The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-12
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

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wv consideration in the House, Mr..
Holman offered an amendment to Sec
ton 81 by adding that a tax of rs
cents be placed upon each share of the
:. capital stock of the Rs g.. R. r. Co.
from 1867, to 1889, inclusive, and also
in the future. Mr.. Leazer made a
strong speech in favor of the amend
ment. He stated that less than $23, 900
tax was paid on. $4,000, 600. of this
kind of PROPERTY in the State. The
amendmenB' was adopted by a unani-
nous vote. When it reached the
Senate, Mr. Payne made a stronghold
argument in its favor and was opposed
by other Senators. If the Statement
made by Mr.. Leazer be true, and no
doubt it is, then it is a powerful argu-
ment for the absolute necessity of a
Railroad Commission.
Farmers and other classes of our
citizens cannot (if they would) deprive
the State Of It's just dues in the way
of taxes, They. must pay. They
cannot dodge. But according to Mr.
Leazer there is $50, 0OO, 900 of rail
road values, which should pay its just
proportion of2the taxes, but which is
not reached, The right kind of a
Railroad Commission could and would
unearth it. and it will yet be done.
The bill for the sale of the Cover
nor's Mansion, which passed the Sen
ate, was tabled in the House.
Mr.. Doughton introduced a bill to
prevent determinations in freights
against the A. & N: G. r: R. which
has become a law. go '%@%
A majority report Of the Senate
committee on the ~penitentiary recon-
mended $4,000 for the support of
the convicts, and that the W. N. c.
r. r. and the Broad Creek Canal have
each $50 of the. conxicts. The
minority report presented by Senators
Baily and Twitty. recommended chat
the convictsIsse not given'to these en-:
terprises.(, After striking out $75;ODQ.
AND inserting $4,000, and requiring
that all convicts shall be paid for after
September Ist, 1885, at the rate of
1925 each, per annum, the majority
report was adopted by vote of 81
ayes to II noes. - - -" H:3
The bill introduced BY Mr.. Ander-
son to abolish the Bureau of Labor
Statistics was tre-committed to the
committees 1tThe bill to consolidate
the Board of Agriculture and the
Board of Trustees of our agricultural
College passed the House but is still
in the hands of the Agricultural Com
mittee of the Senate. The bill to
pension thesold soldiers, as reported
to the Senate, levies a taxaof 4 cents
on the $1O0 worth of property and
~ cents on the poll. It was amended
by making it 3 cents on property and
8 cents on the poll and was adopted
by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Abbott, Aycock,
Bailey, Bennett, Blair, Briggs, Brock,
Campbell, Crawford, Emery Farthing,
Green, Hughes. Kerr, King, Leeper,
LeGrand, Lineback, Little, Long,
Means, Moore, Payne, Pou, Reid,
Robinson, Stills, Smith, Toms, Turner,
of Catawba, Turner, of Iredell, Twitty,
Williams, of Cumberland, Williams,
of Pitt.-Total "a.
Noes-Messrs. Banks, Barber, Fake
ner, Hampton, Lucas, Lusk, Rice,
Thomas, Warters-Fotal 9.
A. bill to change the number of
directors of the ~penitentisry from nine
to five, with an allowance of $500
each, passed the House. Mr.. Hood
introduced a bill to elect these. by
the Legislature instead of giving
their appointment to the Governor.
The appropriation bill for the In
sane Asylums passed Its third read
ing. It provides for $50, 500 sannu-
ally for the North Carolina Asylum