The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-03-21

he volume of work before the Senat"
a. the hour of final adjournment
drew nearer.
MESSAGE IRON THE GOVERNOR
\ special message from the Governor
was read calling the attention OF the
General Assembly 10 the 1uade4nact
oI the provisions made for the peniten-
.iary to meet absolute necessities.
s ithout further aid this institution
must Inr It "A crisis within a Year. His
tuty was discharged with this com
nInicati.-n of the grave fact involved.
tad II. left the responsibility upon th'
hands Of lie bcHeral Assembly.
Tie message was referred TO the
committee on penal institutions ana
notice was given that the committee
would meet Immediately after al journ-
ment.
RALEIGH TOWNSHIP ROAD LAW.
A bill to amend chapter 1868. laws of
1889, concerning the public roads oi
Raleigh township, providing for re-
During all persons who fail To pay
poll tax To work the public roads, un-
der the provisions of the Raleigh
township road law.
ALAMANCE VS.. CHATHAM.
A bill to establish a fence between
the boundaries of these two counties.
Alamance is stock law counly. Chat
ham is not stock law county. Sena-
tor White Of Alamance wished to table
the bill. Senator Wicker Of Chatham
desired the passage of the bill. As
compromise Mr. White proposed to
prepare IA substitute that viii satisfy
all parties and asked that consldera
,ion De postponed until the coming
session. The bill went over but was
afterward agreed upon and passed with
an amendment.
THE GOVERNORS MANSION.
Snipes, from the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds, reported
that the committee had examined the
Governors mansion and thought that
81 900 judicIousIy expended would do
the needed repairs TO the basement and
recommended the resolution approprl-
ating that amount be adopted.
| Sigmon called up his resolution APP
prOpriating LOGO for repairs on the
Governors mansion, and it was adopt
ed.
THE DAIRYMEN.
Bill TO incorporate "the North Caro-
lima Dairymen's Association was
taken up and passed its several read
| ings and went to enrolment.
RESOLUTION OF ADJOURNMENT.
Moodys resolution to adjourn sine
die at 10 o'clock a. H., Wednesday
March Is, 1895, which he proposed to
change to ten o'clock p. III. Marcel
18th.
Rice moved to amend by saying |:
O'Clock noon Wednesday, March 18th
1895; adopted.
The resolution was unanimousl.
adopted.
THE DEAD BEAT BILL
to protect the keepers of inns, boardin:
houses, hotels and restaurants or lodg
ing houses. Any one who obtains
board on accommodation and jump
his bill by surreptitiously removing hi
baggage shall be guilty of a misde
meanor and punished by a fine of no
less than ten dollars and not NOR,
than fifty dollars, or imprisonment no
less than ten days and not more thar
thirty days.
The bill was amen and passed it
second reading, and objection bein:
raised to its third reading it went t,
the third reading calendar.
THE TELLERs' REPORT
on election of Justices of the peac
was made by Mr.. Fowler, and the orig
lnal list as reported by the committe
OH nominations of justices of the peac
was reported duly elected.
OFFICIAL BONDS.
Bills fixing the maximum of al
county official bonds, providing for Off
cial bonds to be made in such insur
ance and security companies as Unite'
States officials are allowed to max
bonds in and requiring the acceptanc
of such bonds.
On motion the senate took a recess
until 30 o'clock p. IN.
EVENING SESSION.
At So'clock the Senate resumed it
, labOrS, Lieut.. Governor DOughton pre-
siding; Is Senators in their seats.
THE CALENDAR
with its unfinished business was take
up and the rapid transit system wa
adopted. The president kept up
steady-"those who favor the passag
of the pending bill will say aye; con
. trary, no." and two or three response
would be heard and away would go tn
bill to enrolment.
Communication between the Senat
and House of Representatives ha
about ceased, each body endeayorin
to clear away the work already upo
the working calendars, The few re
naming hours of the 1895 session viii
, be spent principally in the ratification
!, of bills.
THE PENITENTIARY
Adams, from the committee on pena
institutions, submitted bill MAXIM
an additional appropriation of $1,000
for the penitentiary, in response to tn
Governors message this morning, Wa
placed on its third reading and passed
and went to the house OF representa-
: tativeS for concurrence.
OFFICIAL BONDS.
. The bill In relation to county Otficia
bonds, as set forth in our morning re
) port, was taxed up as a special order
Adams, said 1.-THE title of the bi
should be changed to a bill "to PERM
| paupers to handle the public funds.
He hoped the bill would pass.
2 would be a manufacturing machin
t for Democratic campaign material.
D was, as the Senator from New Hanove
). had said, very important measure d
: it effected every man, woman an
p child in North Carolina. 1t is the mos
;. perniciOus and lniquitons measur
ever presented to a North Carolinial
, and as political measure to manufat
= ture democratic dynamite he hope
5 the bill would pass. AS tinanci;
= measure and as North CarOlinian h
i did not wish to see any such measur
v enacted in to law.
2 Rice, in defence of the bill, said
5 was a just measure, and was only ca
: culated and intended to permit a poo
| man to hold Office and make bond
Y Moody of Haywood moved the pr,
n vious question, which was ordere
and the bill passed its second readin
e on roll call-ayes 20, noes 7.
V The rules were suspended and tt
; bill passed its third reading.
y SHELL FISH INSPECTOR.
e The hour of the special order havin
5 arri led, being the election of chic
S Inspector of oysters, Senator ParsoI
placed in nomination the name of Ho1