The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-07
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.

Inc calendar was taken up and bills
as follows passed final reading: To
repeal chapter 112, laws of 1895, and
chapter 172, laws of 1897, relating to
the extension of the boundaries of Mt.
Airy township. CThis bill practically
e%nforces the collection of a $25, 600 bond
issue, subscribed for the Cape Fear &
Yadkin Valley Railroad) to authorize
the treasurer of Haywood county to
pay school claims; for the relief of
Sarah McLeary, a colored school
teacher In Chatham county; to incor-
porate the town of Mt Gilead, in Mont.
gomery county to repeal chapter 81,
laws OF 1897, relating to the prevention
Of fishing with certain nets in Abe
marie county; to protect cattle from
splenetic fever.
An allusion to this bill by DR.. Cooper
Curtis may be found on page s
A bill to repeal section BIB of the
Code came up. This bill provides that
a local option may be held in any
month during the year, instead of in
June, as the law stands, and on a petit,
ton of n fourth of the citizens Of a
township, instead of one half, as for
merly. Though not germane the gen
eral principle of local option was
brought under discussion.
Senator Ward said that he wished to
propose an amendment to the bill, that
cities and counties should be included
in the bill, in addition to townships,
for, he said, as the measure stands,
whiskey could be driven from one
township to another where there was
no police surveillance, and to be efec
tive it's provisions should apply more
generally. After some discussion the
bill was finally re referred to the com
mittee.
A bill to allow Greensboro to issue
bonds passed final reading, as did bills
to authorize the payment of school
teachers in Halifax county for services
rendered in 1897; to amend the charter
of G lstonia; to amend chapter 159,
laws of 1895 (1his is Rountree's bill and
prevents judges from issuing an in
junction or restraining order on q quo
warranto proceeding against q defend
ant in office to incorporate the Caro-
lima Building and Surety Company; to
amend chapter 1Os, laws Of 1895, au
thoriZing the commissioners of Moore
county to elect eff GERS in case Of
vaclncy.
The bills to protect game in Chero
kee, Clay and Macon counties and to
amend the charter of Greenville,
pas ed second readiag.
HOUSE.
Alexander, of Rutherford, intro
duced a bill to create the Vance tex
tile department" of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College. The bill
simply amends section 9. public laws
of 1897, chapter 40, by adding to said
section: 1T shall be the duty of said
board to establish and maintain a de-
partment of the college in which shall
be taught the manufacture Of textile
goods"
The bill introduced by Winston, Of
BERTHE, to make cohabitation between
the white and black races a felony,
punishable by imprisonment in the
county Jail for not less than -four
months or in the State prison for moi
more than five years came up for con
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the committee. The bill evoked con
siderable discussion. Speaker Conner
called Hon. Locke Craig to the chair
and took the floor in advocacy of the
measure. Ex,Judge Allen and Mr.
Justice opposed the bill on the ground
that it would provoke black mail anC
fraud.
The man convicted of the offence I'm
der this law becomes a felon, and there
fore is forever deprived of the rights o.
citizenship, so far as voting or holding
Office, etc are concerned.
An aye and nay vote was hernandez
on the vote. The bill passed second
reading by a vote of 81 to "a Ray, o.
Macon, objected to the passage OF TIT
bill on it's third reading.
Winston declined to give his consen'
to postponement and the bill passed it,
final reading.
The House concurred in the amend
ment adopted by the Senate relating tt
the bill affecting quo warranto proceed
ings.
The bill increasing the number o.
county commissioners Of PerquimanE
passed its readings.
The resolution raising a COMMITTEES
to name trustees Of the University WaC