The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-07

To repeal chapter III, Laws of 1895,
| to compel those setting large steel traps
| to put up signs Indicating their presence.
To amend chapter Il. Private Laws of
1883.
To supply Hyde county with certain
| missing Supreme court reports.
To amend chapter 40 of the Code.
| TO amend chapter ia. Laws OF 1895
| appointing special tax collectors for
| Northampton and Robson counties.
| TO provide for cross-indeXing wills.
70 amend the charter of st. Peters
Home in Charlotte.
To amend the charter of the Bank of
| Reidsville.
10 incorporate the town Of Mint Hill
Mecklenburg county.
To amend chapter II. Laws of 1895,
in regard to shooting deer in Baden
county.
TO pay w. L. Norwood $5Ss.1S back
| salary.
To amend the charter of Albemarle.
To authorize the commissioners of
Alexander to levy special tax.
To establish the Vance Textile school
| (Substitute.)
To incorporate the North Carolina
Mutual and Provident Association,
TO extend the time for building the
AlbemarIe and Fayetteville Railroad.
To make the Scotland county bill
special order for Thursday after expira-
ton of the morning hour.
To extend the time for organizing the
American Trust and Savings Bank
The following bills were unfavorably
reported.
TO authorize mortgages to buy ut
their own sale.
To repeal chapter 461, Public Laws of
1893.
To authorize Wilmington to deed the
old court house to the Naval Reserves.
To punish persons who sell sprituous
liquors in local option territory.
TO amend section 1,246, so as to allow
proof of deeds in counties where land
is situated.
To punish trespass upon the lands of
another. (Amended to apply to Wake
county only
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Petition from the merchants of South
port. asking the repeal of the Merchants
Purchase Tax. BY Mcneil, of Bruins
wick. Committee on Finance.
Petition asking that the name of A. {.
Yates be placed on the pension roll. BY
Council, of Watauga. Committee on
Pensions.
Petition asking that the name OF
Elijah Harmon he placed on the pension
roll. BY Council of Watauga. Com
mittee on Pensions.
Petition from merchants of Louisburg,
asking repeal of the Merchants Pur-
chase Tax. BY Davis, of Franklin
Committee ON Finance.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
II. b. 9T6, S. Il. 4S2: Act to appoint
certain justices of the peace in Wash
ington county. Committee on justices
of the Peace.
H. h. or. S. Il. 3T2: Act to repeal
chapter 324, Public Laws of 1897. re
lating to work ON the public roads III
Halifax county Committee on Roads.
Fl. h. 97S. S. b. $50: Act to amend
section 1904 Of the Code concerning
registers of deeds. Committee on judi
ciary.
II. b. 979, S. b. 321: Act to enable
the town of Salem to establish work
house. Committee on Counties, Cities
and Towns.
III. b. 97S. S. h. 352: Act to amend
section 1852 of the Code. Committee
on judiciary.
II. B. 9S1, S. b. 1868: Act to amend
chapter II. Laws of 1897, relating to
special tax i'll Montgomery county
Committee on Finance.
II. B. $50. S. Il. 376: Act to amend
chapter $50, Public Laws of 1889, con
corning drainage. Committee ON Agri-
culture.
II. B. 9s3. S. b. 4o2: Act to amend
section 2.S22. Of the Code. Committee
on Judiciary.
H. b. 9S4, S. B. 351: Act to repeal
chapter All, Laws of 1895, Committee
on Judiciary
II. b. 9s5, S. b. 375: Act to amend
chapter 2, Private Laws of 1891, incor-
porating the Great Falls Manufacture
ing Company. Committee on Corpora.
ton.
II. b. 9S6, S. Il. 366: Act for the re-
lief of Mollie b. Britt of Robson
county. Committee on Education.
H. B. 9S7, S. B. 400: Act to author
ize the board of commissioners OF
Union county to use certain funds fol
the benefit of the Home for the Aged
and Infirm. Committee ON Counties
Cities and Towns.
Fl. b. ass, s. B. $40: Act to repeal
chapter 81. Laws of 1897. and re-enact
chapter 296, Laws of 1895. Committee
ON Judiciary
Fl. B. $50, S. Il. 1857: Act for the re
lief of Annetta G. Hooper, of Robson
county Committee on Education.
II. b. 900, S. B. $40: Act to prevent
public drunkenness. Committee on
Propositions and Grievances.
H. b. 991,: Act to create graded
schools for the town of Kinston. By
Carraway, of Lenoir. On Calendar.
II. b. 992: Act to place the name of
w. T. Dale on the pension list. By
Hoffman, of Burke. Committee on Pen
sions
II. b. 993: Act to incorporate the
town of Moncure. BY Wrenn, of
Chatham. Committee on Counties
Cities and Towns.
II. b. 994: Act to protect hotel and
boarding house keepers and owners of
livery stables. BY Mauney. of Chero-
kee Committee on Judiciary.
II. b. 800: Act for the relief OF
Wilson Hutchings, of Yancey county.
BY Austin, of Yancey. Committee on
Pensions.
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