The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-15

zz cents on each 500 gross of business
transacted annually.
senator Alexander sent up a substitute
which imposed a graduated tax, rang
ing from ~ to 1885, This was eft over
until tomorrow and referred to Sem
ators F'oushee and Henderson to pre-
pare a substitute along this line.
section 81. on insurance companies,
was adopted.
Section 50. taxing dealers who sell
deadly weapons. was adopted.
The tax on pianos and organs (sec-
tfoE H) $40 each make. was adopted.
Section IS, taxing manufacturers of
cigarettes where b output is less
than 250, 200, 600 cigarettes. $3.50; where
output is between go. 00c, 800 and
SOC, OOO, 900. $500: where such output ex-
ceeds SOC. 0O0, 600, $1,000: or every person
retailing cigarettes S. per aarnum.
Senator Woodward sent an amend
ment that no city. town or county
should levy additional tax on dealers
adopted 10 to IL.
Section 86-one per centum on gross
receipts of ferries and toll ates-was
adopted.
The committee rose at midnight and
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. Audrey. in behalf of the commit
&c Oh piOpoSilIOuS dlpu IEcSduCeS, pre-
Sented Mr.. Graham. chairman of the
committee. with a gold-headed cane.
Out of 2,170 bills introduced, he said,
more than a fifth had been acted on by
the committee on propositions and
grievances.
Bills passed as follows: To grant
public protection to state aSylums; to
establish a d~ispensary at Kenly; to
amend the act relating to ~dispenSary
at Smithffeld; to prevent kidnapping
and secure to parents the control OF
their children; to extend charter of h
Tar River and Carolina Railroad Com
pany; to allow Richmond county to
issue bonds.
The report Of the COMMITTEES on ap-
preparations came UP as a special or
der. On inquiry from Mr.. Thompson,
Mr.. Simms. from the committee, said
over $4,000 special appropriations
We're asked for which the committee
did no recommend.
The bill was ordered printed and
made a special order for tonight.
The bill passed to discharge drunken
solicitors.
Mr.. Blount, on behalf of the house
pages, presented Sergeant-at-Arms
Bennett a gold-headed cane.
Mr.. Whitaker. on behalf of the assist
ant clerks, presented Chief Clerk Bre-
ward Nixon with a gold-headed cane.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Cara
way that a copy of the names Of de-
s~erters from the Tenth congressional
district. taken from the record kept for
that district during the civil war, be
furnished the clerk of each county,
was adopted. Mr.. Carraway pro-
duced the record books and said ver
twenty-five names in that book were
drawing pensions as honest veterans,
when the book showed them to have
been towards and traitors.
The free school library bill came UP
on special order, and passed its final
reading-ayes, SO: noes. II.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house refused TO concur in the
senate amendments to the divorce bill.
TIL meridian monument act of 1899 was
amended.
When the election law cams UP Mr..
Ebbs. republican, spoke half an hour,
criticising and denouncing it.
Mr.. Blythe, republican. followed with
a five minutes criticisement.
Mr.. Craig took UP the petitions in
troduced by Messrs. Ebbs and Blythe
asking for changes in the election laW
and defied them to show a single par
ticular in the changes asked tor that
had not been complied with in the new
law. He said anybody on earth except
them would be ashamed to vote against
the proposed law, after having been
SIdlIlSu AiA SANiA
pared" petitions asked for. .
Mr.. S~painhour said MeSSrs. EbbS n
Blythe were mad because the demo-
cratic party nae not only redeemed us
pledge to the people by providing Tor
their education, but mad passed the
very election law they have been clam
oring for and introducing petitions for
here in the legislature. Their next
wears campaign thunder, he declared,
had been taken away from them.
The bill passed by a party vote06I
to 6.
The supplemental sur bill pa.
as did bills placing the Agricultural
| and Mechanical college under control
of the board of agriculture; to regulate
the sale of liquor in Rowan county,
| and to elect one of the justices OF the
peace in each township of Yadkin
county.
NIGHT SESSION.
At the house night session the appro-
| priation bill for asylums n pubic
institutions came up as special order.
Mr.. Thompson said the bill carried
| about S4OO,0 900 additional appropriations.
Give it and you will have to quell a rev
| olution in North Carolina" He moved
To strike out the $1,000 recommend for
waterworks and fire escape at the Nor
| canton deaf. mute school.
MI. Audrey said the appropriation
was not a cents increase over TWO
| years ago. He and Mr.. Simms said t
was absolutely necessary.
Mr.. Thompson withdrew opposition
and the section was adopted.
The increased appropriation recon-
| mended for the blind institution at RAJ
| leigh occaSioned a long debate, Messrs.
Simms, Craig and Page for; Messrs.
| Allen, Daughteridge. Spainhour and
| Robinson against.
Mr.. Aliens amendments reducing in
creased appropriations from $4,000
down to s2a.600 each year were adopt
ed.
Recommendation of SIS 900 annual in
crease to the state university was ad-
vocated by Messrs. Conner, Whitaker,
| of Forsyth: jenkins. Owen. Rountree.
Wilson. Graham, S~hannonhouse and
Mason.
The amendment to reduce TO $500
was advocated by Messrs. Hood. Rob-
inson. Watts, Thomson and Hoey.