Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-13
LAWS FOR COUNTIES.
srPERINTENnENTs AND EDuCA-
TIONAL BOARDS ABOLISHED.
ropuiist Railway Legislation De-
fcRtod-Isonds OF County oflcer.
Fixed--A CRISIS IN the Penitcntiary
fi' "nccs-2p"s'"-' Incident.

RALEIGH. n. c.. March i2-Cspeclal)
The Senate to-day passed the bill TO
abolish county superintendent Of public
instruction and county boards Of educa-
ton. Superior Court clerks are to appoint
county examiners to take the place OF
superintondents.
4 bill TO appoint seven directors and
state proxy FOR the North Carolina rail-
way was attacked by Democrats. as well
as by Populist and Republican, as a
bad bin and was tabled. IL proposed to
give the States proxy remarkably great
powers. There Is a bill o: the same tenor
regarding the Atlantic and North Carolina
railway and prominent PoDulisis ana
Republicans assure me positively tonight
that this. too. VIII never pass final
reading.
OTHER ACTS
The senate passed the bin raising the
axe 81 consent. The House tabled OiH
g. lcgalizc cock fighting and passed
bin fixing bonds Of county officers Sher-
81 at nos over 5000. Register OF Deeds
100. Superior court clerk. $1,000. Treas
urcr. d per cent Of the taxes. bill 70
anend the chatter Of the Atlantic and
Nor,h Carolina railway passed its second
reading. Williams. Of Craven, a Republic
can. attacked IL furiously. saying IT was
an attempt 10 steal the road. He de-
mandcd the yeas and nays. 80 that as he
said. the people could see who the thieves
were.
INADEQUATE.
Governor Carr sent special message
Announcing that the appropriation made
Tor the penitentiary 81 SCI. GO for this year
and next year was totally Inadequate.
ani that without further aid that insti-
tptl0n must meet a crisis within a year
Tho House Democrats filed a protest
against the action Of the Fusion ma
J0rlty In denying the truths as 10 the
Frc1. Douglass resolution. and this. after
uesl crate opposition by Fuslonists. was
ordered 20 be spread on the Journal
The Fusion caucus I'm 10 abolish the
present Board % Agriculture AMI trustees
~ tho Agricultural and Mechanical col
legc and create q Board Of Agriculture 10
be also trustees passed hv party vote
Caucus hin 20 take control Of the penl-
Tertiary from the Democrats also passed
so CODE COMMISSION.
II was settled IN the Republican caucus
this morning that there should bo no
Code commission The agreement origi-
nally was that the popu'is's We're to have
the chairman and the clerk OF the corn
pission ana the Republicans two NOM
beTs. The Populists told the Republicans
that. therefore, the latter had not much
more 10 lose than the pouulis,s by the
abandonment Of the commission. But
those az the Republicans who were 50
eager for the comm .ssiOn declared that
this creation was sina Giia non 70 their
voting for the P0puliet nominees for Rail-
way Commissioner ana the Penitentary
Manager
Your correspondent had talk
with Populist to-day. ana II is Of Inn
pprtance. Here Is what he said. This
POpuliet IS an cx-concrosFman, and
man high In affairs Re sai2: This
fusion will end now / have never In all
my life been I'm such n strain for weeks.
We have now thrown down the gauntlet
90 the Republicans. They want TO stop the
hill changing th" management Of the peni-
tentiaiy. We. ON our part. are ready.
II this Is DONE 10 strike out the cnacting
clauses az the acts creating the eastern
und western criminal court circuits"
SHOULD PASS.
II was decided to-day hy both caucuses
that the bin TO provide for roasSessment
Of property this year should pass. IL
was agreed on by the Popullsts some time
uro. and then antagonized by the Bcpubli-
cans. The latter thought Il would show
81 falling on in values.
Tho Republicans and Populists, in eau
Gus to-day, named their members on the
tcw Penitcntinry Board
WORK ~ RICHMOND
Stewart Brothers. the new state
printers. ~ Winston. took the Oaths last
Saturday. Nest Monday they will take
The work regularly. They tell me that
they viii have some Of the work done
here and some at Richmond bat viii do