Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-01-24
SENATE.

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SENATE.
In the Senate the most impor-
tant new bills introduced were the
following:
To prohibit the printing
and distribution of false and
fraudulent election tickets.
To repeal the act of 1891 re-
garding delays by railways in
frieghts.
To define lard and butter and
regulate their sale.
To abolish county boards of ed
ucation and to reduce salary of
county superinendents.
To incorporate the Piedmont
Stock Insurance company.
To compel all railways to pay
taxes.
To amend the game laws so as
to protect growing crops.
To make the education of blind
children compulsory.
To facilitate the trial of causes
and reduce their expenses.
To extend the time for the
building of the Cape Fear and
Northern railway.
To extend the time for begin
ming work by the Holly Springs
Improvement company.
TO abolish geological survey
To amend the constitution by
adding a section forbidding cor
porations to give free passes and
forbidding franking privileges by
telegraph and telephone compa-
nieS.
To amend the constitution by
reducing the exemption on real
property from 81, 900 to $500.
and on personal property from
$500 to 5000.
To incorporate the Farmers
Mutual insurance Company.
To reduce the marriage license
fee to 81. 80.
A report was received from
the Secretary of State saying
that there are 10Y general insur-
ance companies, that 200 compa-
MES haYe paid for license, and
that these three exceptions are
foreign corporations.
There was long debate on
the House bill to reduce the
bond of the sheriff of Pitt coun-
ty to 100000. It passed.
The bill to incorporate the
fhe Southern Stock Mutual In
surance Company was taken up
and passed it's second and third
readings.
By consent, bill for relief of
W. J. Sutton, Sheriff Of Bladen
county passed it's second read
ing.
The report Of the President of
the University was read and re-
ferred.
Resolution in regard to immi-
grafton and the investment of
foreign capital in North Caro-
lima, by consent was taken up
and passed it's second and third
readings.
By Senator Grant for the re
lief of certain soldiers in the late
war.
Bills passed changing the time
of the courts in BERTHE and
Chowan and repeating the act OF
'93 in regard to the Farmers AL
lance.
HOUSE.
At the House session notice OF
contest was filed by Joseph E.
Person against W. G. Monroe,
from Wayne, J. F. Newson
against B. B. Winborne, from
Hertford, and Hodges against
Harker from Beaufort.
The chief bills introduced were
the following;
The bill reported favorably by
committee, raising the age OF
consent to twelve Years, was
made the special order for Wed
nesday.
The principal new bills were
the following:
To extend the time of sheriffs
for settling taxes.
To raise revenue for public
schools from pistol sellers.
| To allow county officers to give
bonds in security companies.
| To repeal the act establishing g
a battalion of naval reserves.
To provide for a Supreme
court reporter.
| To abolish the criminal and in
ferior courts and establish courts
of oyer and terminer.
To equalize tax assessments.
/ To provide for inspection OF
Illuminating oils.
1 To license physicians and Sc
cure their payment for services
| To give notice of application
| for pardons.
| To abolish the State guard.
/ To repeal the act of '93 in re
| gard to uniform taxation.
i To relieve members of volun
teer fire companies.
To amend the charter of New
bern.
After a long debate "a resolu
ton was adopted allowing the
Secretary of State to return pub
| lie printing bidders their bids
and $500 checks.
4 The bill to reduce the bonds o.
| the sheriff of Pitt county to six
ty-thousand dollars caused quite
a debate, which was highly parti
san, the fusionists taking occa
cion &c IN uoctnrIax - otto al