The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

from ana AFTER It's ratiiCAtl0n.
Hills RaIiaed and Now Laws.
Since February LIST the following res
olutions and bills have been ratified
and are now laws:
To amend chapter 800, private laws
1895.
To protect fish in No. IL township.
Madison county.
To appoint II. f. Markham a justice
of peace.
TIC repeal section 1883. chapter "a.
volume !. OF the Code.
To provide for election OF Justices OF
the peace in Beaver Dam township,
Washington county.
To create additional justice OF the
peace in No. l township. Madison
county.
To appoint r. G. l.. Taylor a justice
OF the peace.
To repeal the act Of 1897 TO prevent
the fishing Of certain nets in Albemarle
sound n in the rivers emptying
therein.
To amend section 2s41 OF the Code
and facilitate restoration TO the rights
of citizenship Of certain persons in Al
amance county who opened some graves
and removed some bodies.
To repeal the charter OF New Bern.
To incorporate the Citizens bank. OF
Elizabeth City.
To confer police powers on deputy
sheriffs at Haw River.
To authorize Fayetteville to receive
one-fourth of the taxes listed in 1898
in full settlement, n fixing the tax
year for said city.
To change the name OF the South
Atlantic Life and Endowment Com
pany OF North Carolina to the Atlantic
Life and Annuity Company OF North
Carolina.
To amend chapter 233, public laws Of
1897.
To amend chapter 276. public laws of
1897.
To prohibit hunting on any lands in
CASTOR and Catawba counties except
by consent of owners.
To amend chapter 1853. public laws
| 1897.
To amend chapter 35, public laws Of
1897, which amended section 2202 OF the
Code.
! To repeal chapter ia. public laws
1897, establishing Muddy Creek town
ship, Mcdowell county
To prevent the spread OF disease
among hogs and fowls in Edgecombe
and Gates counties.
/ To increase the number OF commits
sioners in Rowan.
To incorporate the Carolina Bonding
and Security Company.
For relief of Clerk w. NJ. Watson,
of Craven superior court.
To establish a dispensary at jack
son, Northampton county.
To amend the charter OF Southport.
To appoint a constable in Mt. Airy
township, Surry county.
To amend chapter 212,' private laws
of 1851, Incorporating the Wilmington
Gaslight Company.
To incorporate the Greensboro Loan
and Trust Company.
To repeal chapter 21o, public law OF
1895.
To amend chapter 1874, private laws
of 1897.
and Wessern North Carolina railway.
To amend chapter los, public laws Of
1896. r.
tResolution) i~nstructing North Car
DINA senators and representatives in
congress to procure an appropriation
for the payment Of claims arising out
OF the late war with Spain.
To protect quail and other food birds
in Madison county.
To amend chapter 113, public laws Of
1895.
To repeal chapter $40, public laws OF
1897.
(Resolution) providing for a joint bal
lot of both houses to fill vacancies I'm
the board Of directors Of the states
prison.
To change time of holding courts in
Duplin county.
To protect the bridge over the Per-
quimans river at HEREFORD.
To protect game in Edgecombe.
To prohibit fast driving over bridges
in Pamlico county.
To validate certain oaths made by
holding VI the hand.
To allow the penitentiary directors to
meet February 10th, In case 1t is neces-
sary to meet at any point in the city
Of Raleigh.
! To amend chapter 40 OF the Code.
To amend sections 5s1 and $50 OF the
Code. .
To validate certain probates and reg
istrations. ~
To amend section ia Of the Code. rHh
To amend chapter 161. public lawslof
1895, comforting jurisdiction OF the pros
bate OF deeds in certain cases. zr-s~-
To correct a grant issued in, 1852 To
William Ferebee. Of Currituck. =
: To take from the state board of ag-
riculture the power TO contract for the
erection of public buildings. 1EzE1y-gs