The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-16

;. Is. $40. III. Is. 92S: 10 incorporate
the Carolina and Northern Railway
Company. Amendment concurred in.
:. r. 3G9 To restore white govern
ment to the counties of Washington and
Granville.
S. r. 435. H. Il. 512: 70 amend and
re-enact chapter 2S4. Laws of 1893,
chartering the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad Company.
BILLS TABLED.
S. Il. 74l: 10 amend section $50 of
the Code to allow agents of II dead man
To testify.
s. B. G6s, II. b. 1o2: To pay fees Of
witnesses.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
To instruct our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress to endeavor to
obtain relief for depositors in the Freed
mems Trust Company. To Committee
on Federal Relations
To authorize the commissioners of
Carteret county to pay current expenses
and indebtedness. To Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns.
TO prohibit the sale of liquor within
three miles of Centre Presbyterian
church in Iredell county. To Commit
tee on Propositions and Grievances.
To change the name of Berryville to
West Hickory To Committee on Coun
ties, Cities and Towns.
To make it unlawful to fell trees in
certain streams in Cherokee and Clay
counties. To Committee on Propositions
and Grievances.
To refund the fax on the Olivia Raney
Public Library. To Committee on Pro
positions and Grievances.
To fix the fees of registers of deeds
for registering crop liens. To Commit
tee on Salaries and Fees.
For the better government of the Deaf
and Dumb and Blind Institutions. To
Committee on Deaf and Dumb and
Blind
To incorporate the city and Suburban
Electric Company of Charlotte.
10 change the corporate limits of
Waynesville. To Committee on Coun-
ties Cities and Towns.
To prevent trusts. conspiracies and un-
lawful combinations.
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEES.
TO permit the free passage of fish iii
Catawba river. IFnfavorahly
To make part Of Roaring river a law
full fence. Unfavorably.
TO keep horses and mules aff the
public roads. Uafavorably.
To permit S. *. Fire to establish 4
free ferry in Madison county. Substi-
tute reported.
TO incorporate the Clifford Power
Company. Unfavofably.
To amend the charter of the Polk
County Railway. tfavorably.
To incorporate the Surety and Bond
ing Company.
To incorporate the Carolina and
Northern Railroad Company. Favor
ably.
To incorporate Chapel Hill School.
Favorably.
To pay w. l.. Norwood $3.50, salary
withheld. Favorably.
For the benefit of Rockingham coun-
ty. Favorably.
To fix the salary of the treasurer Of
Buncombe county. Favorahly.
To amend the charter of Nashville.
Favorably.
To amend the charter Of Mt Airy.
Favorably.
TO change the voting place in Madi-
son county. Favorably.
To restore Mt. Airy township. Unfa-
vorably.
To allow Mt. Airy township TO fund its
debt
To appoint justices of the peace in
Davidson county.
To amend chapter 43 as 10 days Of
grace on bills. Favorably.
PETITIONS PRESENTED
By Senator James From the citizens
of Pitt county against the stock law.
BY Senator James-From citizens of
Pitt county against a dispensary.
BY Senator Fields-From citizens of
Allegheny county against the incorpora-
ton of certain churches.
BILLS RATIFIED.
became the law:
To authorize the State Treasurer to
pay the new directors of the penitentiary
mileage and per diem.
To correct land grant No. 4,167 in
Buncombe county.
TO declare the South Eastern Railroad
Company duly Incorporated.
To incorporate the Bank of Chapel
HILL
To provide for working the roads of
Nash county
TO amend section 81 of the Code and
chapter 1S1, Laws of 1889, as to issue
of paternity.
To repeal chapter 524, Public Laws of
1897, as to working the roads of Hall
fax county.
To amend chapter 800, Laws of 1891.
establishing the school for white Deaf
and Dumb at Morganton.
To create graded schools at kinston.
To amend chapter 334, Laws of 1891,
as TO the roads of Graham county.
To establish dispensary at Smithfield
To repeal chapter 427, Public Laws of
1898. and 1S2, Laws of 1897, as to work
ing public roads Of Jones county.
To repeal chapter III. Public Laws
of 1890, prohibiting the setting of large
steel traps.
To protect bridges in Clay county
TO increase the number of commits
sioners of New Hanover county.
To amend chapter 200, Public Laws of
1897. as to timber cutters in certain
eastern counties
To amend sections 1876 and 1917 of the
Code as to removal of causes.
TO amend section 8, chapter 10, Private
Laws of 1895. as to charter of Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
To amend chapter III, Pirate Laws
of 1S71-12.