Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-04
TAX.
ALIcsNss OF s, 900 IMPOSED IN EACH
COUNTY OPERATED IN.
Colonel Cameron Resigns and Mr.. Smith
Succeeds Him-RaiIwny Bill Amend
ed-To Newberne or Kinston.
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Especial tolcer6m 70 NO Dt'po-f
Ramon. N. O., February 3.-The Senate
TODAY passed the House bill imposing a
|license-tax OF $1,000 on labor agents in
each county in which they operate. The
western counties were exempted from tine
provisions OF the law by an amendment.
CAUSE FOR DIVORCE.
A bill to make imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary for felony cause for divorce
comes I'D in the House as special order
on Thursday.
ed as Inspector General of the North Caro-:
lima State Guard and Arthur l.. smith, OF
Charlotte. has been appointed to that po-
sition,
THE NEW INSURANCE BILL.
The Committee on Insurance held a
meeting last evening and heard arguments
upon bill TO. give much needed protec-
papies. A number of insurance agents
were before the committee and argued
upon the necessity of such law. The
committee reported the bill favorably In the
Senate to-day. Very stringent rules are
imposed and il is quite evident that such
companies will not in future be allowed to
90 as they please in North Carolina. 1t 10
made the duty of the Secretary OF state to
examine closely INTO the affairs OF such
companies Tue deposit-law Is also made
to apply to them.
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.
There are O good many changes in the
railway commission bill. section IS
added giving the commission power 10
regulate the protection OF live STOCK. a
new section is added to regulate the mat
ter of iniupctions so far as the nullifca-
ton of rates is concerned. The companies
are to be required to file an undertaking
before ON Injunction will be granted. Inc
undertaking is to be in an amount ample
to cover the difference in rates for gwen
period. The roads are to be required TO
file with the commission q statement OF
their freights and passengers and the rates
charged for the first three months. II at
any time it should appear that the diner
ence between the rates fixed by the com
mission and those actually charged by the
roads should exceed the amount OF the
undertaking, then the latter shall be in
creased to an amount sufficient to cover
the difference, or else the injunction shall
be forfeited.
REWARD OFFERED.
Governor Fowle has offered reward OF
5000 for the arrest of Charles Williamson,
the young white man who murdered MS
brother in Cleveland county last week.
The Senate committee has reported "a
vorably on bill to charter a railway from
Wilmington to Southport.
EXTEND TIE PROVISIONS.
The value Of the law forbidding the run
ming at large of stock is now very appa-
rent. and It's provisions will be extended to
several counties. About. forty counties
have for some years had the beneht OF the
L. RVNan mn. IN
saving in the cost of fences and very
notable improvement in the quality OF
stock.
Considerable interest is felt in the pro-
posed railway to the northward from Jack
sonyIlle. Onslow county, as to whether 1t
will 90 to Newberne or to Kinston. 1t APP
pears to be yet an open question. Two or
three routes from Jacksonville to New
berne have been surveyed. Another ques,
ton asked is whether the Wilmington and
Weldon road will extend its line southwark
from Kinston.