The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-03

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is dead" These remarks raised a great
laugh. Hancock said the druggists de-
| sired this legislation, land the doctors
| ought not to stand in the way. Black
burn ridiculed the committee on Health,
| saying it had put in three days chasing
microbes and finally had to call in Abe
Middleton to kill them. Alexander said
| he really desired to see il the bill was
| meritorious. Lusk said the bill had
| been thoroughly overfIauled by the Judi
ciary committee. after the STATE Board
Of Pharmacy had explained tn, purpusr
and need of the bill, which really was
great and would save court costs and
| time and was for the protection Of the
people. Dixon, of Cleveland, said he
was sure all the members OF the com
| mittee ON Health favored the bill, and
| in fact would like to make it even stricter,
as no unlicensed druggist should be all
lowed to compound prescriptions. He
| thought the bill should apply TO all drug
gists, even those in the country. The
House refused to commit the bill to the
committee ON Health, and it passed sec
ond and third readings.
Bill to amend the charter of Edenton
| was taken up. 1t divides the town into
seven wards, instead Of: four, the alder
men to elect the chief OK police. Elliott
spoke in favor of the bill, saying there
was a vagrant population and much dis
order in Edenton. Dixon, of Cleveland,
asked if the bill did not provide that a
voter should have resided in the ward
only Is days and offered an amendment
making it 80 days. This amendment
Elliott accepted. Eddins said mem
Der of the committee said the bill was
Al. an.
not even read. He said that Elliott had
told the committee the bill was only to
make seven wards, and that there was
some Encouragement of Edenton's af-
fairs. Dockery said the migratory popu-
ulation never elected the chief OF police
who pandered to this element. He said
the bill did not in the least attack the
right of the citizens. Sutton, Of New
Hanover, said the people OF Edenton de-
sired the bill passed. The bill then
passed second and third readings.
Bills passed incorporating the town OF
Harden Cotton Mills, in CASTOR county;
Incorporating the Chatham Traction
Company, and allow it to build and OPP
crate n road from Omohunder's saw mill
to the Deep river near Cumnock; to
amend the charter of the Raleigh and
CASTOR railway by allowing tie straight
ening of its line, to avoid curves: Hauser
asked leave to have the Senate's free
silver instruction resolutions placed on
the calendar. There was INSTANT pro-
test. He made a motion to suspend the
rules. The Democrats voted aye and
the Republicans no. The motion to sus-
pend was lost
Bills passed repeating the act providing
for a county road supervisor in Hyde,
and to promote stock raising ANA improv-
ing quality of stock was tabled; and bill
repeating act Of 1893 allowing DIR. w.
7. KiYer, Of Lincoln, to practice without
license passed.
Hauser asked consent to introduce a
resolution that Rev. John G.. Burroughs
be allowed to preach in the hall of the
House tomorrow evening Haalser was
asked il Burroughs was a Norman, and
said he was Universalst, and asked the
members to "colne out tomorrow night
and hear Brother Burroughs" An
amendment was offered and accepted by
Hauser that the latter should lead in the
singing.
The vote on Hauser's resolution was
tie, and the Speaker voted against it,
so Brother Burroughs viii not preach.
McCrary's bill to regulate assignments
came up with an unfayoraIble report.
McCary said the committee stood to
2 ON the bill. A motion to liable was
made but withdrawn. McCraFy offered
an amendment that all conditional sales,
| mortgages, assignments or deeds or trust
| which are made to secure amy creditor
should be made absolutely void as to
i pre-existing creditors. McCrarg said in
some way an assignment law was sneak
| ed through. He said this latter bin was
repealed mainly because of the fraudul-
| emit manner in which it had been gotten
| through. He said that many people
| thought that bin good one end that
| he felt like emitting the bin nov under
| consideration, Am act to promote hon
esty in North Carolina" He took strong
| ground against any preferences in as
signments; and declared all creditors
should be on the same footing precisely.
| He said his amendment to section / of
| the bill was in these words and permitted
| preferences through confessions of judg-
| ment. The text Of the amendment is as
/ follows:
| THAT all conditional sales, assign
ments, mortgages, deeds in trust or con-
| LESSONS of Judgment executed, made or
| given by any debtor in favor Of q creditor,
| either upon an account or other obliga-
| ton, which are executed, made or given
| to secure or have the effect of securing
| any debt, obligation, note or bond which
| gives preference to any creditor OF the
maker shall be absolutely void as to- pre-
| existing creditors"
| McCreary defed any one to prove that
| the bill as thus amended was not abso-
| lutely honest. He said that under this
| bill if a man owed 100 men and contract
| ed new debt his mortgage for this
would stand; that it was in the mature of
| preference. He declared the act of
| 1895 was meritoIious and hence he and
| Blackburn had voted against repeating
| it.
| Sutton, of Cumberland, asked to sub
nit the question why the people of North
| Carolina should be put on a different
| footing from those of other States? He
| said there was a preference law in other
| States that the assignment act of 1895
| caused widespread dismay i'm the State.
| and that there was great satisfaction at
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