The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-07

laws of 1897, al to nonsuits to regulate
q special tax for Montgomery county;
for the relief Of Mollie V. Britt and
Annette Y. Hooper; to punish public
drunkenness; to provide for the ap
pointment of additional commissioners
for Warren county to repeal chapter
; 324. laws of 1897, relating to the work
ing of public roads in Halifax county
to amend section 1862 Of the Code
changing from J anuary to February;
to amend the charter of the Great Falls
Water Power Manufacturing Com
nanv: to amend chapter $50, laws of
| 1889: to increase the number Of county
commissioners for R )wan county from
| 3 to 8; to provide for the funding OF
the current indebtedness OF Union
county and to provide for the payment
of the same; to establish county boards
Of education; to amend chapter 276,
la VS. of 1897, providing for the appoint
ment of a cotton weIgher at Fremont;
TO repeal chapter ia. laws of 1897,
establishing Mud Creek township IN
Mcdowell county; to amend section
1922 of the Code, bringing geese within
the law prohibiting the running at
large of stock; to authorize the com
missioners of Union county to use
funds for the aged and infirm to estab
lish a graded school at Albemarle; to
amend chapter 134, la VS. of 1897, relat-
ing to the change Of business of an
insurance company from GOldsboro to
Greensboro; to provide for the appoint
ment of % justices of the peace for
Washington county; to request our
Representatives in Washington to
secure an appropriation sufficient to
cover the States war claims against
the government.
Senator Justice introduced a bill to
establish a ~dispeneary at Greensboro.
A resolution to pay F. P. Jones 5000 as
expenses in the contested election case
was adopted.
Ex-Gov. Jarvis. was in the Senate to-
day and was extended the privileges OF
the floor.
The asylum will probably be taken
, up tomorrow and finished.
HOUSE.
J A resolution was introduced by Nc
Intosh against the acquisition OF for
eiRn territory by the United States.
A bill was introduced by Reeves, to
regulate sale of patent and proprietary
medicines. It provides that ut shall
be unlawful for any merchant, drug
gist or other person or persons to sell
3 or offer for sale any patent or proprie,
9 tary medicines or other like nostrums
which do not have printed on the label
in plain oman letters and in the Eng
lish language the name and exact
8 amount of each ingredient from which
the compound is made.
g The calendar was taken up. Bills
passed amending the charter OF the
Trinity Land Company at Durham to
amend the law as to limited partner
ships; (-esolutiop) for the removal OF
: the arsenal from the capitol square; tC
; allow Clay county to borrow s., 900,
z issue bonds and levy special tax tc
build bridges.
There was some discussion Of a bill
= to allow the commissioners of Pitt
county TO put vagrarts at work on the
r public roads or county farm. Wilson.
e Edgecombe and J tckson we're added.
and many members said the bill ought
to be general. Carroll made a motion
that it apply to the whole State, but
n withdrew this and the bill was re re
ferret to the Judiciary Committee. Il
was shown that this was the only bill
which reaches Migrants.
Bills passed to incorporate the tow
st of North Brevard, Pennsylvania coun
ID tv; to incorporate the East Tennessee
le and Western North Carolina Railroad
9r with Senate amendment limiting tn
n life of the charter to so years; incoE
ID porating the G :eensboro a AM
Trust Company to incorporate tn
N Ca1 Dina Bonding and Surety Compan.
ID at Winston Salem; to amend chapte
t. IS. public laws 1897, by correcting tn
"a words now resident" to mon res
ut dent" (applies to hunting in easter
OF North Caroline); appointing E n
lg Taylor constable for Mt. Airy towr
10 ship, Surry county tit rati6es his ele'
p ton at last %electioD).
Il At 10 30 the House went into electio
of twelve additional directors for til
1t. States prison, me for each judici'
Mt district. The following were elected
er First district, Benjamin II. Thompson
er of Beaufort; Second, Edward L Travi
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