The news & observer., 1897-02-07
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W alsaa-- Republicans Mad BE-
cause he Won't Appoint
Negroes.
1T MAKES A BIG STIR
Mr. SWINSON DECLINES TO BE A
PUPPET IN OFFICE.
EpGEcoMsE STOCK LAW BILL
introduces by Person Goes to Its Last
Resting s7lace--A Day OF Rou-
tine Legislation.

tine Legislation.
At 10 o'clock the House met. Rev.
DIR. Rranson offered prayer.
Among the bills and resolutions intro
duced were the following:
By Murphy, to amend section 1855, the
Code. so that materials furnished cor
roration to keep it going shall not have
priority over a previously recorded mort
gage, although they do not add to the
plant nor enhance its value.
By Hancock, (resolution), to establish
the office of enrolling clerk and provide
for the direct election of clerks in the
enrolling clerks Office.
By Ormesby, to give county commits
sioners more time for meetings.
BY Murphy, to make bastardy mis-
demeanor.
By Lawhorn, to allow Moore county to
issue $4,000 more of bonds.
BY Person, of Wilson, to incorporate
the Bridgersville Agricultural, Live
Stock and Poultry Association.
BY Chaplin, to incorporate the Harnet
Central Railway Company, from
Spout Springs to a point on the Fayette-
vile and Wilson Short Cut of the At
lantic Coast Line.
BY Howe, to incorporate the State
Grand Lodge of the Grand United Or
der of Odd Fellows.
By Person, of Wilson, to incorporate
Hannibol Lodge g. u. of Odd Fellows.
By Roberts, to amend the Madison
county road law.
By Hartness, to protect wild turkeys
and partridges in Iredell.
By Roberts, to repeal the charter Of
Mars Hill, Madison county.
By Sutton, of Cumberland, to amend
the charter of Fayetteville by creating
police board composed of e. p. Powers,
A. e. Dixon, w. p. Wemyss, G. A. p.
Wilkerson and w. F. Raiford, to take
sffice the first Monday in May and serve
two years and all officials shall be elected
by the board.
By Parker, of Person, to make it
misdemeanor to practice law before
passing examination and receiving IL
4cense.
By Holmes, (resolution), to pay Josiah
Turner balance due him for public print
ing and interest due.
BY Marlborough, to repeal chapter AL.
acts Of 1893, and abolish August term Of
Caswell Superior court.
By Hare, to allow persons to kill
cattle not properly secured by the owners,
after notice.
By Walters, to pay ID. e. Patrick
balance of his salary as professor of
Latin at the University, amounting to
$1,7OO.
BY Bryan, of Chatham, to submit to
the qualified voters of that county the
question of working the public roads by
taxation.
Hancock asked that resolution to oust
Enrolling Clerk Swinson be placed ON
the calendar Mckenzie and others OBJ
jected. Hancock moved that the rules
be suspended and the resolution go on
the calendar. A division was called for,
ignoring McKenzie's inquiry if 61 votes
were not necessary to suspend the rules.
Bills passed establishing a new town
ship in Surry; to leave to the people the
question of the line between Alamance
and Chatham, white, of Alamance, say
ing this was perfectly satisfactory, and
Bryan, of Chatham, saying that while it
was not perfectly satisfactory, yet it was
all that could be gotten.)
A bill to extend the stock law in Wayne
came up leaving the question to all quail
fed voters. Person, of Wayne, said that
heretofore only the land owners Of
Wayne had been represented; that the
men the laborers voted for did not come
here at all; but that the laborers. the
shirt-sleeved men, had sent him here and
that all of them should have chance To
vote on this measure; that the legislation
on stock laws had always been in the
interest of land owners alone.
Parker, of Wayne, said the land own
ers of that territory, had sent petition
here and only six of these opposed the
bill, among the petitioners being several
widows who had no one to represent
them. The bill passed second reading.
Bills passed to make it misdemeanor
to drive over bridges in Macon at gait
faster than a walk.
Bill to pay special veniremen in capital
case 81 per day came over from the
Senate, the latter body having added
several counties which were objection
able to the House. Mckenzie made a
motion that the House refuse to concur
in the amendments, and that commit
tee of conference committee OF three be
appointed The Speaker named Nc
Kenzie and Cook and Parker, of Per-
Quimans as the committee Of conference.
BY leave johnson introduced the fol-
lowing bills: To require all bankers OF
officers and directors Of railways and
State banks or other corporations Great
ed or chartered by the Legislature to take
an official ,tion; the State Treasurer tt
prepare the form Of oath, and send the
blank form to each officer on or before
January 1st Of each year. Bill to make
chapter 494, acts of 1888, discretionary
with the State Treasurer, instead OF
mandatory. This is the act which
creates banks of deposit for the public
moneys, by providing that he shall dis
tribute the deposits Of the public moneys
in proportion to the capital stock Of the
banks Also bill to regulate the liability
Of stockholders in banks chartered by
the State, this providing that "the stock
holders Of any bank now operating OF
which may operate under State laws