The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
lature. It was sore subject to Marion
Butler, senator-elect, before he left the
Meeting of the Magistrates.

Resolutions Adopted Regarding the Building o
New Court House.
Sixty-one justices of the county me
at the court house Saturday pursuant tt
call of the board of commissioners, fol
the purpose of hearing the report of th'
committee heretofore appointed by them
on court house and Jail Improvements.
Mr.. r. A. Grier, of Steel Creek town
ship, was made chairman of the meeting
The following resolutions, which hac
been previously adopted by the board O
commissioners, were submitted to the
justices for approval, and were almost
unanimously adopted:
/" Resolved, That the board of commissioner
OF Mecklenburg county be and are hereby au
thorzed to sell at the best market price the bonds
and preferred stock held by the county of Meek
lenburg in the Southern Railway Company.
Resolved, That the proceeds arising from
the sale OF such bonds and stock, after deduct
ing the amount heretofore expended for improv
ing the county Jail, the remainder shall be ex-
pended in remodeling the present county cour
house or in building new court house. such e3
penditure in no case to be more than the amount
of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds and
stock less the cost of remodeling the county
Jail.
" Resolved, That R. M. Oates, J. II. McAden
81. D. Stowe, 8. W. Reid and ]. II. Weddingtou
be and are hereby appointed committee to dc
| all things necessary to be done and performed in
| remodeling the present court house or in build
ing new court house for said county; and sale
committee is hereby fully authorized to make
contracts, receive and adopt plans and speCif
cations, and otherwise generally control anC
manage the work of erecting or remodeling said
court house, vesting the said committee with full
discretion in the premises.
Resolved, That the General Assembly ol
North Carolina be petitioned to authorize the
board of commissioners of Mecklenburg county
to change the present site of the court house. and
locate the same anywhere in the city of Char
lotte within one-fourth of a mile of its present
site; provided that said commissioners shall MOI
change the site of said court house except upon
the petition of the committee hereinbefore ap-
pointed.
Resolved, That in case the site of said court
house shall be changed. the proceeds of the sale
of the present court house and the lot upon
chase of lot for new site and the building
of the court house thereon, which fund shall bt
added to the fund hereinbefore provided for"
Before the adoption of the above res
olutions, Mr.. J. S. Myers offered the fol'
lowing as a substitute, which was voted
down in short order:
" Resolved, That the court house and jai
committee, composed of J. II. Wellington, ]
H. McAden, r. N. Oates, II. ID. Stowe and s w
Reid, be and are hereby empowered to spend fivt
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may bt
necessary. in remodeling, repairing and improv
| ing the county court house.
" Resolved, That the said committee are au
thorized to sell at their discretion the Southern
Railway bonds, amounting to twenty five thou
sand Adollars, owned by the county; apply 81
much as may be necessary to carry out the pre-
ceding resolution, and to pay over the balance
| remaining to the county treasurer to be applied
| to the debt incurred by Improvements to th'
| Jail.
" Resolved, That when the improvements
have been completed upon the county cour
house that the committee is requested to caus
suitable signs to be placed upon the doors desig
mating the different county Offices"