The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-23

To appoint cotton weighers for the
towns of Gettysburg and Seaboard, In
Northampton county. Passed.
To repeal chapter Alb, laws OF 1898,
and to re enact chapter 492, relating TO
Cumberland county. Passed.
To amend section 747 Of the Code.
Passed.
To furnish Bibles to prisoners in the
iails of the State. Tabled.
To amend section 3736 Of the Code,
by striking out in line 4 the words one
thousand insert fifteen hundred.
Tabled.
To prevent the hiring of convicts in
competition with free labor. Tabled.
Relating to practice of medicine, that
any person who has a diploma from a
reputable college be allowed to prac
tice. Tabled.
To prevent fishing with wire nets in
Cape Fear river below Wilmington,
amendment offered that no person or
company shall catch shad before the
1st of February in each year. Adopted
and bill passed.
To repeal chapter 1854. laws of 1895,
this is a chapter of the botch work or
the legislature of 1895 and the State
printers. Passed.
To amend chapter 267. laws of 1895,
entitled an act relating to Halifax
county. Tabled
Resolution irstructing the State
Treasurer to report whether there re
mains in his fl e any unpaid cOnstruc-
ton bonds of the r. & G. r. R., and
why they have not been paid. Passed.
Bill relating to Rocky Mount Agri
cultural and Industrial Association.
Passed.
Resolution to pay A. Williams & Co.
for stationery. Passed.
To amend section 3445, of the Code,
to increase the time given a prisoner
for good behavior. Passed.
To repeal sub division 4 Of sections
148 and 1913. relating to married VIC
men. Passed.
For an additional term of court for
Mcdowell county. Tabled.
To incorporate the Garysburg Edu-
cational Association. Passed.
To incorporate the trustees Of the
First Presbytery of the Associate Re
form Church. Passed.
To protect lives of prisoners and &C
cused persons. Tabled.
To amend section 6, chapter 112, laws
of 1895. Passed.
To make the South fork of New River
in Ashe county. a lawful fence. Passed.
To enable judgment creditors to
reach judgment debtors in land where
judgment debtors are interested as
tenants in common. Passed.
To repeal section 2, chapter 541, laws
Of 1891. Passed second reading.
To change the line between Bun
combe and Henderson counties. Passed
over.
To repeal chapter 75. laws of 1891
Passed.
To amend chapter AZ, private laws of
1887, and chapter ia, public laws of
1895, relating to the colored Orphan
Asylum at Oxford, to give them an
extra appropriation Of 81, 900 per year.
Passed.
For the relief of street railway en-
ployees in relation to church privileges.
Passed.
For relief of George E Sprinkle, of
Madison county. Passed.
To amend chapter 245, laws of 1895,
relating to pod nets. Passed.
For the relief Of consumptives at
Southern Pines, to allow Charles ST..
John, proprietors Of Piney Woods Inn,
to sell malt. vinous and spurious liquors
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To provide for the representation of
North Carolina and the citizens thereof
at the Tennessee Exposition Of 1897,
Passed.
To amend State grant 3641 made to
VIM. D. Burrell. Passed.
To prevent the pollution Of streams
by saw dust. Tabled
To amend section 932 of the Code, re,
lating to fraudulent suits re committed
to committee.
To regulate challenges to jurors.
Tabled.
To clear the channel of Benage creek,
in Rockingham county. Passed.
To regulate the sale of liquor in Go
lumbus county. Passed
To incorporate Tillery Baptist
Church, Halifax county. Passed.
To promote the oyster culture in
New Hanover county. Passed.
To amend section 43 of the Code. re
lating to time to pay drafts, &c.
Passed.
To protect the people from feVers,
quires dealers to have certificate that
goods have been fumigated. Tabled.
To promote the dairy interests of the
State. Tabled.
To amend chapter SO of laws of 1891.
Tabled.
To amend chapter 1856. private laws
OF 1891, strike out e sstern" and insert
Western Passed.
To repeal chapter 292, private laws
of 1891: Passed.
To forbid giving a reward to any
employee of the present legislature.
Tabled.
To amend section 243, chapter 80,
laws of 1898, relating to stock law in
Craven county. Passed.
To amend chapter 245, laws of 1895,
To incorporate the North Carolina
Land and Timber Company. Tabled