The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-27
Legislature
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day completed the tables showing the
revenue 1t expects to receive and also
the amount carried by all the a%pprOpr.-
alton bills which have so far come into
its hand. The estimated ilcr asc in
revenue is, in round numbers, one hill
dred thousand dollars over last year
and the total cost to the state or al
objects, other than PENSIONS. puoIc
schools. public institutions and interest
on the debt, are calculated 10 amount
10 S4I5.OO0 for this year and mkt year
together. Chairman GuiOn or the COM
nittee says all a%pprOpri tons save
those for pensions, schools and interest
will have to be scaled. The i;tea
intends to scale them, but will be con-
~servative. Guion says the apprcpr!a-
lions will not be so large as those made
BY the last legislature and the commit
Zee positively does not expect the APP
propriations will equal the receipts
Appropriations during the past two
years ran s19, 600 beyond receipts.
No Dispensary at Toisnot.
The house committee this afternoon
Knocked out the bill for a dispensaIy at
TOisnOt in a singular way. The cJm-
mlttee unanimously agreed TO report II
f~av0rably, but that it would be tabled
by agreement, without opposition
Before joint Finance Committee.
The joint committee on finance heard
argument on the bill to borrow S100. coo
to meet the appropriation to keep pIb-
lie schools open four months IN tn
year, which has passed the senate, but
which the house referred to this COM
nittee. Representative Graham offered
a substitute, providing for borrowing
this none from the literary fund OF
S200, GOO now in the treasury, he d ~ tie
board OF education, to be repaid Decern-
Der LIST OF next year and TO betT ! per
cent interest. State superintendent
JOyner spoke against this and said that
this fund ought to be held sacred, tlaI
q bill was to provide by
using It for building public sch0o ).
He declared this use OF this funl 10
building will decrease the demand for
state aid to a great degree II Will he 2
every feature Of school work, that
probably seventy-tive TO one hunCred
thousand dollars had been used by tn
counties for building school houses.
Graham's substitute was lost and he
said ne would put IL a minority repOrI
n fight it out on the floor. The res
@lution will be reported without preju-
dice.
Celebration at Roanoke Island.
The committee decided to favorably
report the bill providing that the state
shall give $4,000 in thr-e years in a d
of the great celebration of Roanoke
Island, upon cCnditiO-. that $3.50. GOO il
raised by other mean.
The same cOmmitte decided to favor
ably report Whites III, introduced yeE-
terday and summe ,zed exclusively in
this correspondents today. TO place the
literary fund in binds of the sta e
board OF tduCatio1 to be lent for build
ing school houses
Value OF Hallway Property.
There was a hearing tonight by the
joint COmmitte on finance on section
80 of the machinery act, which fixes the
way by which the corporation comm s.
sion shall arrive at the value of IA l.
way property. Cyrus 3. Watson, H=nry
W. Miller md Howard FCrshea sDOk1
against tE : section. There will he a
joint NEE .nE tomorrow at which this
matter VII be settled and remainder
OF the nachiery act agreed on, Chair
man London ay5
Might Session of House.
At he house night session, Walters
introduced a nill for working public
roads OF CasWelI and Catawba.
A bill 60 amend the public school law
regarding the election of county boards
of education, passed final reading.
Amendments to exempt Yadkin. Chero-
kee. Wilkes. Davie. Buncombe, Surry.
Swain Alexander and Mcdowell We're
voted down.
Bills passed as follows:
To incorporate the Raleigh Trust Safe
Il Deposit Company.
FavOring the passage OF the Appa!a-
chian park bill by congress.
Regarding the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
To preserve and protect birds IN
Union county.
House went into committee of the
whole for further consideration of the
revenue bill, beginning with section 81.
relating to the tax of state banks ard
private bankers The section provided
a tax of a dollar on every thousand
dollars employed as capital. brewery
moved to make the tax fifty cents.
Motion was lost.
House adopted section 81. which pro-
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all ~l,reweries. and a tax of fifty do lars
on agencies of brsweries, in each cou1-
~ where the business is carried on
Adopted.
Section IS as adopted imposes 4 tax
OF two hundred dollars as a license on
each oil company doing business in tbs
state. and fifty cents on each hundred
dollars worth of sales.
Section 80 provides Il graduated Ia
on dealers in futures according to pop
uIatiOn of the town where Il business
is carried on. in towns of less than
5000. fifty dollars; more that 5000 and
less than 1G.CCG, one hundred dollars;
more than 10000 and and less h a 3d.
GOO. two hundred dollars: more thar
$1,000 three hundred dollars.
Section 60 regarding the tax on liquor
dealers, provided a tax of one hundred
and fifty dollars Sem~i-annually or
dealers S~eliO0 in Quantities NJ less tbar