The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-14

600 o improvements ana specl8I OuAlu
ing.
The annual appropriation to the A
and N. College vas fixed at SIC, 600 and
the sum of 81 500 was loaned the col
lege to be taken out Of the approprie
tion of 1900
The revenue act came up as q specla
order. That part Of section 20, which
provides that all persons or firms who
buy and sell horses or mules as a bust
ness for profit shall pay an annual tax
Of $25 to the State and no tax to the
county was stricken out.
The antitrust bill was at once put
upon it's passage and passed final read
ing by a vote of 35 to 2
The bill to authorize the corporation
commission to assess transportation
companies that have escaped taxation
passed it final reading.
At the Senate afternoon session bills
passed: To prevent persons from beat
ing their way On railroad trains by
making the offence a misdemeanor; to
perm t railroads to give free passes to
persons travelling in the interests Of
homes for aged and inf1rm; to increase
road tax of Wake county from 8 to 10
cents.
The machinery act passed final read
ing, as did bills to add editor J W.
Bailey to the Board of Agriculture; to
authorize the printing committee to
enter into a contract with Edwards &
Broughton and Uzzell to do all public
printing for one year, ten months and
fifteen days from date; to adj 0urn at
noon t. morrow until the second Tues
day in June, 1900
At the Senate night session a bill to
appropriate S. 600 for the benefit of the
Soldiers Home was passed by a una
imous rising vote. A bill to appro
pirate 800, 900 to the public school
fund also passed unanimously. .
Senator Glenn moved to reconsider
the bill giving the printing committee
power to contract with Edwards &
Broughton and Uzz2ll for the public
printing. Upon motion of Senator
Justice, the motion to reconsider was
tabled. .
Senator Lindsay DAM in a red hot
speech, scored the printing committee,
of which he was q member. H3 had
wanted, he said, to give the public
printing to Edwards & Brougton, a
Democratic firm BIT a proposition
had been made to give the printing to
the lowest bidder and a Populist firm
Barnes Bios, had off >red to take the
work for several thousand dollars less
than Edwards & Bcoughton and Uzz9lI.
He did not consider it just to so change
the contract that Barnes Bros. could
not Sign ito break faith in that way.
Much as he wanted the printing to 60
to Edwards & Broughton, he could
see no fairness in giving it to them after
promising it to the lowest bidder.
Bills passed to authorize hiring of
convlcts in Guilford, Rowan, Forsyth
and Union: to appropriate 800, 600 for
the support and maintenance of States
prison during 1899 aud 1900.
Bills to appropriate S. 600 to the roll
ing State car; to prohibit teaching in
the University and other S late colleges
history calling Contederates rebels"
or TRAITORS" or the civil war 1.-THE
wal of the rebellion" to decrease the
salary of certain State officers were
tabled.
HOUSE
A resolution was introduced by MI.
R 9inhardt to reduce all appropriations
10 per cent. 1t was defeated, getting
only 4 or 5 votes.
Bill passed to make it a misdemeanor
to kill a fox in Allegheny county for
two years; to provide for IN investigc.
ton of the p~enitentiary and AgrtcU,-
tural Department.
Mr.. Holland, of Wake, introduced a
resolution, No. 2j43. that R bert Fl
Jones, of Raleigh, be summoned before
the bar Ct the House and show cause
why be lie not guilty Of C 1utempt in as
saulting Representa- i've G. aston Powell.
Jones, a R4eiRh dude, assaulted
Powell because Powell refused to vote
for Jones for a place on the Board OF
Agriculture,
The resolution to appropriate IS 900
for the Vance statue then passed it's
readings.
Ragar 4ing the Blind Institution b re,