The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-17

10 vote against the bill, be ought to d.
it. and not be offering amendments
Amendment was lost. Amendment
80 section s was lost; amendment tx
section 10 was lost; amendment to sec
ton IL was lost; amendment to sec
ton IL vas lost; amend by striking
ous section l8, lost; amend by striking
out section 20; lost,
Amendment to section 20 relative
to appeals was lost.
Amendment to strike out section q
was lost.
Nh. Galloway offered to amend by
making the salaries of commissioner
$1,000 instead of $4,000. Lost.
Mr.. W&lSer offered to amend by
making the commissioners elected by
the people. The amendment was lost.
MI. King offered to amend section
Is. The amendment provides tina
the commissioners shall not be com.
PEELED TO go to different parts of the
State and settle matters relative to
stock killed by railroads. Lost.
The bill passed its second reading
by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, of Bladen f.;
Allen, of Granville; Aston, Audrey,
Aycock, Bell, Bishop, Bowers, Bull,
Butler, Chesson, Courts, Culbreth,'
Davis, of Haywood, Durham, Free
man, Galloway, Gilman, Lucas, Nc
Larty, Mitchell, Morgan, Paine, Park
er, Reid, Russell, Shankle, Speight,
White Wilcox, Williamson.
Noes Messrs. Griggsby, King, Wal
ser-3.
Mr.. Bell offered to amend section 5
by saying the commissioners "shal"
consider the cost of construction, SC,
instead of "may," provided that it
shall be the duty of the railroads to
furnish the information necessary
lost. -
In the discussion OF amendments
Mr.. King asked Mr.. Aycock if it was
not understood that all amendments
should voted down.
Mr.. Aycock said he was not bound
not to vote against any amendment he
might desire to vote for, and added
that if the Democrats in the United
States Senate had not caucused and
agreed upon a line of action the Force
bill would have become a law.
Mr. WalSer renewed his amendment
to make only two of the commissioners
of the same political party-lost.
Mr. Avery offered to amend section
20, relative to comforts and convent
ences at depots and station houses.
His amendment was as follows:
Whenever it appears as a fact to
the Commissioners that a corpo ration
doing business as a carrisr of passen
gers has failed to take ordinary care
in providing for the protection of the
health and comfort of passengers while
waiting for transportation on its trains
or boats at the station houses of such
corporation, it shall be the duty OF
said commissioners 20 notify the said
corporation of the condition of such
depot or waiting % and upon re.
fusal or failure of such corporation to
make such changes, alterations or re-
pairs or other provisions as shall be
sufficient to protect the health and So
cure the comfort of such passengers
within a reasonable time, the said cor
poration shall be liable to a penalty of
not less than fifty nor more than two
shousand d ~ollars; and thirty days shs l
be considered reasonable time, except
where it shall be- necessary to erect
additional buildings, in which ase
three months may be allowed.
Be it further provided that such
corporations shall not be allowed un
der the penalties of this section to re-
move any depot or station house from
the place where it is irss located, ex.
cept with the consent of said commits.
sioners.
The amend nent was lost.
Mr. Butler called the previous ques.
ton and was sustained. The bill
passed its third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Bell the Senate
adjourned.
THIRTEENTH NINTH DAY-FEB. 9TH.
The opening prayer was offered by
Rev. Mr.. Durant.
Petitions were presented by Mr..
Holman from citizens of Iredell county
for physiological instruction in schools,
and by Mr.. Reed from the people of
Asheville and Buncombe protesting
against the passage of the bill regu
lating charges of tobacco warehouses.
A resolution was introd iced by Mr..
Wiley that after the fitch day of the
session no bills shall be introduced
save by a two third vote.
Bills were introduced as follows
Mr.. Cobb, amending the charter of
Murphy; Mr.. Watkins, excluding
Montgomery county from the opera
tons of sections 2, 813-4 of the
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