The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-02-03
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
REPORT OF THE pRocrrn,rs
OT THE TWENTY-SIXTH nav

OE THE TWENTY.SIXTHD nav
senate ApprOpriates s4.OOn =.
urh1sh and Complete the Gov.
ernor's Mansion.-The House.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2.-The senate me-
at II o'clock a. m. Lieutenant Cover
nor Doughton in the chair and wa
of this city. A'nue
The reading of the journal of vester
Gay was dispensed with.
senator Stack sent forward a net;tio,
from citizens Of Stokes county in rela
ZION 70 the appointment of magistrates
Justices of the Peace.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
senator Jones, bill to detach fro,,
stokes county and add to FORSYTH a
the residence of DR.. E Fulp.
Senator Stack, a bill concerning Ger
tain sheriffs deeds in Stokes county. in
dietary. ~
Senator Stack, bill to prohibit fas
driving over the bridge at Walnut Gave
stokes county. Roads.
senator Cranor, a bill to incorporate
the Wilkes county bank. Banking anG
Currency.
Senator Cranor, bill for the protec
tlon OF persons boarding horses AND
mules. Proposition and Grievances.
Senator Cranor, bill to make iudg
dicary. "
senator James, bill to allow Johr
HELEN to peddle without payment of tax
Propositions and Grievances.
Senator Jones, joint resolution con
cernlng the committees of the General
Assembly visiting State institutions.
Calendar.
Senator King, bill to repeal chapter
"a, laws of 1891, being an act to incor
porate jamestown, in Guilford county.
This bill was accompanied by petition
Corporations.
Senator Owens, bill, accompanied by
petition, to change the line between
Randolph and Davidson counties
Counties, Cities and Towns.
Senator Day, bill in relation to
claims due Hon. D. L. Swain, late Pres
ident of the University of North Caro-,
lima.
Senator Armstrong was added to the
committee on Fish and Finances; Sena.
tor Mercer to the committee on Penal
Institutions, and Senator Fields to the
committee on Internal Improvements.
The calendar was taken up and the
following bills disposed Of:
A bill to incorporate the town OF
lnands, in Buncombe county, passed its
third reading.
A bill to incorporate the town of Kel.
ford, in BERTHE county, passed its third
reading.
A bill to amend the charter of the
town OF Waxhaw, in Union county,
passed its third reading.
A bill to incorporate the town of
Waco, in Cleveland county, passed its
third reading.
A bill to provide seal for registers of
deeds, passed third reading.
A bill to authorize the mayor and com
missioners of Morehead City to order an
election on the question of issuing bonds
for city Improvements, passed third read
ing.
bill to authorize the commissioners
and magistrates of Rutherford county to
purchase farm for the paupers of that
county, passed its third reading.
a bill to authorize the commissioners
OF Burke county to levy a special stock
law tax in Lower Fourth township. in
said county, passed third reading.
A bill to amend the charter of the Raj
eigh and Western Railroad Company.
passed the second reading.
A resolution requesting our Senators
and Representatives in Congress to use
their influence in favor of the NICARAGUA
Canal bill.
This resolution elected considerable
discussion. Those who addressed the
Senate In its favor were Messrs Mcdowell.
Jones, Sandifer, Cooper, Battle and
Olive. Those who opposed it were Sen.
ators Little, Aycock and Owens. When
all these senators had spoken one or more
times each, Senator Davis called the
previous question and the call was sus-
tanned, and the resolution was finally
adopted almost unanimously.
A bill to establish criminal court for
the 18th judicial district. Tabled.
A bill for the relief of Rockingham
county and for other purposes; passed
its second reading.
A bill relating to the killing of wild
turkeys in CASTOR county; passed its
second and third readings.
Senator Jones's resolution respecting
committees visiting state institutions,
was taken up.
Several amendments were offered and
long discussion ensued, but the resolu.
tion and amendments were, in the end,
laid on the table.
A bill to provide for furnishing and
completing the governors mansion. I'D
propriating $4,000 for furnishing and
81 500 for completing the same, passed
second and third readings.
A bill to provide for indexing the
Colonial records and appropriating $500
for that purpose, passed several readings.
A bill to incorporate the town of Ca
tawba, in Catawba county, passed it's
several readings.
The senate adjourned at 2 p m. to meet
to morrow at IL q. m.
House OF Representatives.