The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
H~OUsE-TH1RTY FOURTH DAY.

Cox, to define a lawful fence in Pitt;
to require owners of personal property
to liss it at it's full value.
Hodges, to repeal the act making
Chocowinity creek, in Beaufort county,
q lawful fence.
Ensley, to allow Jackson county to
levy a special tax.
Rawles, to amend the landlord and
tenant act, chapter 20 Of the Code, by
striking out in line 2, section 1854, the
words "or oral"
Ward, to allow Duplin county to
levy a special tax.
Sutton of Cumberland, to declare
bycicles to be baggage accompanied
by a petition signed by hundreds of
bicyclist).
Cathey, to authorize NJ. ". Reeves,
ex-tax collector Of Swain, TO collect
arrears of taxes.
Purgason, to make it q misdemeanor
to give or sell intoxicating liquors to
any habitual drunkard.
Duffy, to allow OnsloW county to
use q surplus special tax fund for gen.
eral county purposes.
James, to allow Fender county to
use the bridge fund for general pur'
poses.
Pool, to allow a county to adopt as
its own an agricultural society formed
in another county 4; also to protect birds
and squirrels in Pasquotank.
The calendar was taken up and the
following bills passed:
To extend the time of holding Gull
ford Superior Court.
To allow the by laws of the South
ern Stock Mutual Insurance Company
to regulate the number Of directors;
to allow Beaufort county to levy q
special tax.
To allow Richmond county to levy a
special tax (Morton, of Richmond,
voting moi.
To allow Arson county to levy a
special tax.
To declare null and void the sub
scription Of $15, 900 by town OF Mon
o to the capital stock of the Roanoke
sc Southern Railroad.
To amend the stock law in Wayne
by leaving it to q maj prity of the quail
fed voters in the territory interested.
To allow Saluda to levy tax for street
improvement.
To allow Madison county to levy q
tax in township No. 1, for bridges.
Mr.. Cox, by leave, introduced a res
olution that ali private pension bills be
retained and acted on so as to be in
~corporated in an omnibus bill. 1t was
remarked that the Senate and House
committee had agreed on this course of
procedure. MI. Cox replied that no
less than fvesuch bills had passed this
very day. The resolution vas adopted.
Bills passed allowing Madison county
to levy a special tax.
To allow q stock law election in
Stonewall township, Pam:ico county,
in April.
To allow people of II )nroe to vote on
establishment of graded schools.
To amend the act in regard to Little
tons public schools, 30 white and col.
ored trustees may be appointed.
Sutton's bill, empowering the Gov
ernor in extraordinary cases to con-
ven special courts for the trial Of cap
ital cases, end TO also convene the Su-
preme Court to hear appeals in such
cases, was taken up. It was so
amended as to provide that the courts
shall be convened only at the request
of the sheriff and the chairman OF the
county commissioners of the county
in which such court is to be convened.
The bill then passed "a amended.
A resolution was adopted requesting
Senators and members OF Congress to
use all possible efforts to secure the re-
repeal Of the tax on fruit brandy.
Bill, incorporating the bank of Bre
ward. On motion of Schulken, an
amendment was adopted making the
charter 80 years. Schulken says he
opposed the 80 years charter.
Bill to authorize the Secretary of
State to furnish Clay county with the
Supreme Court Reports from the 63rd
up, was antagonized by Lusk, who said
it would cost thousands of dollars;
that it was a dangerous bill and prece
dent.
Mr.. Sutton, Of Cumberland said some
lawyers bought a book, but de
pended on the State to furnish these
books. Lusk and Sutton said three
volumes Of these books cost a much
as SIS each.
Plott of Clay, said when the law