The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23

If there are any, are to be disposed OF
before civil cases are taken up.
For the relief of the clerk of Beau
fort Superior court, allowing him to be
absent from his Office Mondays, if he
has a competent deputy present (8en-
derson, Cabarrus and Rowan in
cluded).
Regarding the giving of guardians,
administrators bonds in security COM
panies; allowing them to include IN
their charges against estates expenses
amounting to not over one half Of one
per cent. for the giving of such bonds
dusk explaining the law and saying it
was needed, as it was now, owing to
the homestead law, etc., extremely diff
fcult to give bonds in the ordinary
way).
To re fund the boded debt of Cum
bsrland county, it being $8S, 600. (5ut-
ton found it was the wrong bill, being
the original one, while he had offered
a substitute and had leave to with
draw this bill, so he again got leave to
withdraw it and then the proper bill
passed, with amendment naming R. P.
Buxton, Walter L. Holt, A. B. Slocum
and James Hare as sinking fund com
missioners).
To reimburse the Commercial and
Farmers Bank 500 paid by it to Hoola
Boom Campell of the Arlington com
mittee, on a warrant which the State
Treasurer refused to recognize.
Bill passed allowing the clerk OF
Tyrrell, Perquimans and Cherokee to
absent themselves from their Offices on
certain Mondays.
To amend the stock law in Ashe.
To prohibit working of females on
public roads in Vance county.
To 80 annul the law that in cases
where a trustee refuses to act the clerk
may appoint one.
By leave bills were introduced as
follows:
By Grubbs, to abolish Office of tax
collector in Forsyth.
Ensley, to prevent the use of steel
traps in Jackson county.
FerTell, to enlarge jurisdiction of
magistrates. 1t repeats chapter 152,
Gets of 1891, and provides that 1.-The
punishment for all assaults and batter
les and ARRAYS, where no deadly weap
on, or serious damaged done, and where
a deadly weapon is attempted to be
used or is used, but no permanent in.
jury is inflicted, shall be a fine not
exceeding $50, or imprisonment for 80
days. IG repeats chapter 26, acts of
1891 and chapter 10, acts of 1898. It
further provides that whenever any
person shall be convicted of carrying
concealed weapons before any Justice
of the Peace, it shall be the letter's
duty TO fine the defendant not less
than 80 days if he cannot pay it, and
the Justice of the Peace shall not
have authority to suspend the judg-
ment Of Imprisonment, and on appeal
to the Superior court if there be con,
v~iction, the judgment shall not be any
less than that of the Justice of the
Peace.
The common law misdemeRnor of
forcible traspass shall hereafter be pun
ished by a fne not exceeding $50 or 80
days imprisonment.
That larceny and receiving where
the value of the goods does not exceed
$40, shall be a misdemeanor, cost are
to be included in all Cases.
SENATE.
A petition was presented by Nc
Caskey from the citizens of GAINESVILLE
township, Martin county, asking that
the name Of James D. Brown be placed
on pension roll.
Bills and resolutions were introduced
as follows:
McCaskey, a bill concerning the
Agricultural Department and College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The
important part of this bill is to take the
Department of Agriculture and the
College out of the present hands and
give it to the Populist and Republicans;
it is not yet decided which party will
take it. The important point about
the bill is to repeal chapter 374, Public
Laws Of 1895.
McCaskey, a bill to furnish Bibles to
prisoners in jail; also bill to repeal all
laws allowing grace on notes and
drafts; also to place James E. Brown
on pension roll.
Clark, to regulate transportation of
bicycles; also to provide for working
public roads In Halifax county.
Lyon, a bill authorizing the clerk of
the court of Durham county to appoint