The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-03
Proceedings of Legislature.
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nubuc road III ~Scuppernong township.
TvrreIl county.
u 500: TO authorize bond issue in
p1ncombe county for n county home.
: 3 $40: To provide for establishing
Pelham graded school. in Caswell
county.
: B. $50: To establish a graded school
III Louisburg.
: 3. gS2: To establish graded schools
at Clinton.
: &. 984: To empower the Board of
commissioners of Rowan county to levy
. special tax.
8 B.. 933; To incorporate the town of
evan Quarter, Hyde county.
( B. 987: To authorize commissioners
81 Wake county to issue bonds to fund
its debt.
s. B. 1920: To incorporate Farmers and
Merchants Bank Of Columbia.
:. b. $50: To amend section 2, Laws of
iq01. and. to revise Corporation Law Of
North Carolina.
5. B. 49, To incorporate Bank of
stoncyiIIe, in Rockingham county.
:. 3. 938: To incorporate the Guaranty
life Insurance and Indemnity Associa-
ZION of Charlotte. North Carolina.
5. B. 1917: To change name of the
Whitney Reduction Company to the
Whitney Company.
:. b. $50: TO re-enact chapter 344.
Laws of 1899, and amendments thereto,
and extend the time of the organization
of the company therein named.
8. B. $50: To incorporte the Mccklen-
bDrg Trust Company.
6. B. GAP: To incorporate the Bank OF
Rellhaven.
{. b. 1890: To amend the charter of
the North Carolina Central Railroad
Company.
RESOLUTIONS RATIFIED.
15-H. r. Sal, S. R. 1856: Joint resolu.
ton favoring the passage of the APP
palachian Park Bill by Congress.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Indefinite leave of absence was granted
TO Senator Justice.
An invitation to attend an entertain
ment at Peace Institute, complimentary
of the General Assembly, to be given
on Tuesday evening, the third of March,
was received.
The Senate adjourned until 1920 o'clock
this. morning.
HOUSE.
Yesterday was strictly a day of dis
patch of business in the House.
After the Introduction of over fifty
new bills the voices of the Speaker and
the Reading Clerk were heard contin-
uously passing bill after bill and call
ing the familiar roll OF the members.
Practically all of the bills passed were
Of a purely local nature.
\ large number of roll-call bills were
PASSED. ON their second reading, includ-
ing the Revenue bill.
Quite an interesting little discussion
arose over Senator Spruill's bill to au-
thOrize the County Commissioners of
Tyrrell to issue bonds to build a court
house.
Dr.. Alexander, Of Tyrrell, first moved
to table the bill.
Mr.. Watts called attention to the fact
that the bill had been introduced by the
Democratic Senator.
Finally DR.. Alexander withdrew his
motion and sent forward an amendment
to leave the question TO a vote of the
people. He declared they could not
stand any additional taxation, and urged
the House to let the people vote on it.
Mr.. Blount opposed the amendment,
saying that Tyrreu county needed a new
court house very badly, and that the
majority of the good Democrats of Tyr
reIl wanted it.
DR.. Alexander said that he had never
tried to represent any county but his
own. He had been elected by as good
Democrats as there We're in the State
anywhere, and he knew what they
wanted.
Mr.. Lucas, of Hyde, spoke in favor of
leaving this question to the people. He
said that DR.. Alexander was the first
Republican elected from Hyde for a great
many years. 1t was his own personal
popularity that had led the Democrats of
IErrell to vote for him, and he did rep
resent those good people.
Dr.. Riddick said he was very glad to
See that the gentleman from Hyde was
coming to the belief that all important
questions should be voted on by the peo-
pie.
Mr. Lucas: In matters of taxation,
that concern only the PEOPLE OF a certain
Comfy, l believe in having the people
vote; but on the question of whiskey.
which ruins the home Of so many people,
all over the State, l am not in favor OF
letting the people vote
DR.. Riddick: That is the first I've
heard about whiskey. l didn't say any
thing about .whiskey."
MIR. Lucas: Il knew what the gentle
man was driving at"
Mr.. King supported the amendment
also.
1t was finally adopted by a big ma
jority.
The bill to extend the corporate limits
OF Raleigh passed second reading.
The bin authorizing Raleigh township
70 issue bonds to buy Centennial Graded
school building also passed second read
ing.
II DAY IN DETAIL.
The House was called to order by
speaker Gattis at ten o'clock, and the
opening prayer was made by Rev. w. L.
cine, of Hickory.
REVENUE BILL ON SECOND READING