The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-26

OF the memory ef the worlds greatest
cbieftaia. the Christian soldier. tbs
patriot and the statesman, the teacher
OF the youth, the exem plar Of all that Is
brave, good and true, the Sonth's
greatest hero, General Robert T. Lee,
/ move that this House do now ai.ourn
The motion of Mr. Overman was unAn-
imously adopted.
FIFTEENTH DAY.-The House met at
10 o'clock. and Rev. DIR. a NJ Sim
mons offered prayer. A memorial was
presented from Josiah Turner as public
printer 25 yeas ago, asking that his
bill be rs-sudited and any balance
found due, with d per cent. interest.
Among the bills introduced were:
Mclean, to appropriate sia, 500 for
each OF the years 1899 and 1900 for i'm
provements at the Institution for the
White Blind, including an electric
light plant, new boilers, new ward for
females, etc. Carr of Dupliu, torequirs
separate cars or compartments cars for
whites and blacks on railroad trains
The election contest from pamlico
county came up and was settled in "a
ycr OF Dees, Democrat A bill was
passed to create a Board Of Internal
Improvements to be composed Of one
member from each Congressional dis
;rIct and which shall meet in Raleigh
on the tenth OF February, 1899. Two
other acts were passed as parts OF the
same, depriving the Governor of Gil
control Of this board and all control
over the directorshIp of the Atlantic
| and North Carolina Railroad Aliens
bill, regarding agricultural liens and
chattel mortgages was also passed
| The general bill provides that the reg
| lister shall get fifteen cents and the
clerk thirty cents.
SIXTEENTH DAY.-The House met
at 10 o'clock and was opened with
| prayer. Among the bills introduced
were: Nicholson, to amend The Code
in regard to vagr- nts, by punishi1g Z
| vagraacy by 80 days sentence to labor
on the publ roads; Winston, to amend
section 1041 of The Code, so as to
punish fornication and adultery be-
tween white and negroes by jail i'm
prisonment or not less than four
! months or penitentiary Imprisonment
of not over five years, and make it q
| felony; Graham, to punish the carrying
of concealed weapons by a fine of So
to $l5 for first offence and $40 to $50 for
each subsequent offence; Stevens, to
provide for the punishment of pools,
! trust, conspiracies and com binationa
'(tnis bill is based on the Missouri law. 4.
The special order was taken up, being
the bill to authorize the publication OF
the sketches of each North Carolina
regiment in the Confederate service;
1000 copies. The bill passed its read
ing by unanimous consent; bill to
make ~ months separation, a ground
for divorce passed.
SEVENTEENTH DAY.-The House was
opened with prayer Petitions were pre-
sented from merchants for the repeal
OF merchants purchase tax. The judi.
ciary committee recommended that the
bill in regard to concealed weapons,
permitting their use, do not pas s.
Among the bills introduced were
Rountree, to amend section 500 of The
Code; also to protect land owners
against depredatioas of tenants; Fou.
shee. of Durham, to provide separate
waiting rooms in depots; Craig, to give
judges power to debar attorneys from
practice in courts, when guilty of i'm
moral and disreputable acts, and power
of appeal is given such attorneys to
de Gupreme Court; Stubbs, bill to
amend section 2, article 8, of the con
stitution. The amendment provides fol
} an equitable distribution of the schoo
tax raised under the general law, be
tween the races, and in addition to the
} fund under the general law provide!
J that the people of any race, living il
any county, city or township, by ar
act of the General Assembly, levy fo
educational purposes a property Oh
: poll tax of the citizens of that race
The bill for the relief of married wo
men, removing their disabilities as tt
real estate rights. passed its third read
ing without objection. The bill TO
) the relief of A. L. Swinson, enrolling
clerk OF the last ! legislature, was de
a feated after spirited debate. The bill
. allowing -four mills to levy certain
8 tolls provoked considerable discussion
1 The bill came up on its second read
Y ing for passage and was defeated. Th
bill to amend chapter 4S4, of the law
1 of 1897, passed its second and thir
. readings. The bin to amend sectlo
: 1897 of The Code, was laid upon tn
& table. The bill, amending sectlo
: 1907, of The Code, passed its seoon
9 and third readings.