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SENATE.
FORTY SIXTH DAY-Feb. %

DUTY D65S6u GlAE0 Go5AtAS 0S NAS SAAAS
to allow Halifax county to issue bonds;
to allow the town of Highlands to issue
bonds; to allow Greene county to levy
a special tax; to empower the county
of Swain to issue bonds to pay indebt
edness; to allow Lincoln county to
levy a special tax; to allow Ashe
county to issue bonds; to authorize the
issue of bonds for Raleigh township
for school purposes; to abolish the
Office of tax collector for Mecklenburg
county; to establish a criminal court
for Hartford; to authorize the commits
sioners Of Shelby to issue bonds; to
allow the commissioners Of Jackson
county to levy a special tax; to allow
the town of Lincolnton to issue bonds
for electric lights and waterworke; to
establish graded schools in Waynes
vile, Lexington, and Maxton to per.
NIT Greenville to issue bonds; to au-
thorize Tarboro to issue bonds; to au-
thorize Fayetteville to establish a sys-
tenn of sewerage and issue bonds there
for.
Bill passed to increase the number OF
commissioners of Mecklenburg county.
It provides that there shall be elected
in Mecklenburg county, in 1900, and
every two years thereafter five com
m~issioners.
A bill passed changing the time OF
the spring terms of Superior Courts OF
BERTHE and Craven counties; also bills
to provide for additional commission
ers for Northampton and Warren
counties.
At Ills the House went into com
mittee of the whole, for the fourth
time on the revenue bill, taking up the
amendment of Julian. to strike out the
income tax on railroads Willard moved
that the amendment be reported back
to the House without prejudice. Hol
man proposed that speeches be limited
to two minutes. Conner referred to his
resolution directing the railroad com
mission to put the railroads on the tax
lists on the basis of 6 per cent. on net
income. He said his resolution was
perhaps crude in language but that he
adhered to the principle. Mclean
wanted to know whether Connor's
resolution did not take the place Of
Julian's amendment. OVerman said
Connor's resolution vas not germane
to the bill. Conner said he would
withdraw it until the bill was disposed
of, and that he would then re-intro
duce it, as it merely suggested a line OF
action. Overman did not want the
amendment thrown back into the
House, and wanted the committee to
dispose of it. Wizards motion pre-
vailed.
Overman'sresolutio simply re quests
the railroad commission to increase the
tax on railroads.
The question was then on the amend
ment of Julian to strike out the sec
tions which impose an income tax on
railroads "a tax or gross earnings).
Robinson demanded the ay es and nays
on this. Julian said that after the in
PRODUCTION Of OVerman's resolution his
amendment certainly ought to be
adopted. Overman said he had hoped
that his resolution could be in this bill.
Allen, of Wayne, suggested that it be
inserted in the machinery act. Craig
said he understood that Overman had
introduced it as an amendment to the
revenue act. Overman said he would
like to have it also adopted as a resolu-
ton, and that he would like to intro
duce it as an amendment to the bill.
But objection was raised by Thompson,
of OnsloW. The Speaker ruled that
the roll call on Julian's amendment
must be had. 1t vas stated that the
Overman resolution could come up on
the third reading Of the bill. There
were several explanations of votes.
Allen, of Wayne, said this was a new
tex He voted against such a tax and
favored Overman's resolution. Carroll
said Overman's resolution solved the
entire proposition. CGuncil said he
was convinced it would not be just to
impose this tex. Craig said the Demo.
cratic party had laid down it's rule of
equal justice to all, and that this tax
vas unusual, inequitable and unjust.
Gillian said he believed an honorable
railroad commission would be put in
Office, which would do it's duty. Nc.
Lsan said he had promised that if the
Democrats we're restored to power all
classes would feel secure, and by this
he meant that there would be no dis,
elimination against the corporation or
the citizen; that some people had an
idea that railroads were legitimate