The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-10
THE FUS|ON|STS BLOCKED
AS to Building a State
Museum Annex
PR0HIBIT0RY MEASURE
Introduced and Passed by Both Legts-
lative Branches Just as the Board II
About 10 Sign Contract for the Build.
ing-HOuse Passes the Vance Textile
School Bill - Commissions Ordered
Issued to the New Penitentiary Dlrec.
tors

School Bill Commissions Ordered
Issued to the New Penitentiary Dlrec-
tors
Especial TO The Mesengers.)
SENATE.
Raleigh, n. c., February S.-The SEN
ate met at 10 o'clock.
Bills were introduced as follows: To
protect estates of infants. To amend
the act in regard TO practice OF dentls-
try. By Senator Brown, to provide for
utilizing swamp lands
A bill TO withdraw from the state
board Of agriculture the power to erect
new buildings. was introduced by Sen
ator Brown (by requesD, and imme-
diately passed.
The following bills also passed: To
declare the Southeastern railroad
duly incorporated company. To amend
chapter 235, laws of 1897, relative to the
government of the dispensary at Fay
etteville. To ratify the consolidation
of the Petersburg railroad with the
Richmond and Petersburg (this bill
consolidates the Coast Line railways).
To provide for-the care of the insane
and inebriates among the Croatan In
dians (providing that these be sent to
the hospital at Raleigh).\ To incorpo-
rate the Interstate Telegraph and Tel
ephone Company. To prevent the sale
Of adulterated and mis-branded food.
To amend the charter of the Raleigh
and CASTOR Railroad Company. To re-
quire sheriffs to keep a record of the
conduct of prisoners. To provide for
better government of wrecking districts
in North Carolina. For relief of Os-
car A. Durant, treasurer of Bruins
| wick county. To incorporate the Gran
Vile County Railway Company. To in
! corporate the Fire Insurance Company
! of Robson county.
, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The house met at 10 o'clock.
! A resolution was introduced and at
! once adopted, directing the president of
! the senate and the speaker of the house
/ to issue commissions today to the
: twelve new directors Of the peniten-
! tiary.
! The following bills were introduced:
: To prohibit the sale of liquor in Shell
! by, save upon the prescription of
; physician. To incorporate the Dismal
| Swamp Railway Company. By Mr.. AL
len, of Columbus, to incorporate Halls
| boro. By Mr. Willard, to allow the
officer in comand of the naval brigade
| to appoint his staff. To provide self
| coupling and automatic brakes on rail-
way trains. To protect water supplies
in the interest Of public health.
The bill came over from the senate
| and was rushed through, to withdraw
from the state board of agriculture all
| authority to build or to authorize any
of it's agents to erect declaring any and
| all contracts made by such board null
| and void. It was a democratic meas
ure to prevent the fusion board from
building an annex to the state mu-
scum, as the contract was to have
been let this afternoon by the board
Bills also passed to establish graded
| schools at Kinston, for both races;
also the bill to provide for the pay.
ment of witnesses.
| BY leave MI. REEVES WIluuIc" AAAS
bill requiring ingredients Of all paten
medicines to be plainly printed in Eng
lish on each bottle, package or box.
At noon the special order was takel
up, this being Mr.. Clarkson's bill to es
tablish the Vance textile school as
department, which is to be in specia
! Mechanical college at Raleigh, with a
!. advisory board of managers, fifteen j
number, all cotton mill men, this boar
to meet with the college trustees, bu
to have no vote save as to the textil
department, which is to be in specis
building Courses of instruction al
: to be open to both sexes. The bill is
: substitute recommended by the CON
mittee.
: Mr.. Winston offered an amendmel
v providing that if funds are availab
e by the department Of agriculture the
a shall be used. This was accepted,
q was also one providing that no VOL
e shall be done until it is assured tn
a the building will be equipped witho
p any cost to the state with neccessal
- machinery, and appliances.
h Mr.. Clarkson explained and supper
p ed the bill ably. He said he was co
IL vinced the establishment Of the scho
N as an annex to the college was an e
cellent plan; that the building wou
cost 10000, and that he was assur
y by the faculty of the college that the
t. were funds available for conducting Z
ii school and that no appropriation, s3
l. $4,000 for the building, was possib
l. necessary. He also said $10,0 wor
- of machinery was to be placed wit
"a out cost in school
e. The bill after two hours debate w
passed by q vote OF 81 to As.