The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-16
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
HOUsE-TwENTY FIFTH DAY.

church at L0uisburg.
Chapman, to incorporate Winter
vile, Pitt county.
Parker, of Perquimans, to prohlOlt
the sale of liquor in Hartford township,
Pamlico county.
Rawls, to work Northampton's road
By taxation.
Price, to amend the law as to cleo
ton OF county superintendent of edu-
cation, 90 as to restore the Same.
Price, to allow Monroe's commission
ers to elect a tax collector; to establish
graded schools at Monroe; to relieve
tax payers of Monroe.
Nelson, to establish a new polling
place in Little River Township, Cald
well county.
Bryan, of E1gecombe, to fix the bond
of the register of deeds of Edgecombe.
Pinnix, to allow ex Sheriff Bailey of
Dare to collect arrears of taxes.
Hare, to prevent destruction of live
trees by lumbermen.
Allen, to allow Randolph to sell the
county home.
Hare to protect owners of timber
trees,
Wrenn. to protect wild animals in
Chatham.
Chaplin, to make the Cape Fear and
Lower Little rivers in Harnett lawful
fences.
Sutton, Of Cumberland, to repeal
the law as to the ferry at Elizabeth
town.
Arledge, to incorporate Central In
dustrial Institute at Columbus, Polk
county.
Harris, of Hyde, to indulge the Hyde
tax payers.
Bailey, to incorporate the Hodges
school in Davie county.
Schulken, to incorporate the Su-
preme ruling of the Fraternal Mystic
circle and to incorporate the Woodmen
of the World In North Carolina.
Cunningham, to amend sections 421
and 423, the code, so that where issues
OF fact and questions of fact arise in an
action of which the courts of equity of
the State had Jurisdiction prior to the
constitution OF 1868, or in a common
Law action based upon equitable rights
in valuing equitable relief the compul
sorry reference shall not deprive eithGr
party of his constitutional right t o a
trial Of the issues Of the fact arising on
the headings.
Dixon, of Cleveland, torepeal the $40
annual license tax on physicians.
Bills passed third readings to allow
Craven county to levy a tax to build
bridges; to elbow Pdmlico to levy
special tax; to allow Harnett to issue
bonds and levy q special tax; to incor
porate the town of Whittier; to allow
Swain county to levy a special tax; to
revise the law as to Raleigh cotton
weighers, by providing that the county
commissioners shall in March of each
year elect four weighers, who are to
give $500 bond, the charge to be z cents
per bale to be paid by the seller, the
commissioners to have authority any
time 10 appoint cotton weighers for the
county other than Raleigh.
Blackburn moved that the assign
ment bill which was tabled yesterday
be reconsidered. Cook moved to table.
This was lost. Then Blackburn move
its recommittal to the Judiciary. Cook
moved to table this motion. This failed
to prevail. The bill was accordingly
recommitted and the judiciary com
mite will consider the,bill.
The bill to allow the Governor to ap
point female ~notaries was I'D and was
defeated s. to A
Bill to allow q tax of Is cents on the
500 70 be levied in Vance, if the people
so vote, for road improvement, passed
second reading.
Resolution vas adopted raising a
committee to ascertain when any alter
alton or improvement were needed at
the Executive Mansion and report on
the same.
Bill making it unlawful for railway
companies to purchase or operate any
other road in such q manner as to les
sen competition, and giving W to
annual charter Of any roads which at.
tempt to parallel. roads owned by the
State, came up with a favorable com
mittee report, the committee adding a
provision to prevent pooling" or any
such plan to lessen competition, the
penalty being not less than $500 nor
more than $40, 900.
Bill passed -chartering the Bank of
GreenVille.
To exempt property owners of Muir