The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24

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ex-confederate soldiers from peddler's
license tax and on the bill requiring
any promise by bankrupt to be in writ
ing.
A bill vas introduced to provide for
widening and increase of depth Of the
Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.
The resolution by Senator Fuller
(colored), requesting the North Caro-
linas senators and representatives in
congress to vote to ratify the peace
treaty with Spain and labor for local
self government for any newly acQuir-
ed territory was tabled without a dis
senting vote.
The resolution was adopted urging
congress to build a lighthouse at Cape
Beacon, Pamlico sound, and also the
bill to appoint WI extra commissioners
for Sampson county.
Senator White opposed this last bill.
Senator Robinson charged Senator
White with having said he would not
only vote for it as being desirable, but
would also vote for additional commits
sioners for Hartford county and told
Senator White he was recorded as vot-
ing for the Hartford bill. Senator
White declared he did not vote that
way.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The house met at 10 o'clock.
Bills were introduced as follows: To
allow the chairmen of county commits
sioners and boards of education to adj
minister oaths. To incorporate the
East Tennessee and Western North
Carolina railway from Cranberry,
Mitchell county, through Burke, Cald-
we'll and Catawaba to Lincolnton. By
Mr.. Nicholson, of Beaufort, to incorpor-
ate the Beaufort and Pamlico railway
from Pamlico river to a point on Neuse
river in Pamlico or Craven. To appro-
pirate $16,500 for each of the years
1899 and 1900 for improvements at the
institution for the white blind. By Mr..
Carr, of Duplin, to require separate cars
or compartments of cars for whites and
blacks on railway trains. My MI. AL
len, to abolish fusion board of directors
of the negro normal school at Colds
boro. By Mr.. Carraway, to change the
time of holding courts in Lonoir.
The house took up the contested cleo
ton case of George Dees, democrat,
against Dudley Paul, republican, from
Pamlico.
Mr.. Aliens bill to take charge of the
Atlantic and North Carolina railway
| and the North Carolina railway were
taken up. There were three bills. Mr..
| Allen said with entire frankness the
bills were for purpose of placing these
| roads-in the hands of the democratic
party and to take their control out of
the hands of the governor. He then
| told of how the fusionists had grabbed
these roads, and given the governor
entire control of the board of internal
| improvements. raw
[ The first bill taken up provides that
the legislature shall elect the board. OF
public improvements, the latter to be
composed of nine members. Cat pres
ent the governor is ex-oficio president
of the board of internal improvements
and has power to appoint the other two
members.) There was no debate AND
the bill passed.
Two other bills passed. Zone of these
passed takes from the governor the
power to appoint the states proxy fol
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail.
road and restores it to the board of in
ternal improvemeAts.)
The bill t prescribe a short form Of
chattel mortgage and crop lien combin.
ed, also reducing the fees thereon came
UP. The fee to the register is 80 cents
and 10 cents can still continue to be USED
old fees aggregating S1.05. The short
form of chattel mortgage in use at 2(
and 10 cents still continue to be used
The bill passed its second reading
many western counties being excepted
1t was then recommitted to the judi
ciary committee.
The speaker announced Messrs. JUS
tice, Carr of Duplin, and Patterson Of
Caldwell, as the house branch of the
committee to investigate the governors
evidence and reasons for removal OF
the Wilson's as railway commissioners