The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-05

the bill.
HOUSE..NIGHT SESSION.
To Reduce School Expenses.
Nh. McGill's bill was :aken up, being
TO reduce the expenses of schools. it
provides that no more school houses
snail be built for two years. It also pro-
vldes that members Of county boards of
education shall not be paid for over six
Gays a year; to limit the time of the
county superintendent and to stop the
expenditure for school houses. Mr..
Mcdlll spoke in support of the bill. BE
declared that the bill would save $50, 600
yearly to the school fund and that there
was general demand all over the State
Ior such bill. Amendments were offered
excepting 25 counties. Mr.. Sutton spoke
in favor OF the bill, saying the people of
cumberland made demand during the
last campaign for this reform. Too much
money was used before it reached the
children. lie knew that before the county
boards were established the schools were
we'll conducted. Mr.. Gilman said the
committee on education regarded it as
important to limit the meetings of the
county boards. That bill was matured
and would pass. School legislation must
be Tor the whole State In some coun-
ties the boards could be dispensed with,
perhaps, while in others they could not.
The limit of the meeting in the bill pre-
pared by the committee is four times.
The committee considered the county
uperintendents of so much value that it
| did not undertake to limit his time.
| The superintendents have done a great
work and infused new life into the
| schools. As to the alleged ex-
travagance in running the public
schools, over half the money expended
has been for school houses. But sup
pose the building of school houses is
stopped. There is check. Mr.. He'd
rick offered an amendment striking out
section "a of the act (this section forbid
ding the erection of school houses) This
caused quite lively discussion, in which
Messrs, Alexander, Ray, Brinson and
Bell participated, concerning the need
for school houses. Mr. Long, speaking
to his amendment to except Columbus
from the provisions of the bill, said the
Board of Education there was composed
of good men, and that his people
wanted matters to stand as they
are. Mr.. Alexander said there was
no complaint in his county.
The troubles to which the speakers
stSHid snoHid ue ~4Ef 4fEeformea ehsre" Re desfed
Tyrrell excepted. NJ. Gill said the build
, ing of public school houses was
necessity. If it was left to
the people who sent children to
school, mighty few school house
would be built. Mr.. McGill said the
amendment to which Mr.. Gilmer had
alluded was valueless. 1t really cut of
, only days. AS to school-houses, they
have been building year after year, and
, yet last year s74, 900 was expended on
, them. The money is expended in such
a way as to do no good. The amend
} ments excepting 25 counties were frs
voted on. They were adopted, A to AZ
q The bill was then voted on ant
r was lost on its second reading.
f Its supporters very gracefully acknowl
s edged that they were whipped out, bu
: Mr.. Ray laughingly cried out that the,
d were right.
9 The official result of the vote for Jus
4 tices of the Peace was announced an,
l. the report ordered spread upon tn
y journal.
Bills Passed Third Reading.
;. To provide for a ferry on the Pee De
i river; amending the Robson count
,e tock-law; repeating the charter Of Blow
y ing Rock; to prevent distractions i
! Cypress and Long Greeks, Pende
# county; to incorporate the First Presby
~ terian church of Morganton; in relatio
r to the courts in Wilson county; amend
~ ing the charter of Louisburg; to protec
!. fish in the streams of Mitchell county
a, to increase the number Of printed report
= of the State Treasurer and Auditor; {
n change the road law in Union; for r,
"a lief of Mauney's Neck township, Her
% ford county ;relative to damages to stoc
Q in Carver's Greek township, Cumberlan
10 county; relation to working the roads i
= Union by taxation; for relief Of certai
"A citizens of Transylvsnis county; for n
7 lief of R. NJ. Nimocks of Cumberlan
20 county; to incorporate the Edgecomb
as & Granville railway and lumber CON
90 pany; to incorporate the Rocky MouI
20 and West End Land and Improvement
~ Company; to amend the charter of th
ia Goldsboro Lmb'r Go. to incorporate Zio
n Wesley A. NJ E. Church, Cabarru
to county; to secure better drainage of Co,
h. die creek, Cabarrus couty; to prever
ed the sale Of liquor in miles Of Ray
school house, Madison county; to inco
al porate the South Carolina, Seabosrd an
Western Railway; to incorporeta Il
20 Blue Ridge and Saluda Turnpike Con
. pany; to incorporate the Onslow She
"a Fish Company; to make lumbermen r
'N pair roads they iDjure in Northampto
to allow New Hanover county TO exem
foremen Of shops from jury duty, to j
no corporate the Danville, Grsni
ne City and Western Short Cut Rsilwa
om to incorporate the Piedmont SprinI
on Railway; to amend the charter of q
lie East Carolina Land Improvement al
m- Banking Company at Rocky Mount;
oes the relief of the Fayetteville Indepen
nj ent Light Infantry; to INCORPORATE t
10 Inter State Construction Company;
IAN better protect the lives and property
IN the people of New Berne; for better pr
tax lection of fish in Orange and Durham
Ijas To Examine Accounts.
lar The Speaker announced as the Hot
ny; branch of the committee appointed
l. examine the books, &c, OF the ST;
had Treasurer and Auditor, Messrs. McClI