The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
OUsE-FIFrY-sEYENTH DAY.

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passed:
To extend the time for organisation
of the Bank of LincolntOn.
To allow special township school
taxes of Person county. The same IN
Tyrrell county.
To incorporate the Snow Hill Rail
road.
To incorporate the Chatham. Moore
and Harnet6 Bank at Sanford.
To repeal ac5 OF 1895, for working
Polk county roads by taxation.
To create Beaver Dam Township,
Washington county. -,
tax.
To protect deer and wild turkeys in
Moore.
the right to cross lands OF their way
to school.
To work Halifax county roads by
taxation.
Lusk rose to q question Of order and
said the House was the most disOrderly
body he had ever seen. He said it vas
q disgrace to the constituents of mem
bers and the State. The speaker said
that the behavior was certainly a dis
grace; that his appeals for order were
not needed. Lusk said that the door
keeper could not manage the members;
that the latter refused to heed him.
He added that the hubbub was SO
great he could not hear the speech Of a
member six feet away.
The bill for establishment Of q dis
pensary at Fayetteville came up and
was chempioned by Sutton. 1t passed.
Bill to increase the clerk to the At
torney General $sve was voted ca.
Bryan, of Chatham, moved to table.
This prevailed.
Bills passed providing for working
by taxation che roads Of Wilson.
Wayne, and Green counties. Pitt
stricken out.
Bills passed:
To amend the charter of Salisbury.
To allow WhICeville to charge $50
for liquor license.
To amend chapter 152 acts of 1898,
by striking out these words: Nor
shall the provisions Of this act apply to
railways chartered prior to January
/, 1868"
To restrict sale of liquor in Haywood
county.
Bill to place Orange county in the
Fourth Congressional District and TO
put Vapc9 and Surry ia the Fifth came
up, It passed.
Bill to extend corporate limits of Mt.
Olive, passed.
Bill TO change voting precinct of
Failing Greek, Lenoir county. Passed
To refund to the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, which it paid as re
ward for two murderers.
To improve Wakes public roads, by
extending the Raleigh road district
three miles in each direction.
To better drain R5edy Fork creek in
Guilford county.
To incorporate the National Protec-
tive Association.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Bryan, of Chatham,
bill to allow that county to issue bonds
was tabled.
The following bills passed:
To amend the charter OF Salisbury.
To Allow Gastonis * Issue $25, 900 In
bonds to ecure the location of the
court house of CASTOR county.
To allow servants IN the public build
ings and grounds Is days leave of
absence during each year, with pay.
To incorporate the Tar River and
Carolina Railroad Company.
To incorporate the Highlands Turn
pike Company.
To prevent obstruction of certain
streams in Montgomery county.
To keep Wilkes road IN repair by
tax upon vote Of people.
To incorporate the Bank of Person.
To allow Sampson county to issue
$12,G 600 IN bonds.
Bill to prevent the introduction and
discrimination of dangerous insects
and diseases and weeds which may
affect crops. Creating q commission
to secure the eXtirpatioR OF the San
Jose fruit scale) was discussed. Han.
cock wanted to know whether it was
a gold bug or s~ilverbug. Johnson said
it was q destructive bug. well, then,
it is a silver bug" said Hancock.
Bryan, of Chatham, moved to table
Parker of Wayne, said this fruit scale
threatened all the fruit trees in the
State. He said it had been found in
three places IN the State. The bill
passed.
Bill to pay $500 for expenses of the
Commissioner, passed second reading,
the Speaker casting the deciding vote.
The following bills pass ed:
To incorporate the State Grand
Lodge of the Grand United Order of
Old Fellows.
To give Tyrrell county a road law.
To regulate the keeping Of stock in
Tyrrell.
To establish a public school district
from the town OF Rockingham and
give two thirds Of the money from
liquor license to the schools,
To require railway companies to re-
deem unused mileage tickets If pre-
sen5ed in One year from date Of sale or
else allow the ticket to be used.
To regulate the collection Of taxes in
Hartford county
To levy special school tax OF 10 cents
on the 800 on property, In district No.
l, Wake Forest Township.
To amend the charver Of the town of