The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-17

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Church, in Rutherford county
Price: From Stanly against temper
aEce legislation, by request.
Thomas: From Ashe for prohibition
law in the county.
Lucas: From Swan Quarter for London
bill.
Lucas: For prohibition near school
house.
Britton: To place an ex-Confederate
on pension roll.
Croker. BY request. from Wilson. for
temperance legislation.
Bowman: Petitions from Mitchell for
| London bill.
At the hour for reports Of committees,
General Davidson reported a substitul.
bill providing for the revision Of The
Code, and contemplating three commits
%sioners to be selected by the House.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Doughton, of Allegheny: To provide
for stock law elections in certain town
| ships in Allegheny county.
Raw, Of Yancey: To authorize the com
| missioners of Yancey county 10 issue
Londs to pay its outstanding indebted
ness.
Ray: To incorporate Yancey Collegiate
Institute.
Britain, of Randolph. To prohibit the
manufacture and sale OF liquor in certain
localities of Randolph county.
Mccall, of Davidson: For relief of II.
L. Phillips, Clerk of the Superior Court
Of Davidson county.
Hughes, of Camden: To establish COM
pulsorv school attendance in Camden
county.
| Hughes: To place n. s.. Burgess on the
pension roll.
Hughes: To place H. s. Hamlin on pen
sion roll
Hughes: To place Solomon Jones on
pension roll.
Davidson, of BuncomDe: To amend
chapter 549 of The Code, regarding return
OF executions.
Davidson: To declare the Nsheville
Club a duly incorporated club.
Britton, of Berthe: To put James
Thomason on pension roll.
Beasley, of Currituck: Supplementary
TO al act of 1898, relating to fishing and
hunting in Currituck county.
West, of Cherokee: To establish {.
graded school at Andrews, Cherokee
county.
Thomas, of Ashe: For relief OF a. S.
| Filler. Clerk of the Superior Court of
Ash county.
Etheridge, of Dare: To amend chapter
40, Laws of 1891.
Newland, of Caldwell: To extend cor
rorate limits of the town of Lenoir.
NeWland: To establish a graded school
in Lenoir.
Self, of Catawba, for Murphey, of
Rowan: To appoint G.. H. Peeler a JUS
tice of the Peace in Rowan county.
Kinsland, of Haywood: To incorporate
Dl0ac,o Dart;} CIr,oI -
Haywood county.
Mason, of Carteret: To prohibit the
hedging of fish in Carteret county.
Smith, Of Gates: To change time of
holding terms of certain courts in the
First Judicial District.
Rucker, of Rutherford: To amend sec
ton 1877, chapter 1888, Laws of 1899.
Jarrett, of Macon: To provide for at
tendance of school children in Macon
county.
DeHart, of Swain: To regulate work
ing of convicts in Swain county.
DreWry. of Wake: To settle a debt duo
by the Safe to Mrs. F. p. Tucker, exc,
cUtrix Of r. s. Tucker.
Warren. of Person: For relief of a
teacher in colOrcd school district No. 5.
Person county.
Robertson, Of Guilford: For relief and
support of the University of North
Carolina.
Michael, of Watauga: To protect fish
III Watauga River.
Price, of Stanly: To amend charter T.,
sections If and Il, Laws. of 1901, relating
to the public schools Of Stanly county.
Harrington, of Barnett: To regulate
hunting in Ellington township.
harrington: To prohibit floating saw
dict in artnip arool~ -, IIar,o+
Jarrett, of Macon: To the
Bank of Franklin.
Doughton, of Allegheny: To amend
chapter 3S6, Laws of 1901, relating to
terms of courts in Surry county.
BY consent, the bill to prevent the
shipping of liquor into Cumberland
county, introduced by Mr.. Billiard, was
put upon its immediate readings, and
passed.
WATTS BILL AMENDMENTS.
When the Watts bill, the unfinished
business from the day previous, was
taken up, Mr.. Curtis sent forward the
following amendment: amend section
one by inserting after the word law.
in line seven, the following: Provided,
that the manufacture shall be confined to
towns of not less than 800, and the sale
to towns of not less than 30"
Mr.. Freeman, of Mecklenburg, offered
to amend so as not to a>pply to churches
using wine for communion service, and
Mr.. Simpson, of Union, to insert one
gallon wherever five gallons was used.
Notice was given of several more
amendments, two by Mr.. Morton and
one by Mr.. Woodley.
The Speaker ruled that all these
amendments were merely before the
House for consideration, and that the
question was only at present upon the
amendments offered by the committee.
Mr.. HINTON.
Mr.. Hinton, of Pasquotank, rose TO
protest against the amendment offered
by the gentleman from New Hanover. He
considered that he was simply trifling
with the demand of the people of North
Carolina. He mad spoken as if the Dem
ocratic party depended for its life upon
the whiskey traffic.
Mr.. Morton arose to ask some cues
tens, but Mr.. Hinton declined to be in
terrupted.
he went on to say that the gentleman
from New Hanover spoke as if he were
the special champion of the Democratic
party, and that her interests depended