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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Tb.o. White, Senator from refquimsas,
who received =. votes
SPECIAL ORDER
being the election of board Of directors
of the agricultural department. Nc
Caskey and Green being tellers- Ne
ga,key placed in nomination j. \.
Buchanan, &. II. Johnson, !. {. l..
Harris. }. X. Chamberlain and .. 4.
-tarbnck.
To fill vacancy caused by death OF
senator Franck the name of H. T..
King.
Parsons nominated \. {. Berry and
Jno. Martin.
The vote resulted in - votes being
asst for the committees nominations.
TO HONOR ORR ILLrsTRIoUs DEAD.
Mr. Hoover. by request, presented
The following:
RESOLVED, by the senate. the house
Of representatives concurring. that the
family and friends of the iguer OF the
immortal Declaration of independence,
William Hooper, be and they are hereby
aut horiZed to place marble or bronze
statue Of William Hooper in the city
OF Washington in Statuary hall.
Resolved, that the family and friends
Of Hon Willie L. Mangum be and they
! are hereby authorized oplace a bronze
or marble statute OF this illu,trlouS
Judge. lawyer, statesman and senator
i'll the statuary hall, in the capitol at
Washington.
Mr.. Moody sent upan amendment to
add the name of Hon. Zebulon Baird
/ Vance.
The resolution was referred to the
/ committee on federal relations.
BILLS RATIFIED.
| Rice from the committee on enrolled
! bills reported % acts properly enrolled
and the same were ratified by the sig
! nature of the president. -
| A resolution paying w. NJ Davies
an assistant engrUGsing clerk, pay
from the 18th of January to anG III, nd
ing 18th of February 1895, passed IL
several readings.
A batch of bills on the unfavorable
report of the calendar We're tabled in
! bulk.
A MESSAGE
was sent to the House of Re nresenta-
tives notifying that body that the Sen
d1t caltiludF no longer lldu any WI II
upon it for consideration.
At 10 30 the Senate took recess til
10 o'clock Il. III. to-day.
HOUSE.
House opened with prayer by Rev
l.. l.. Smith. The reading of t:he jour
: nal was suspended.
\ resolution to pay |. y. Green, con
teStant, 500 for expenses in contes
passed several readings.
PERSONAL PRIVILEGES.
: Ray rose to question Of persona
p, privilege and spoke as follows:
"Some days ago | made, some remark
! in this House concerning Rev. Nj
Cobb, who reports for The CAUCASIAN
which | am sorry made, and now il
!, as public a manner withdraw the sal
offensive language. | felt that at dii
ferent times he had done me great in
justice in his reports of the proceed
ings of the House, but any charge here
: tofore made by me against him tina
: he knowingly and Intentionally mis-
5 represented me or any one else | here
5 by withdraw"
5 The House then took up the
COUNTY OFFICERS BOND BILL.
. A bill to repeal chapter 366, laws 9
{ 1893. The bill allows county officer
= to bond in security companies, an
fixes the bonds of sheritfs at he amour
which had passed through their hand
:, the previous year. The bill was advC
Gated by French and White and ol
posed by PEBBLES and Winborne.
French called the previous ques
ton.
e Lee offered to amend by eNceptin
= Haywood and PEBBLES by eXceptin
e Northampton.
e Amendments were also offered to eH
cept Currituck, Pennsylvania, Gate
Mecklenburg, northampton, Lincoli
, Martin and Halifax.
- These amendments were all vote
down.
= Ray amended by adding, provided til
u commissioners shall not accept a bon
y from any company that has not depos
= led bond of $4,000 with the Secrt
9 tary of State, and is recommended b
him as a solvent company.
The vote on Bays amendment VIZ
% to Al. The amendment was los
$ The bill was then voted on and passe
: second reading.
This bill provides first, that the pei
atty of the several bonds required
n be given by officers of the reSpectiI
counties shall be by the sheriff for I'll
q collection and settlement of State taXt
q according to law, a sum not eXceedin
: the amount of taxes assessed upon tt
s county for State purposes in previol
g years. Second, for the collection an
settlement OF county and other lOc;
g taxes according to law in cOunti'
$ having no county treasurer, Su
o not exceeding the amount of sue
n county and other local taxes for II
= previous year, and in counties havin
II county treasurer, sum not exceed
n ing % per cent. of such county al
other local taxes for the previous yea
1t also permits county officers to gIN
! bonds in security companies as raj
q road officials and employees.
p The passage of the bill was made
- party measure and the Democrats ma,
every effort to defeat it on both secon
= and third readings. When the motto
- was made to suspend the rules and pl
it on its second readin
there were cries of "cail ii
), roll, call the roll" Ellis and Nj,
u kinzie as tellers and the roll call +,
p suited in 81 ayes and % noes. ri
II third reading was had and the Id
# passed its third reading by vote
>, ayes 80, noes 26.
= The tellers of the house and sena
% reported the list of magistrates agree
r on yesterday as elected by both house
p Burnham called up his resolution
=, pay the pages $500 each extra, whiC
Il he said had been lost after it WI
# amended in the senate. Bagwell o
~ jected. The Speaker said the bill h;
- been ''stOlen" or rather taken from I'll
- clerks room" and lost, and in sue
Il cases he had heretofore permitted bill
~ to be substituted in their places,
10 BILL TO AMEND CHARTER OF ATLANT
e AND n. c. RAILROAD.
:. This bill proposed to change Il
! management OF the road. French, wi
= had charge of this bill, announced tn
u it was political measure, which Il
gentlemen on he at her side Unui1 .