The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24
SENATE.
(Special to The MeSsenger.)

(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., January 21.-The SEN
ate met at 10 o'clock.
Bills were introduced as follows: To
enable married women to contract just
as feme soles. To protect operators in
bonds from loss on values.
The following bills passed final read
ing: To amend section 1881 OF the
Code. by making it lawful to impose
fine of $1,000 or ten days Imprisonment
for hunting on land without written per-
mission. To improve roads in Anson.
To proyide for cross indexing of wills.
To protect game in Edgecombe. 10
amend chapter 253, laws of 1897, by
adding to section 1, "any person vlo-
lating or disregarding provisions of this
act shall be guilty of misdemeanor.'
To repeal chapter 208, laws OF 1897
(Which allows $1.00 a day to special
veniremen.) To require new promise
or contract of bankrupt to be in writ
ing. To validate oaths made by hold
ing up of hands. To exempt confeder-
ate soldiers from paying peddler's tax,
provided that they shall not act as
agent for another. To repeal act pro-
yiding for cotton and peanut weighers
in Edgecombe. To repeal the charter
of Dudley, Wayne county. TO protect
depositors in banks by requiring OIL
GERS of banks to give bonds.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The house met at 10 o'clock. Mr..
Overman was in the speakers chair.
The following bills were introduced:
To establish dispensary at Webster. 10
amend the Code in regard to vagrants
by Furnishing vagrancy by thirty days
th..,r. OH the public roads. To amend
the Code so as to punish fornificatlon
and adultery between negroes andwhites
by iail Imprisonment of not less than
four months or penitentiary imprison-
ment of not over five years and make
it a felony. For relief of the late
Treasurer Durant of Brunswick. 10
punish carrying concealed weapons by
fine from $500 to $500 for first offense
and from $500 to $4,000 for each sub
seouent offence To repeal the road
law in Jones county. To amend section
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months instead of six presumption OF
negligence in cases against railways for
killing live stock. To provide for pun
ishment of pools, trusts, consplracles
and combinations For removal OF
state arsenal from the capitol square.
To require all lots of timber of more
than 900 feet to be inspected by sworn
inspector. To amend the Code so un-
supported evidence of woman shall not
he sufficient to convict To incorpor-
ate Rareford educational institute. TO
incorporate Commonwealth Fire In
surance Company of Asheville To so
amend the Code as to provide for the
appointment of commissioners who
shall, as we'll as the clerks and judges,
examine parties to a suit before COM
mencing proceedings, also to validate
protests and acquisitions before no
tary when the notarys seal is omitted.
By Mr.. Willard, to allow the governor
to appoint naval aide, with the rank of
commodore and also to create a naval
brigade composed of all the divisions in
the state. BY Mr.. Carr, of Duplin, to
change the time of holding certain
courts in the Sixth district. By Mr..
Holman, to give the governor and to
take away from the legislature the ap-
pointment of state librarian, this law
to be effective two years hence.
The special order was the bill to au-
thorize the publication Of sketches OF
each North Carolina regiment in the
confederate service, 1000 copies. Mr.
Wall, of Richmond, paid Judge Walter
Clark a tribute for his labors in per-
petuating these records of North Caro-
lima and then paid graceful and force
full tribute to the gallantry of the North
Carolina soldiers in the civil war. He
was several times applauded He
- thanked President Mckinley for his
ftterance at Atlanta, which gave the
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