Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-15
RALEIGH's BUDGET.
,,,v. Proceedings-TO Domes-
ticnte OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

pArEIGH n. g. January 14-CSpecial)
representative Locke Craig mas 'h'i'
arosa ,n the House a bill. which requires
cornorstions desiring to do business -
This state TO pay license tax OF wv ~
first il was $1,000 but to-day ne uee'N
% make the figure $500. The bill Is intend
Cd 70 apply to railway and Insurance. CUM
a,las and appears In a way to be re-
suit of caucus action. IN.
Your correspondent to-day hau IAN
NTH Craig about this bill. and asked MN
,to nurnose. He said: Its purpose Is "
nrayant the removal 10 Federal courts VI
causes nv or against foreign corpora
tions The fee fixed by the Dill Is so0V, "
no naid as a license fee by such corpora
| tion ana IS required by the Dill u Do
Maid only once, not annually ,rr.
Your correspondent then asked now
do you propose to prevent suoh "'''"''
| OF causesT 80, .,o..o,,,oo tas,
craig replied: This bill 'domesucates
the foreign corporations, ana mus pr
vents the removal causes u e ~, 20 "a
,ourts when the amount involved is SZ'OOO
or more, as now pl''iueu ~ ~"
| States statute. ~ eo.oo .ha
Tha object of the bill is 10 force the
,aLin, ont of North Carolina charters.
The fact is. it is aimed more particularly
ar railways. Craig was asked II ne diu
NOT think ii would immensely increase
"overhead" insurance, and SAID ne sup
lnosed IL would He added that, OF COURSE
l,haro ,vould be no way OF reaching COM
lnanies which had no assets in North Car
Ioiina. but which did business mere
Representative Ray, Of Macon, assured
hot M
the negroes in the House that no piil
would be passed giving all the Whi'e
school taxes 10 white schools. Nlais
who Is from the Asheyille DISTRICT eNe'
the same assurance. JUAN VINO lnfo
duced the bin 10 do this, says II the pro
nosItion VAS submitted to the people IL
tha shane of a constitutional amendment
| {, would he ratified by a majority OK al
| 1agt TX 600 Another member tells ms
| no, many thousands Of people IN the
| country are tired OF the negro schoois
| ana do not care whether the negroes hd''
! any education or not
Penresentatiye Ransom. OF MecklenDury
savs that the sentiment among cOuh
inv neople I'm the State is oyerwhelmnsil
| that this Legislature ought 10 reduce SAL
aries and fees. He says he believes thi
course will be taken. IL,
| The LEGISLATURE is being flooded VIII
,etitions FOR the creation OF the count!
NJ scotland" out OF the lower ehd-'
little less than half-of Richmond county
II is the fourth time Legislature ma
been urged TO take this step. Ihere ap
nears TO be quite strong sentimen
against the creation OF any more couh
, | ties. ,., ~, 4,
II is said that at the expiration OF hi
term of office Governor Russell VIII nc
return 10 his home NJ Wilmington. bu
yYtl 90 10 New York and engage IN IN
nractiee OF law. lie is persona non graf
! ~ the Wilmington Democrats
There is clamor for the discharge
3 once OF al the Fusion employees Of q
nenitentiary. Superintendent Day say
( ,his Is a hard thing 10 do, as :hr'
u months pay is due them, and they hay
no money with which TO pay their e.
e nsnses home. He wants the Legislaiul
l. 90 mass at once the bill paying these pas
a. dine salaries, ard says all the Fusionis
viii then be discharged and their pac
= niled by Democrats.
THE white State convict Willard Moor
ie who I'm this county murdered Shaw.
20 guard. will be put on trial FOR his II
or | next Thnrsday.