The news & observer., 1897-01-24


law in Hyde.
By Reid, to amend the charter of the
Carolina Mutual Fire Insurance Conn
pany of Charlotte.
BY Deweese, to require corporations to
file charters.
BY Conaey, to establish a new town
ship in Mcdowell county.
BY Roberts, to repeal chapter 274, acts
1895.
BY Hancock, requiring Craven county
to refund Illegal tax collected under act
If Alardh IL. 1895.
BY Chaplin, to allow Harnett to issue
bonds and levy special tax.
By Daniels, to promote temperance.
BY Cook, to place the steamer Lily in
the hands OF the naval reserves.
BIZ Deweese, to authorize sheriffs to
make tav titles.
By Hauser, to amend the railroad com
mission act. to electing the railway com
rt4issioners by popular vote, to make the
lenta of telephones from So TO $1S year
~: makes the rates Of passenger fare la
and , cents per mile; 10 make telegraph
charges Is cents per 10 words and ]
cent for each additional word; also bill
to suppress trusts and combines, by inn
chose out of the State, and for those in
the State when over $4,000 fine or inn
prisonment; also resolution requiring the
governor to get information as to the to-
tai salaries of railway officials and en-
ployes whose salaries exceed $1,000.
BY Johnson, resolution, that all APP
preparation bills be referred to the Fin
ance committee.
Of %, lions
Of the House.
Ey Foster, to amend the Code for the
better protection of mechanics and own
ers of buildings and vessels.
BY Dockery, to provide for public road
supervision (250 copies ordered printed
BY White, of Alamance, to make the
terms of register Of deeds years after
the election in 1898
BY Gallop, to prescribe the time in
which mortgages shall be recorded.
By Dancy, to allow Edgecombe county
to levy a special tax.
| By Marlboro, to repeal the charter of
Yanceyville
BY Young, TO aid the North Carolina
institution for the blind.
BY Deweese, to require sheriffs to keep
description of all prisoners.
! The resolution of Duffy to require com
mittee to act at once on the
Wake contest case was taken
M. He said the case it seemed was
about ITO be postponed until the end OF
the session. Duffy desired the bill plac
ed on The calendar for Immediate consid
eration. ''Vote it down" cried Lusk. 1t
was a party vote, ayes 3S, noes 81. The
| Republicans applauded.
| The bill to promote temperance makes
it unlawful to sell or give spirituous l.
quors to any unmarried person under q.
The school supervisors bill provides for
the division of the State into not less
| than 24 nor over 4S supervision districts.
The btll in regard TO laborers liens, &c,
! requires that sllb-contr&ctors must mott
fy the agent or owner, in writing, of the
nature, and cost of work contemplated
by his contract before any labor is done
or material delivered on the premises.
The resolution by Nelson in regard to
| silver sets forth that, whereas last No
venlber the voters of North Carolina by
10000 majority declared in favor of free
coinage and whereas under the re-organ-
ization OF the Senate by the Republicans
/ il will be possible to p.geon-hole all flnan-
cial reform bills, leaving silver advocates
, powerless TO vote for silver save as a rd-
or, that our Senators and Representatives
vote for the free and independent. coin
age OF silver, whether as an independent
proposition or a rider.
The unfinished business OF yesterday,
| The resolution fixing S4 per diem as its
pay Of House clerks came UP. A motion
to table was made by Hancock. The
vote was ayes 80 noes 46, SO the motion
was lost. Cook offered an amendment
that the resolution do not apply until
1893. Hartness said this was unneces-
sary, as the Law could not apply TO this
legislature. He said the Republicans
had introduced a resolution and it was
adopted unanimously demanding a redlic-
| tion OF salaries He said the Supreme
court had decided that such acts were
| on-retroactive. Cook denied that, SO far
as clreks salaries are concerned .Schulken
favored the resolution without amend
nlent, saying clerks took offices with the
! understanding and full notice that their
salaries would be cut down. Cooks a
merldment was adopted, ayes 40 noes 81
Sutton offered an amendment to reduce
salaries of members TO So per diem. He
tried to withdraw it. There was great
laughter at Sutton's expense. Hancock
demanded the yeas and nays. He said
he wanted TO put the people WHO wanted
| these reductions on record. Schulken said
| that Hancock had taken an oath to sup
port the constitution, and that the CON
| stituton provided for S4 day for mem
bers; that therefore Sutton's amendment
| was unconstitutional. The amendment
| was lost. Then an amendment was of
fered by Dockery that the resolution
| take effect when each member returns
| to the treasury one-fourth of his per
| diem Ferrell said there was an attempt
10 fllbuster; that he would vote for
bill to provide for % per cent reduction of
all salaries. Deckery said Ferrell was
quite ready to cut down the per diem Of
| the poor, hardworking devils of
clerks" but NOT ready to reduce his own
nav RIacLSb1ra said this whole business