The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-17

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said company is not entitled to discharge
any Indebtedness it may owe the State
on account of such labor until the com
pletion of the road to the own of Muir
ply, and | am further informed that the
road has not yet reached Murphy. 1t is
to be noted further that this statute con-
talns no provision designating the officer
or person to demand and receive and
keep custody Of such bonds when they
may become due. It was doubtless the
purpose of the act, judging from It's
terms, to donate to the company the la
Dor of the convicts employed under it as
an lnducament to secure the completion
of that great line Of railroad to its West
ern terminus.
| In reply to the inquiry contained in
the second section OF the resolution,
| have the honor TO say that some tine in
the spring Or summer OF 1899, tie Board
Of Directors Of the penitentiary in carry
ing out the policy inaugurated by Chap
| ter 3l4, laws of 1899, entitled An act
to enable the penltent.ary, 10 become self
supporting, determined to withdraw the
convicts then employed on the Western
North Carolina Railroad under the act
Of 1885, hereinbefOre referred to, bIo be
fore this was done the said company in
stituted suit to enjoin the penitentiary
authorities from such course. While
the action was pending, the matters in
controversy were compromised, by
which, | am informed, the company
agreed to pay stipulated price per an
mum for each convict, from and after the
first day of September following;
the precise terms Of the ar
rangement and the amount which
has been received by the State under it
| cannot give, the records Of this tlans- :
action being, | suppose, in the posses
sion of the penitentiary authorities,
have no information OF anv otter sum
having been paid to the State for the
labor on the line between Nantahala
river and Murphy under the act of 1885
In addition to fhe cOnvicts furnished
under that act, the Western North Caro-
lima Railroad Company has had EN-
ployed under various acts Of the Genera
Assembly passed since the special ses
p sion Of 1880 number Of conyicts fo
: which they have paid in cash, maxim.
!. in the aggregate, l am told, q larg,
y amount. A reference to the books O
(, the TreasCrer's department will doubt
/ less give the dates and amounts of til
"a payments.
Very respectfully,
THEO E. DAVIDSON,
q Attorney General.
e Mr. Hickman Of Brunswick, who ha
l been absent ever since the session opene
" on account of sickness in his family, bein
le present, came forward aud took the oath
le He was sworn in by Speaker Doughtor
le At 90 tae House adjourned until l
O'Clock to-day.
). The bill reported by Mr.. Gilmer, frol
TheCommittee.on theJudiciary, ,as.repor
d. ed in yesterday proceedings, was to abo
d ish December term Of Davidson count
L. court, and not bill relating to the 81
lg perior court Clerk Of Haywood count
as reported.
ry It was Mr.. Ray, and not Mr.. Franl
of that we should have reported yesterds
a. as opposing the passage Of bill relatin
D. to carrying deadly weapons
at It was Mr.. Walker, Of Caswell, ar
~ not Mr. Walker Of Mecklenburg, who i
il. troduced bill reported in yesterda
be proceedings, to define and descri
it when leases shall expire.
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