The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-14
SENATE.

action,
a bill appropriating S., 900 for a
library and gymnasium al the State
Normal College was passed after much
discussion.
Bills as follows, among others, passed
final reading: To provide for the cleo
ton of commissioners of Johnston
county; to authorize the Speaker of
the House to appoint three commits.
sioner so represent North Carolina at
the Paris Exposition in 1900; to au
thoriz9 school districts to pay for list
ing school taxes; to permit citizens of
Morganton to vote On a ~dispeusary; to
provide for the support and mainten
ance of the State Guard to prohibit
the throwing of sawdust into the waters
of Pennsylvania, Swain, Henderson
and Macon counties; to regulate the
holding of elections in cities and towns;
to increase the number Of commission
ers Of Lincoln county to incorporate
Cross Roads Church Academy, Yadkin
county to repeal chapter 157, la rs OF
1895, relating to the election of justices
of the peace.
The Senate elected a State board OF
elections as follows: r D. Gilmer, Of
Hay wood; Walter 81. Neill, Of Scot
land; W. B. Pollard, OF Forsyth; w.
G. Lamb, of Martin; Jas. D. McNeill,
Of Cumberland; @ 81. Johnson (Pop),
of Sampson, and Senator Franks
(Rep.), of swain.
The Senate also elected trustees OF
the A. and NJ. College at Raleigh as
follows: First district, Frank Wood;
second, J. B. Stokes; Fourth, ". j.
Peele; Sixth, D. A. Tompkins Seventh,
E Y. Webb; Eighth, W. Q. Fields;
Ninth, ]. Frank Ray; State at large,
W. 8. Primrose, w. Fl. Ragan, David
Clark, T. B. Twitty, A. Leazar, II E.
Boni z. R L Smith, Il. E. Fries, P. J
Sinclair.
Caucus nominees for various posi-
tions were elected as follows: Keeper
of CapitoI-J. @ Cherry. E1gecombe
SJL4L4ASSiOL45 VI ~ II
Patterson, of Caldwell.
Railroad COMMUNICATIONS Nc
Neil, of New Hanover; s L Rogers,
Of Macon.
Board Of Agricultura-First district,
] B Grimes; second, s L Hart; Third,
w. D. Smith; Fourth, R. II Jones;
Fifth, ] 8 Cunningham; Sixth, A. 7
McCallum; Seventh, w. A. Graham;
Eighth, L. G.. Waugh; Ninth, w. a,
Dills; State at large, ] @. Gifted, W.
R, Capehart, j. A. Stevens, j. @
Bunch, G. F. Weston.
Two railroad commissioners were
cleo led, Notwithstanding N act has
been passed abolishing the commission
This was done so that if the courts de-
clare the act unconstitutional the two
gentlemen named will succeed J. W.
Wilson, term sxpired, and 8 Ohio
Wilson, resigned, on the commission.
An act has been passed establishing a
corporation commission to succeed the
railroad commission,
The gentlemen named for corpora
ton commissioners are Frank M ;Neill,
of New Hanover; s. L Rogers, OF Ma
con, and E. O. Bsddinsfield, of Wake,
II this acC stands the test of the courts
these gentlemen will succeed to the
duties Of the railroad co commission, with
others added.
The bill to provide $40 900 bond
issue to pay the peniten5iary debt
passed third reading
HOUSE.
Bills passed: To repeal the law II
regard to the local tex for schools; to
provide for the employment Of stenog
raphers in the trial Of cases; to allow
the penitentiary directors to hire O
victs to the counties of Blncombo,
Jackson, Rowan, Alamsnce. Catawb a,
Fender, Granville, Haywood, John.
ston, Lincoln, Davidson, Cabarrus; to
put Cleveland. CASTOR and Mitchell
counties in the E ighth Congressional
district and Davie and YRdkin in the
Seventh to appropriate S. 900 10 the
Soldiers Home for the erection and re.
pair of buildings; to give the House
and Senate pages IS each extra; allow
ing inmates of the Soldiers Home who
desire to go home to stay to be put on
the second class pension roll to provide
for Injunction relief against foreign
corporations; to revise and consolidate
the public school law; to amend the
act incorporating the State prison and
providing government therefor; to pro
vide a finance committse for Mitchell
county and for other purposes; to make
public drunkenness a misdemeanol
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