The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17
Proceedings of Legislature.
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the Cape Fear river and the port of Will
mington.
S. b. 500. Travis: To establish graded
schools in the town of Weldon.
S. B.. 564. Hicks, of Granville: To pre-
vent the spread of smallpox and scarlet
fever.
S. B. SIS. Henderson: To amend the
charter of the Uidcnitc Granite Company.
S: B. sec, Griffith: To establish a dis
pensary in the place of a bar-room in tho
town of Marshall.
S. B. SGT, Pharr: To incorporate The
Alexander Homo of Charlotte.
S. 3. 568, Pharr: To incorporate the
Presbyterian Hospital of Charlotte.
S. B. $50, Spruill: To amend the char
ter of the town of Columbia.
S. B. $40, Blow: To authorize the Com
missioners Of Pitt county to levy a
special tax.
S. B. 571, Spruill: To stablish a grad
ed school in tho town Of Columbia.
S. b. SIP. London: To provide for the
participation OF the State of North Caro-
lima in the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition.
IS. b. 573, Thaycr: To authorize the
Commissioners Of Montgomery county to
issue bonds and levy a special tax to
build a court house.
S. B. 574, Wooward: To amend the
charter of the town of Wilson and to au-
thoriZe said town to issue bonds.
S b. 575, Hoo. 70 provide for fire es-
capes and protect human life.
S. B. $40, Warren: To amend section
1912 of The Code. relating to libraries.
S. IS. ST.. Webb: To amend the charter
of tho city Of Ashevillc.
& r ET9 Wohh- To nav Nancy &.
Goldsmith q pension.
S. r. $40. Vann: To amend chapter $50,
Public Laws of 1901.
S. B.. $50, Burton: Bill to provide an
additional term of Superior court for
Rockingham county.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The special order of the hour, was
taken up and the President placed be-
fore the Senate:
H. B. So, S. 3. 239: To amend chapter
1874, Laws of 1899, relating to the build
ing of Union depots upon second read
ing. The amendments of the commit
tee were adopted.
Senator Henderson moved to amend
section l by adding to said section the
following: And, provided, further, that
no railroad company shall be required 10
build or unite with another railroad
company in the erection of a Union
depot on any land to which a good and
valid title in fee cannot be obtained"
Upon the adoption of the amendment
the ayes and noes were called for. and
the call sustained. The amendment was
lost, ayes q, noes IS, and the bill as
amended passed its second reading.
Senator Henderson moved to amend
section 1 by adding thereto the following:
provided, further, that the cost CT
building any such Union depot shall not
be unreasonable or excessive in amount
or unjustly burdensome to any such rail.
road company The amendment was
lost.
Senator Hicks, of Granville, moved 20
amend by striking out all of section ,
Of the committees amendment. TIE
amendment was lost.
Senator Henderson moved to amend
by adding to section l the following:
And, provided, also that no such union
depot shall be built by such railroad
company until a good and valid title in
fee simple shall have been obtained by
condemnation proceedings, or otherwise"
The amendment was lost.
Senator Pharr moved to amend the
third amendment by inserting in line Z
of said amendment after the word "adc-
ooS oho bS1ol th1 WIN dAu LII
words "and convenient" The amend
ment was adopted.
The bill then passed third reading and
was ordered engrossed and sent to the
House for concurrence in the amend
ments.
THIRD READING.
The following bill was taken up and
disposed Of as follows:
S. B. $50: To amend chapter 90, Laws
of 1901. Passed second and third read
ings and ordered sent to the House of
Representatives.
UNAVOIDABLE REPORTS.
In the reports submitted the following
were unfavorable:
To amend section 907 of The Code au-
thorizing the removal of causes from
Mayor as from Justice of the Peace.
To allow p. Il. Holcombe to sell books
without license.
To amend chapter 9, section as, Laws
Of 1901.
To amend section 1884 of The Code.
relating to making each Saturday after
noon holidays.
To abolish the office Of STANDARD keep
eT in Vance county.
To amend section 966 of The Code, per-
hitting ~re-hearing in criminal cases.
10 amend cnapLer oo1, Laws OF l9ol,
to better provide for certain cx-Confed-
crate widows, because the provisions of
the bill will be incorporated in new pen
sion bill.
To amend chapter 1872, Public Laws Of
1901, entitled: "An act to amend chap
ter 1913, Laws of 1889, for the relief OF
certain Confederate soldiers and widows.
Adjournment was had until eleven
o'clock today on motion of Senator
Brown.
HOUSE.
It was a Lucus day in the House yes
terday.