The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-02-11

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suossi rs Isn syass a sa~nt. ~ h~s b 80 and i
sm ~ tsormsas. In SIR dises~sans ~ the /
court. Th. Ass~s and isc~n.~ f.s To 70 /
to- The public ssrhoos fund.
Mr.. ArGs.k~y ~Hit that ssr~txn resu- /
rani~. and roTrorsslSns rssH~ 10 The /
xat.ss 81 Eastern North 1srelasa aud /
stretched MILES aud mile. Of n~;s IN /
Alb~msri~ -,und and tie tml~3. and /
w~rs running the ash Interest OF the |
State without paying sns r~ssna@ and /
were taking the bread oas - Tbs
mouths of our knms people
Mr.. Clarke vas sure the ball sss Iuss
what wa. needed. Passed second and
third reading.
To preTent the asf ing With anchor
drifts OF gill nets in Aibs marie Sound
and rivers emptyinx therein. Passed
second aud third reading.
Adjourned 10 meet At r. IA Mon
day.
The House Was called to order st 10
o'clock. Rev. Levi Brsnson offered the
morning prayer.
After several minor bills were intro
duced, the calendar was taken and
much business disposed Of. among
which the following is the most i'm
por'ant;
/ Mr. HANCOCK 5 RESOLUTION.
BY unanimous consent Mr.. Hancock
! introduced bill to abolish the Office
| of Enrolling Clerk, If there be such.
| and provide for the election of officers
and clerical force for the enrolment
OF all bills, acts and resolutions, etc,
passed by the General Assembly.
| The bill stated that " ereas the State
/ Con titution conferred upon the House
and Senate to choose officers for their
! respective bodies whereas no prov ision
has been made by law for the election
of an Enrolling Clerk and clerical
| force, by reason of which doubt ex-
lists as 10 who shall control and super
wise the enrolment of bills. etc,
therefore the OIL ,e, if such there be
now existing, be abolished.
Section two provides that one p rson
be appointed by the Speaker of the
House and one by the President Of the
Senate, who shall be called principal
control and supervise the enrolment
the same
The bill fixes the salaries of these
officials at s. per dry, with mileage as
received by assemblymen. 1t further
provides that the Speaker of the House
and President of the Senate appoint
subject to the approval of the General
Assembly, such assistants "a they may
deem necessary, who shall receive the
same salaries as the Principal Enroll.
ing Clerks.
Provision is also made that the pro
visions of the bill apply to the present
session of the legislature as we'll a.
, Il he future ones. The bill was place.
upon the calendar.
Bill to pay special veniremen as reg
ulsr jurors came up for ratification
Objection was made by Mr.. Mckenzie
who stated that he thought there wer
some counties included whose Repre-
sentatives objected and some other
who desired to be placed within it
provisions. The Speaker appointed
House Conference Committee, as fol
lows: Cook, Mckenzie and Parker O
5 PeIquimans.
I Mr.. Brown introduced bill for tn
;, appointment of special committee
whom all bills regarding Copgressions
q Districts should be referred.
Mr.. Young introduced bill relativ
J, to the Colored Normal School, provid
ing that the entire amount of none
s appropriated in aid of colored norms
q schools shall be equally divided anon
all such schools in the Srate. The bi
u is in the hands of the Education Con
mittee.
Bill providing for a bond issue
7. Richmond county, passed third reat
ing. In explaining the necessity II
IS the bonds Mr.. Dockery, Of Richmon
said that floating debt of more tina
n q - q m n I q
l. to sO-called "DemOcratic economic
J. administration of county government
al and that this condition not only a.
50 piled to his county, buS to very mar
J. other counties of the State.
e, The large number of bills to allo
1T other counties to issue DO IDS or lie,
s. special ia x, coming up before the legl
lature were, with very few exception
"a attributable to the same cause OF Del
m ocratic misgovernment.
!e N. G. ROLLING EXPOSITION.
- Mr.. Hancock introduced bill to a
~ "North Carolina's Rolling Expos
$. tion," by appropriating 5000 to tn
or purpose. The bill recited the fact tn
iii Messrs. w. H. Ramseur and J. M. Moo
have in course of construction lar
of car, filled with all the products, mi
RI. erals, eCC., kuOWH III GHc % Ce, W III
X they will designate as North Ca
ed lina's Rolling Exposition.' Provisi
he is made in the bill that $4,000 Of
ce appropriation be used in fitting up
at car and the remainder for the rolf
be machinery. In consideration OF the
tn preparation Messrs. Ramseur a
III Moore are to make over to the Stat
Vs. title to one-third interest in the Elk
to sition, and if the enterprise is not c,
Oh tinued for five years, its owners
q. shall revert to the State.
m. Representative Jones Of Alleghs
r county was recognized on matter
personal privilege and read reply
=, the recent attack made upon him by
VI editor of the News and Observer on
. count of his failure to vote in the
cent Senatorial election.
-. ~ House adjourned until 10 o'cl
,or Monday morning.
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