The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-20
LEGISLATURE
Continued from First Page.)
FINAL READING ON BILLS.

oLiS pdSScu IlIldi reading.
To allow Brunswick county to levy
special tax.
To fix a time for 1evying ana collect
ing taxes in Madison county.
To repeal Chaper 1s2. Private Acts
1903, authorizing a special tax in Pin
Bluff for the purpose Of advertising the
town.
To amend Chapter IS. Laws 1903 by
bringing Rowan county within the pro-
vision of said chapter and TO require
rstenographers to faithfully perform
their duties.
To repeal the act making Neusa river
en- county.
To prevent fast driving on public
bridges in Randolph county.
To allow Wilmington to acquire and
hold land for public park purposes
For the relief of the Piedmont Man
~ufacturing Company.
To amend the act Of 1903 providing
for working public roads in Halifax
county.
To amend Act 1903 making it unlaw-
full to dispose of liquor in one mile o:
churches in Columbus county, named in
that act.
To amend laws 1901, so the town of
| Fountain will be exempt from the OPP
Grafton Of the provision prohibiting the
sale of liquor in two miles of Longs
school house in Pitt county, so IS to
allow Fountain to have a d~ispensary,
l. having voted for one by a large ma
jcrity.
To amend Law 1901, relating to time
Of holding courts in Martin county n
making certain terms both civil n
criminal.
To amend Law 1903, regarding aids
de-camp to the Governor as follows
The personal staff Of the Governor
shall consist of seven aides, with the
rank of colonel, two Of them being
naval aides, and the Governor may ap-
point his private secretary his military
secretary, with the rank OF colonel"
To appoint Justices Of the Peace fo.
Nash county.
Mr.. Alexander was added to the CON-
mittee on education and agriculture.
A. and N. c.. NATTER BROUGHT UP
The resolution of Mr.. Cowles coming
up, calling o. the Governor to send q
cop Of the evidence taken before the
investigating committee of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railway, he explain.
ed it, saying that every one was IA
mIiar with the fact that the state OwIi-
ed tWo million dollars worth of STOCK
in the road and that it had been leased
the private stockholders had been sup
planted and nobody knew the facts es-
tablished in that invetlgation. The
Charlotte Observer in a recent editorial
on the report of the investigation by the
special committee had said that there
was a discrepancy Of $4,000 in the fig
ures, and any one reading between the
lines could easily see there was some
thing which lac not been divulged. MIR.
Cowles said the testimony ought TO be
published so the people could form a
conclusion for themselves.
MIR. Graham said the committee 4
worked for two months, investigating
the affairs of the road n had reported
that there had been no raud. h
printing of a great mass Of evidence
| would not only be great expense but
no one would read and print it. The
matter had been settled and it was
| useless to stir up a fus again over it.
| There was no demand from the private
stockholders for any publication of the
evidence, nor complaint, as the value
Of their stock had more than doubleG
| under Democratic administration. He
moved to table the resolution. On this
Mr.. Cowles demanded a roll call. Upon
a vote on this Speaker Guion declared
hat the call was not sustained, ana
that not a sufficient number had voted
for it.
An appeal was made by Mr.. Cow!es
from the speakers ruling and it was
sustained by an almost unanimous
| vote. The motion to table was carried
by a large majority, only two or three
| noes being heard and the result WIS
! greeted with applause. MI. Murphy Of
Buncombe said the evidence was in the
Governors office and that Mr.. CoWles
Or anyone else, vas perfectly free at
| any time to go and read and examine
tit.
! The House then adjourned until
Thursday at II.
TAXATION FOR SCHOOL PUR-
POSES
The Legislative House committee on
constitutional amendments reported
unanimously tonight, favorable to
Judge Winborne's bill to amend the
constitution relating to taxation for
school purposes. The bill strikes out
this: but there shall be no discrimina-
~ither raceetain shrdiu etaoin
ticn in favor of or to the prejudice Of
either race insert 'ng THE General
<ASSGLlDlS may pC'Iutt SllI1cls TdSC W lA@A
its l'oli and property for special school
| purpose for the race so taxed"
The proposed amendment to the con-
stitution is to be voted on at the next
| general election. Other bills providing
70" an amendment tC the constitution
ccnfining the school to the race
payin gthe same, were disapproved by
the committee.
| Among advocates of the Winborne
| amendment before the committee was
Representative. Ge orge Butler, Repub-
llcan, from Sampson county, ana
brother of ex-Unlteu States Senator
| Marion Butler.
| Judge Winborne says: MY bill
leaves that part Of the constitution re-
i curing four months Of free pubic
schools per annum for ali schools in
The state, but after this, the General
Assembly would have the power to die
eliminate in favor of either race, or
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