The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-24

The following bills were introduced:
By Brown, Of Stanly, to reduce the
price of Supreme Court reports toS1 so;
by Moore, to amend stock law in Jack
son county and to repeal chapter $50,
acts 1897, which requires that so quail
fed voters must reside in territory for
which a stock Law is asked; by McFar-
land, for relief Of ex Sheriff Robertson.
OF Polk; by Davis, of Franklin, to pro-
tect buyers aud sellers Of leaf tobacco;
5y Wilson, 80 regulate the holding OF
courts in the Twelfth district; bv
WEIGH, to repeal the acs Of 1897 against
fishing certain nets in Aibemarle sound
and its tributaries; also to amend the
charter Of Edenton by dividing il into
four wards; by Davis, Of Hay wood,
for relief Of a J, Holcomb; by Justice,
to amend the charter of the Graded
School at Henderson by Lee, for the
relief Of eX Sheriff Wilcox, of Pagquo.
tank; by Winston, to amend the Code,
as to tr6spRss on lands after being for
bidder; by Davis, # Franklin, to
amend the charter OF Franklinton; by
Thompson, of Onslow, to repeal the
law of 1892, requiring annual elections
on local tex and in aid of schools; by
Williams, Of Graham, to provide for
the turning into the State Treasury of
all school funds, these then to be paid
out TO the counties on the basis OF their
school population; by Leatherwood, to
take Mitchell county from the Ninth
Congressional district and restore it to
the Eighth; by BoushRll, to repeal
chapter 543, acts 1897, which forbade
persons to be directors Of public insti-
buttons who dealt in any articles such
as was purchased by such institution
(the Law of 1897 was procured by a
bank against a dealer in school furni-
ture) by Allen, of Columbus, to repeal
chapter 224, acts 1892, and restore the
act o. 1898. which provided a uniform
rate for Limitations against railroad
companies for damages for or on &C..
count Of occupation of lands; by Rob.
inson, to allow Fayetteville 10 receive
% per cent. Of last years taxes in full
settlement; by Winston, to give BERTHE
county additional commissioners.
Bills passed amending the charter Of
Fayetteville; to allow ReidsviIle to
issue Improvement bonds, and to give
the town of Columbia, Tyrrell county,
protection against hogs.
By request OF Gillian, the bill to pro.
vide for the better government Of
Hartford county was recommitted.
Bill passed repeating charter Of the
Chapel Hill Graded School.
Hoey made a report for the i1int
committee on printing, recommending
that the j3int committee be given au-
thority 80 contract for she printing
and binding, ct a rate not in excess of
that of 1884, None of the public
printing to be done outside the State;
this to be done until the Legislature
passes q law regulating the public
printing, Hampton called for the yeas
aud nays on the adoption Of the reso-
luton. The resolution was adopted,
yeas SO, nays %. Republicans and
Populists voted no, except Smith, of
Craven, (colored), who voted yea. He
almost invariably votes with the Demo
Gratis, and is getting much attention
from the Raleigh dailies.
Patterson Of Caldwell, and Thomp-
son Of Onslow, added to the com.
mittee on education,
Davis of Haywood, Leetherwood,
Council, Kerr and Clarkson were ap
pointed as the committee on Congress.
sional districts.