees 81.
| Pending this amendment. the Con-
vention adjourned until tomorrow 10
o'clock.
Ponder County CommIssiOners.
| The Board of County Commission