Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-03-04
PARTY CAUCUSES.
Boilers Force Themselves in
Regular POpulist Caucus and
are Threatened with Police
Legislative Proceedings.
Wilmington Star.

Legislative Proceedings.
Wilmington Star.
R4leigh, Feb. Pin the
House the following bills aud re-
were introduced: To
adjourn sine die March 9Th; to
regulate fire insurance companies
to make the salary of the At
torney Generals clerk 5000; to
repeal the tax on practicing pny>
%sicians; to require the State
Medical Beard of Examiners to
grant license to physicians who
have pracJiced ten years; tc
prevent carrying concealed
weapon by employees of detective
agencies, to amend the charter
of Warsaw. to allow Wilson
county to issue bonds, 10 incor-
porate Wake County Live Stock
Association, legalizing cockfght
ing.
By Murphy, to amend the in
surance laws Of the State by
proving that no fire insurance
company shall do business in the
S State unless it has 800, 900 of
actual chash capital paid up or
assets invested in bonds or stocks
or I'D mortgages with double the
amount for which property is
mortgaged and all fire COM
panies shall deposit with the
State Treasurer 800. 900 O;
United States. North Carolina,
county or municipal bonds,
which are valid. and whenever
any loss by fire occurs the loser.
to secure recovery OF insurance,
to notify the State Auditor pend
ing settlement of said loss and
the amount claimed, and if there
is not prompt settlement of the
loss he may ask for a receiver to
take charge of enough bonds to
satisfy the Judgment after suit,
to regulate payment of wages to
employees Of manufacturing cor
porations which carry on stores
in connection with their business
Ii requires such corporations
which carry 90 any store Oh
mercantile business owned by it
self, or in which any officer OF
said corporation is interested, tc
pay the laborers and employees
of said corporations at least once
a week all sums due such labor
ers and employees in such actua
work.
Bills passed to make stock
holders of every bank chartered
by the State individually liable
and responsible, equally an6
ratably, and not one for another,
for all contracts. debts and
agreements to the extent of the
amount of their stock therein al
par value thereof, i'll addition to
the amount invested in such
bank, and all exceptions in any
bank charler r repealed. and &c
forbid any bank from lending
any one person over one-tentE
of its capital, to make it discre-
tionary with the State Treasurer
as to making State deposits il
certain banks, to require al
bankers Of officers and directors
of always and State banks, OIL
other corporations, created OF
chartered by the Legislature, te
take an official oath, certain ter>
ritory coded to Clay county by
the last Legislature was restored
to Cherokee.
The bill giving to Asheville {
dispensary system passed al
readings. Blackburn wanted tt
submit the question to a vote o.
the people. The Broughton,
Young contest was made the
special order for Tuesday.
Raleigh, N. c., March Ito.
night the boilers and regula:
Populists came near having
clash. The regular Populist'
were announced to caucus IN tn,
Senate chamber. The bolter'
went in and took seats. Brown
taking the chief clerks chair
Brown said his party had givel
away to the majority long enougl
and he said they proposed TO re
main. Atwater, chairman, tried il
vain to get the boilers out, AM
threatened to send for the police
The spectacle was a most ludi
crous one.
McCaskey, chairman of tn
boilers finally came in and an
nounced that owing to the lat
hour there would be no caucus
and the boilers then retired.
The Democratic caucus to
night expressed itself in favor O
being allowed to name a Demo
cratic member of the Code Com
mission.
The majority Populists endor
sed J. B. Schulken for Cod
Commissioner. Their caucu
decided to antagonize the amend
ment to the election law provid
ing for the appointment of com
missioners of election.
The Republican caucus to
night had a stormy session owe
the negro question, which fnall
resulted in several negro mem
bers Withdrawing. It was pro
posed to adopt Blackburn's bi
allowing the Governor to nam
the directors of the Goldsbor
ASYLUM. Senator Lee Perso
protested and stated that unles
the bill was passed naming ne