The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-02-18

Mr.. AeCrary-To e-e.fa = abort
form OF agricultural lien. ia Nersh
Carolina allo~ing the creditor to
sell enough OF the property =. pub
lie auction, after % days notice, %
recover the debt aud interest.
Dir. Cunningham To amend sec .
tons 42i and AZ of the Code by prs
viding that where Issues q fac. lad
questions Of fact arise ia which the
sum in dispute 10 not less than 500
compulsory reference shall not de-
/ prive either party Of the cor s.iia- .
tional right To trial OF the issues Of
fac. arising on the pleadings.
Mr.: Cook made . report for the
special com nittee On the bill regard
ing the lease OF the North Carolina
Railroad, Offering = substitute for
the original bill. ssking tina. il be
adopted for the bill, asking that it
be printed and that il be made the
| special order for next Friday. Mr..
| Blackburn protested that this was
too short q time. 1t was stated that
| the House would be light Friday,
owing TO the absence Of committees
Mr.. Cook then moved that the bill
be made the special order for noon
Tuesday. 1t was SO ordered. Mr..
Aiken gave notice that IS 3 member
of the special committee he would
! file q minority report on the substi-
tute. He said he had not seen the
substitute, but that he understood
that q number Of changes had been
made in the bill since the hearing
on it.
At noon the House took up as
special order the bill. introduced by
Mr.. Hancock, 20 restore to the
State the management and control
of the Atlantic aud North Carolina
Railroad. Mr.. Hancock opened the
debate on it, saying it was intro
duced because the directors had un-
der the company's bylaws met in Sc
cret session and taken control Of the
road, disregs riding the States two
thirds; that they issued a call to the
stockholders to meet and seal the
contract. Mr.. H.ncock said that as
a stakeholder, and believing they
wanted to get absolute control of
the road for 40 years he had applied
for and obtained an injunction and
the private stockholders were pre-
vented from disposing Of the States
interest to themselves. That the
directors met again secretly Deem
Der 81, and changed the bylaws so
as to get control and take it out Of
the hands Of the directors and place
it in the hands Of the finance COM
mittee.
Mr.. Eddins said he understood
Mr.. Hancock to say the company
had violated the charter. Mr.. Han
cock said this was true. Mr.. Ed
dins asked whether the bill did not
give the Governor too much power.
Mr.. Duffy said it seemed to him the
bill was drawn so as to permit one
man to absolutely control the road
in q particular interest; that the
bill was badly drawn; that one would
think the management of the road
was bad; while as a matter of fact it
was wise and conservative, and the
road was paying dividends for the
first time; that the people of the
State did not demand any such rev.
olutionary measure as this bill.
After more lively debate Mr.. Han.
cock called the previous question
Carried. Mr.. Mckenzie demanded
the ayes and noes. The bill passed
its second reading by a vote of Is tt
%. Mr.. Duffy objected 10 its thirc
reading, but the Speaker refused t.
hear him, saying he objected toe
late. Passed third reading.
At 2 O'Clock the House adjoornet
IN
THURsDAY-3eD DAY
The Senate was called to order a
I IL o'clock, LieuteDant-Governor keyn
Olds presiding. Prayer by Rev. Dr.
G. S. Burgess, of Newbern, NC.
The following is the important bust
ness transacted:
t To amend chapter 156, laws of 1896
: so as to add the county of Cumber
: land to the Eastern Criminal circui,
q This bill creates q new office of judg
\ and the bill gives the Governor tn
). power to appoint until the next cleo
( ton, when jAdge for said court shall
r be elected. Passed third reading.
9 Resolution to advance the cause O
q good roads, that committee be ap
:. pointed to visit Charlotte and inspec
= the roads around said city and tn
9 county of Mecklenburg. Adopted
+ The committee will leave Raleig
q Friday night next and examine tn
y roads the next day Saturday.
% At O'Clock the Senate adjourned
l. meet tonight at O'Clock.
NIGHT SESSION.
= The Senate met at O'Clock, Lieut.
. Governor Reynolds presiding.
l. Leave of absence was granted NJ
a Atwater.
By leave. Mr.. Lyon introduced tn
D. following bill: To amend the charte
d of the town of Durham and to allo
G. the town to issue bonds; the sal
D. bonds to be used in operating a sys
70 tenn of water works as the present sy!
20 TEN is insufficient and gives great di'
satisfaction. The Senate calendar VS.
taken up and disposed of as follows
a. To prohibit the uses of free pass'
Of by the public officers of the State. NJ
Of Butler spoke favoring the bill, sayin
"a that every two men that rode on Il
railroad paid the fare of another PEI
"a son, and the third person was the MA
that rode on free pass. The ne
who use free passes are always me
ie who are amply able to pay their fare
- 4Ou never Bee tue PooE Auou VI u
Is farmer riding ON free passes. l (Bu
On ler) do not know why unless it is b
be cause he has no influence that wOu
be useful to the railroad. Mr.. r.
nc offered the following substitut
' "That all railroad companies in Il
4 State shall furnish to each State of
Ger q free pass over the various lin
he of railroad in the State under contr
of said railway company and So
nd passes shall be good during term of {
NO fee of said officers" Mr.. Ray spo
to his substitute, saying it should b
~ come law, thereby save all this b
lso and cry of free passes and keep t
iso good name of North Carolina frG
ny being heralded all over the country
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