The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.
THIRTY FOURTH DAY-Feb. II.


The calendar was taken up, and the
following bills passed third reading,
among others: To authorize the town
of Durham to issue school bonds, to
improve the roads in Arson county ; to
incorporate the North & South Caro-
lima Railroad; to incorporate the Pres
byter1an Female College of Mecklen-
burg for the relief of blind ex-Confed-
crate soldiers; to establish a dispensary
at Mad lson to restore white govern.
ment to the counties of North Caro-
line; to appoint J. Will Mcintosh q
justice Of the peace in Lincoln county {;
TO appoint a joint committee on JUS
tees Of the peace; to pay the expenses
Of Senators Lambert and E ives in the
contested election case (Lambert re-
csives $148 70; Eaves 1913 rs; Thomas
Morris, Of Marion. $l6 80 and ]. O.
Bowman, of BAkersville, $3.50 to incor.
porate st. Peters Home and Hospital,
OF Charlotte; to incorporate Biddle
University to allow the citizens Of
High Point to issue bonds cot to ex-
coed in amount $50. 900; to appoint Fl.
Q. Moore a justice OF the peace; to
change the boundary line between
Ashe and Allegheny counties; to ap.
point W. D Friady and A P. Rhyme
justices of the peace in CASTOR county /;
TO appoint additional justices of the
peace for Craven and Caswell counties.
The bill to increase the number of
commissioners for Northampton coun
ty passed third reading.
II By leave, Senator Glenn introduced
bill to appoint commissioners for
Forsyth county. The bill to make
Ghocowinity creek a lawful fence was
tabled.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Winston, under a suspension of
the rules, introduced a bill, which was
Immediately passed, to regulate the
payment of salaries of penitentiary
officers and employees and also to regu.
late the sole of crops on the peDiten-
tiary farms It prevents the payment
of any persons or sale of any crops
save upon order of the new executive
committee.
The bill is designed to take all eu
thority as to payment of money or
sale of crops from Capt. Day and the
fusion board of directors and place the
same entirely in the control of w. Q.
NewIand, w. III Osb5rn and E L
Travis, the Democratic boards execu
tive committee ell cted yesterday.
A resolution introduced by NJ. Hol
man, chairman of the finance commit
tee, was also voted on, and at once
adopted, under suspension Of the rules,
providing that all bills which have
passed the House, carrying appropria-
tions, be held up in the Senate until it
can be seen what they will amount to,
Mr.. Holman stated that this was in
tended for any and all appropriation
bills, so that ali can be passed upon by
the epecial committee on %appropria
tions.
Favorable reports we're made on the
bills to grant a charter to the City and
and Suburban Electric Railroad of
Charlotte, aud to allow the people to
vote on the question of the continuance
of the dispensary at Monroe.
The House took up as a special order
the resolution of the judiciary commit.
tee declaring in favor of the impeach-
ment of W. L Norwood. Mr.. Allen,
OF Wayne, as chairman, explained the
action of the committee. He read the
evidence in the case, including the res
ignation OF Norwood and the CORE.
spondence between the latter and Gov.
ernor Russell, including Norwood's
declaration that Lusk had no right to
send in the resignation" Mr.. Allen
said it was commended by the minority
of the committee that Norwood is not
Judge, and that the agreement with
Lusk was not binding. Others held
that in any event Nor wood is impeach.
able, whether as a de tacto or a de jure
Judge. He held court three months
after Governor Russell accepted his
resignation. January 4th, 1899, he
signed orders and January 10Th de-
manded that be be recognized as judge,
and January 3Ist he signed an order
for the sale of land. The majority de
cideded that he was at least a de facto
Judge, and hence improbable. The
only other question was whether he
was drunk and a reproach to the State.
AS to this there was hardly any dis
pute. The evidence was direct that he
had been publicly drunk time and
time again. The committee could come
"a M nthnr cnnnl1ainn than to recon-.