The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-10

Following are the captions Of the acts
of the legislature which have been
passed by 10Th houses and ratified UP
TO this date:
The following bills and resolutions
have been ratified and are now laws:
Repeating the act OF 1897 creating
office OF enrolling clerk.
To reduce pay Of clerks 20 per cent.
as compared with that in 1897.
To repeal chapter 40, private laws
of 1897.
To repeal the act of 1897 allowing
stock TO go at large during the winter
in stock law districts in Halifax
county.
To repeal the act giving dead bodies
from asylums, ETC., for medical pur-
poses.
To repeal the act of 1897 allowing
stock to go at large in stock law ter
ritory in Edgecombe.
Resolution-To investigate the act of
1897 and see which are OF merit.
Resolution-In favor OF election of
United States senators by the people.
To repeal chapter 316. private laws
of 1895.
To repeal chapter 223, acts of 1895.
Resolution calling on Governor Rus
sell for his evidence for removing ].
w. and S. o. Wilson as railway COM
I~niSsioners.
To prevent fast riding and driving
over bridges in CASTOR county.
To repeal chapter 12S, acts of 1897.
To allow Louisburg to issue bonds.
To repeal chapter 316, acts of 1897.
To increase county commissioners for
Jones county.
To repeal chapter 1892, acts of 1895.
To appoint a cotton weigher at Dunn.
To amend the charter of ST. Mary's
school.
To repeal chapter AGA, acts of 1897.
To allow Reidsville TO issue bonds
for waterworks.
To repeal act of 1897 regarding pro-
lection of fish in Allegheny county.
To incorporate st. Luke's Circle,
Kings Daughters, Of Raleigh.
To provide for working Washington
county's roads by taxation.
Resolution raising committee to in
vestigate the penitentiary.
To amend charter of Bingham's
school.
Resolution permitting the erection of
the Worth Bagley in the
capital square.
To give HEREFORD county white gov-
rnment
To allow Charlotte to issue water
works and sewerage bonds, and ratify
action of the aldermen and electors in
authorizing their issue.
For relief of the clerk of the supe-
rior court of Craven.
To amend chapter 1853, private acts
of 1895.
To allow tax collector of Salem to
collect taxes.
To investigate the suspension of the
Railway Commissioners Wilson.
To repeal the act in regard to public
printing and put it in charge of print
ing committee.
Resolution asking the government to
put a light house at the Cape channel
in Pamlico sound.
To appoint commissioners of navi-
cation for Old Topsail inlet, Beaufort
harbor.
To repeal chapter 5, private laws of
1895.
To increase the number of Edge
combe's commissioners.
To incorporate the Southern Con-
~servatory of Music, at Durham.
To change corporate limits of KEEL
ford, BERTHE county.
To repeal act allowing Buncombe
county to nave an auditor.
For relief of Clay's superior court
clerk.
To repeal the act establishing a free
ferry at Barfield, on the Chowan river.
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ty creek to Choco.
, To amend chapter 253, acts of 1897.
To abolish cotton and peanut weigh
er in Edgecombe.
, To protect wild turkeys in Camden.
To pay for scalps of wolves, pan
theirs and wild cats in Graham county.
To repeal chapter 297, private laws
Of 1895.
To increase the number of Bertie's
commissioners.
To repeal charter of Dudley, Wayne
county.
To amend chapter 154, acts of 1897.
To protect game in Randolph.
To repeal gchapter 367, acts of 1897.
To allow BERTHE to borrow money, is
sue bonds and levy special tax.
To repeal chapter 261, acts Of 1897.
To give the United States fish com
mission leave to establish a fish hatch
cry in this state.
To amend chapter 345, private acts OF
1895.
To promote temperance in Dare
county.
To amend chapter 335, acts Of 1895.
To amend charter Of Cabarrus Saw
ings bank.
To reduce price of supreme court re-
To amend the charter of Jonesville
Martin county.
To amend the charter Of Fayette-
Vile.
To incorporate Roanoke Railway and
Bridge Company.
, To amend charter Of Salem.
To regulate duties and powers OF
town constables and validate proceed
ings based on powers served by them
To amend section 1906 of The Code
To repeal chapter 159, acts of 1895
and chapter 1S5, acts of 1897.
To repeal chapter 331, acts of 1897.
To allow Morganton to buy and OPP
! crate electric light and power plant.
To improve Anson's public roads.
To place the control of the peniten-
tiary in democratic hands.
To amend section 2079 of The Code.
To extend charter of Fairfield Cana
and Turnpike Company.
To amend chapter 4S4, acts of 1897.
To incorporate the African Air an6
Burial Society of North Carolina.
To give Craven county white govern.