Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-03-12

] ttunlaI ASSOCIATION HaS taken up and
! passed Its several readings, Il beng
! nbsttutC Tn the cr53;nui BID with
! the appropriation STRICKEN out.
B} lr- Gudgcr. a bIiI to authorize
! the a1FuDtlt,rs ~ ot.arge or the East
! ern Division OIL Western North Carol
! La Railroad to pay the money II the
/ treasury ii the same 20 tue proper uu-
! thorties referred.
! By NJ. ScUtt, i. bill 10 authorize the
+ Atlantic 6, North Carolina Railroad
/ Company to construct branch road.
! keft rred.
by M. G1dgar, (by reque-D bill
! to promote tHe growth OF factories by
/ preventing the sale OF liquor therea-.
Referred.
! BY Mr, O,,tzsrnitll, :. bill TO restore
! the credit vi the State. and TO iEcOr-
| parate the Bank Of North CayiIna.
Referred.
! ~ II O'Clock the House bill IN reIa-
! zion 10 t6e Land Scl1p Fund ioE the
! establishment uf College,; foI the 5eu-
/ fit oil Agriculture and the N.cbar ic
! Arts. Was taken up as the r,rot special
/ oder
j MIR Meba"e replied TO the rem arks
OF MIR. Boyd, VITO SPOKE against t@e
| bill a few nays ago. IL winch he Oar.
! NJ deiendtd the County Commission
! egs against the sUee ping charge that
/ they were respouslb for the mi,t)-
propria!i0n # lie school fund. He
tn Ii prCct. tI.,i +, show who - va,
tn It squa,.. e d tn funds, charging
that one Lasaiter, known in ,hc
slang Vernacuiar of that day as " XII
! dee IaSsiter, Treasurer vi the Board
! Of Trustees, impose in part by ".
| ". Holden, VIM f He derson, John
! Pool and other like inmlnaties of ht
dark days Of 1868 80, Inauipuat d
! these bonds with Baln & Co., firm
name that is synonym for fraud, &c.
! Mr. NJ, proceeded III explanation OF
/ the bill ard lis objects. aud appealed
, to ie House 10 support 1t
/ Mr.. Mendenhali Offered an am. nd
| met to str k, out ali The first para
graph Of the preamble after the OF Dis
Were invested IN line Il. ars! in
sert the following In securities,
/ some Of which ale VOID and ali OF winch
are unavailable, whereby the azores and
| fund of one hundred and tweIty-tive
| thousand dollars has become impair
! ed"
I By this amendment the special tax
t bond are IN noways mentions, q or re-
! cognized.
Mr.. Erwin said a, the vote was
about to be taken he desired 10 state
his reasons tor casting tie vote he
| would. He was pledged 10 bis cona5I-
tuents never III any way directly or IL
directly, cast vc5e thnt would rec e
uiza the special tax bonds He claim
ed that the bin was all indirect rerCn-
milton, and argued thls point at come
length. He could lot support the bI.j,
though he felt as much interested III
the revival OF the University 10 any
man Oh this tiouI.
Mr. Strong, as an AIumnuS Of tie
! University, said he could not let THIS
opportunity pass without making one
effort 10 raise the dear old University
from the dust in which she how STUN
bers. He hon0rd that glorious Old III
stituti0n for what she mad done, and
it was with no little degree Of pleasure
that he could ra.se his voice in her be-
half. In reply TO the objection Of
fered by tie gentleman from AcDUw-
ell, Mr. E W =, he was a. loss 10 know
on nbe construed the bill rs recCg-
nition oi the special tax bonds, after
the amendment offered by Mr.. Men
d, mall, and claimed that it did not
directly or Indirectly, recognize them
in any way Mr.. s. proceeded to dis
cuss The general merits of the bill ana
warmly advocated its passagc
Mr.. Erwin replied briefly, in which
he claimed that the provisions of the
bill virtually legalized the special tax
bonds. He WAS willing to vote for u
bill TO seclre the object songnt for,
but not Ill the shape that th.s bill is
in.
Mr.. Bovd replied to the argument
OF MIR. Mebone; thought he had dis
played too much temper in appealing
TO the prejHd ice of gentlemen on fhl#
floor; that he had planted his coulter
TOO deep to get over root he had
struck, &c. He denied charging upt n
County Commissioners the resl,un-ibi!-
bibty OF manipulating thi~ !aad scrip
to It's detriment, dc, ahl proceeded
TO explain his position Ii opposition
to tue bill.
On motion of Mr. Erwin further
consideration of the bill was post
poned.
House bin to charter the Roxboro.
Norfolk & Greensboro Railroad passed
it's readings.
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