The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-10

was dispensed with.
Leave of absence was granted to the
following members: Messrs. Hall. of
Cumberland; Blount, of Washington: Jen-
kins, of Granville; Daughtridge. of Edge
ccmbe Gather, of Catawba; McCulloch,
of Bladen: Wright, of Rowan: Pearce, of
Craven; Hayes, OF Chatham: Hartley. of
Davidson; Bradsher. of Person.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
BY Mr. Winston. memorial of Board of
County Commissioners of Berthe county on
raising peanuts and other farm produce
by the State.
BY Mr.. Ebbs. from certain citizens of
Madison asking for the relief of DR.. w. B.
FORMER, OF Madison county. by request
NEW BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Beddingfeld. of Wake by request:
Resolution to pay claim of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad for
transportation.
Oliver of Robeson Joint Resolution 10
pay the expenses of the sub committee
visiting the Institution for the Deaf ard
Dumb at Morganton. Placed on calendar.
Hartley, of Davidson: Bill to appoint
Justices of the Peace for Davidson county.
Hartley, by request: TO prohibit the
F! sale of intoxicating liquors within miles
of Thomasvlle Baptist Orphanage
Blythe, OF Henderson: TO amend chap
ter 223. Laws of 1897. charter of the
Chimney Rock and Tennessee Railway
| Company.
Zachary, of Pennsylvania: To incor-
porate the French Broad and Southern
Railroad Company.
Zachary: To incorporate the town of
Toxaway in Pennsylvania county.
Zachary: For the protection of certain
citizens of Pennsylvania in regard to
back taxes.
Zachary: To regulate hunting in Tran
sylvania county.
Rothrock of Rowan: For the protection
of Cleveland church in Rowan county.
Hood, of Wayne: To amend chapter So,
Public Laws of 1898, relative to dividing
murder in two degrees.
Taylor, of Carteret: To incorporate the
Bank OF Beaufort
Mann, of Hyde: To allow the Board
of commissioners of Hyde county to levy
a special tax
Mastin, of Wilkes For the relief Of
Henry NJ. Hambey, an ex-Confederate
soldier of Wilkes county.
Willard. Of New Hanover to amend
chapter 54 Public Laws of 1899. Insur-
ance Acts 1899
Dean, of Macon: Concerning State
grants.
Dean, by request: To repeal section u,
chapter 696 Public Laws Of 1899.
Hoey, of Cleveland: To drain and
straighten Sandy Run Creek. Cleveland
county
Hoey: To amend revise and CONSOLE
date the charter of the town of Shelby.
Ebbs, of Madison. For the relief of DR..
j. Reynolds, of Madison. By request
Harris, Of Northampton: For the APP
pointment of certain persons as Justices
OF the Peace in the county of Northamp-
ton
Hayes, of Chatham: To revise the jury
list of Chatham county.
Thompson of Onslow: To put certain
old and disabled Confederate soldiers of
Onslow on the pension roll.
Thompson by request For the relief
of ID. c. Littleton. OF New Hanover, a
disabled and destitute Confederate SOL
der. Accompanied by petition.
thompson by request For the relief
of H. L. Burns, of Onslow, a disabled and
destitute Confederate soldier
Patterson, of Robson: To increase the
number of commissioners for Robson
county.
PASSED THRU READING.
Bill to authorize the commissioners
of Halifax county to issue bonds to pay
the Indebtedness of said county.
Bill to allow the town commission
ers of the town of Beaufort to levy a
special tax to purchase cemeteries.
Bill to authorize the town of Dunn.
Harnett county, to issue bonds for pub
lie improvements, and to levy a special
! tax.
Bill to amend the charter of the town
of Hendersonville
Senate bill to authorize the town of
| Snow Hill to subscribe to the stock of
the Great Eastern Railway, and for
other purposes.
| Bill to validate certain etock law cleo
| tions held in the county OF Swain, and
| to levy speciaT tax for the erection of
fences around the same
| Act to authorize the commissioners OF
| Beaufort county to levy a special tax.
| Act supplemental to an act to author
ize the commissioners for the town of
| Concord to issue bonds Ratified the
| 25th day of January, 1901
Act to amend Chapter 1885, Public
| Laws of 1891.
| Bill to authorize the commissioners
of Arson county to levy a special tax
| Bill to authorize and empower the
! Board of Commissioners of Madison to
use certain funds.
PASSED SECOND AND THIRD
READINGS.
| Joint resolution to pay the expenses
| of the subcommittee visiting the In
stitution tor the Deaf and Dumb at
! Morganton.
Act to extend the corporate limits of
the town of WeaVersville.
Mr.. Shannanhouse, of Mecklenburg,
lodged a motion TO recodsider the vote
by which the bill to protect committees
adjacent to State Farms failed to pass
| its second reading.
on motion of Mr. Carlton, of Dublin
the House adjourned until Monday at
| 10 a. m. '
SAYS HE WAS TORTURED.
81 suffered such pain from corns 1 could