The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-02

Murphy, to protect game and song
birds.
Reynolds, to incorporate Starr,
Montgomery county.
Cathey, to allow Swain county to
levy special tax.
Nelson, resolution instructing Sena
tors and R ,presentativers TO vote for
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 TO 1
Harris of Hyde, to repeal the road
law in Hyde.
Reid, TO amend the charter of the
Carolina Mutual Fire Insurance Com.
pany of Charlotte.
Devices, to require corporations to
file charters.
Conley, to establish a new township
in McDo veil county.
R)Oerts, to repeal chapter 274, acts
1895.
Hancock, requiring Craven county
to refund illegal TAX tax collected under
act of March IL, 1895.
Chaplin, to allow Harnett to issue
bonds and levy special tax.
Daniels, to promote temperance.
Cook. to place the steamer Lily in
the hands of the naval reserves.
Devices, to authorize sher.f IF to make
tax titles.
Hauser to amend the railroad COM
mission act, to elect the railway
commissioners by popular vote; to
make the rental Of telephones from $12
to $l8 yearly (; make the rates Of pas
senger fare II and 2 cents per mile; to
make telegraph charges Is cents per
10 words and 1 cent for each addi.
tional word; also, bill to suppress
trusts and combines. by imposing pen.
atty of forfeiture of charter by those
out of the State, and for those in the
State when over S., 600 fine or impris
onment; also, resolution requiring the
governor to get information as to the
total salaries of railway off Gals and
employees whose salaries exceed
g, 500.
johnson, resolution, that all appro.
priation bills be referred to the Finance
committee.
Cathey, to protect the deliberations
of the House.
Foster, to amend the Code for the
better protection of mechanics and
owners of buildings and vessels.
Dockery, to provide for public road
supervision ESQ copies ordered prin,
ted)
White, of AIamance, to make the
terms of register of deeds 4 years after
the election in 1898.
Gallop, to prescribe the time in which
mortgages shall be recorded.
Dancy, to allow Edgecombe county
to levy a special tax.
Yarboro, to repeal the charter Of
Y4nceyville.
Young, to aid the North Carolina
Institute for the blind.
Deweese, to require sheriff5 to keep
description of all prisoners.
Hauser's bill TO reduce the pay of
legislative clerks from S. to 81 per day
came up and was defeated. pity
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Alexander, to amend the charter
of the Carolina Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Charlotte.
Mr.. Grant, to provide for the super
vision of the public schools.
Mr.. Sales, to amend chapter III.
private laws of 1895, amending char
ter of Southern Sock Mutual Fire In
surance Company 90 permit the com
pany to pass bylaws that will control
the number OF %directors)
Mr.. Justice, for the relief of sherifs
and tax collectors. (Allow them to
collect arrears of taxes from 1891,
with the usual limitations; that it
shall not apply to those acting in a
fduciary capacity, etc. This is to obvi-
ate the necessity of so many bills for
particular counties
Mr.. Parker, of Randolph, to amend
chapter 214, laws of 1895.
Mr.. Moye, to amend chapter 453,
laws Of 1898. in relation to eturns of
assignees and trustees.
Bill to charter Stone Mountain r ALL
road Company came up on the third
reading. Mr.. McNei offered an amend
ment to commence this road at some
point between Rome a., Wilkes county,
aud North Wilkesboro, in Wilkes
county. He wanted all the money ex-
pended in building this road spent in
Wilkes county, and to avoid the posi-
bility of spending any of it in Surry or
any other county. Mr.. Ashburn, who
represented Surry, protested against