The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

BiIl for New Hanover 60 Vote on Honds
for Road lmprovemens-Public Print
Ing Aet Of 1897 Repealed-Osher Fro.
ceedings Of the Two Houses
SENATE.

SENATE
Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, y. c.. January l3.-Commit-
tees reported f%avorabiy upon the fol-
lowing bills: To unite Richmond, Pc
terrsburg and Carolina railroad. To
increase the number OF commissioners
OF Craven county. To provide a per-
manen system Of government for Cra-
ven.
Senator Fuller. Leolored. requested
that h bill to repeal the act OF 1891,
relating TO emigrant agents, be taken
under immediate consideration. He
said the democrats by passing this bill
would but add another laurel TO the
building OF the democratic campaign.
The bill was made a special order for
tomorrw.
The following bills were introduced:
To largely extend the powers of Jus
tees OF peace. To license foreign cor
porations, companies and associations.
To ratify the organization OF the South
Carolina and Georgia railway (next
taken up and passed final reading.) To
increase umb OF commissioners OF
Jones.
A resolution was adopted that no
bills shall be introduced after Febru-
airy 18th, unless by a two-thirds vote.
The following were appointed to COM
pose a committee on appropriations:
Senator'S Travis, Mason, Bryan, Jerome,
Thomas, Campbell. Lindsay and Skin
ner.
The bill passed repeating the election
laws of 1895 and 1897.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The following bills were introduced:
To tax a convicted defendant in a
larceny case the value of the stolen
property, to be taxed as other costs in
the case. By Mr.. Ray. of Cumberland,
TO repeal he law creating county
boards of equalization. To reduce from
% TO s the number of peremptory chal-
lenges allowed defendants in capital
cases. To repeal the license tax on
horse n mule dealers. To repeal the
section of the Code regarding buying
or selling pretended rights or titles. BY
Mr.. Willard to provide for submits
sion to the voters Of New Hanover
next May the question of issue of $780,
600 in bonds for road improvements.
The following bills were passed: To
abolish the state board Of equalization,
To semove the inscription on the corn
er stone at the white institution for
blind and for colored deaf mutes and
blind and place in these buildings
bronze or marble tablets having tha
names of the directors who planned
said buildings (the vote-yeas 81,
nays 49,
Smith, colored, of Craven, said: 81
desire very much hat the two races
stay single and so vote AYE" Eaton
colored, republican, voted aye
White republicans had to be called or
to vote in nearly every case. Their was
much sQuirming IN their part. Some
populists were also called on.
By leave Mr.. Overman introduced
a bill giving to medical colleges the
bodies of executed criminals and OF
p~enitentiary convicts who have no rel.
atives or friends, or no one to claim
the body. The asylums, soldiers home
and county homes are excepted.
A bill was introduced to give magis
trates power to issue subpoenas for any
persons whom they may have reason
to believe know of commission of Grim.
inal offences.
A bill to repeal the law which give.
power to the council OF state to award
contracts for public printing was intro.
duced and passed Immediately.