The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-26

Waddlll: TO establish Sidpe'i
school at Walkertown, Forsyth coun-
N.
Crisp: To protect game in Watau-
ga county.
Britt: For relief of the Alma Lum
Der Company.
Fisher: To appoint Justices of the
peace in Robson county.
Lockart To amend the charter of
Biggs: TO regulate the use Of
traction engines on roads OF Dur
ham county.
Biggs: TO settle the debt of the
University to the late Governor
David l.. Swain.
Koonce: To amend the Code rela-
tive to the service of process on In
surance companies.
Bills Ratified.
To establish graded schools in the
town Of Aulander and for other pur-
poses.
For the relief of w. NJ. Watson,
Clerk Superior Court. Craven county
To amend section 2017 of the
Code. SO as to allow the overseers III
Fruitville township, in Currituck
county. ten days. instead of six TO
work their public roads.
10 protect the stock in the vicinity
of vulnerable.
To regulate the pay OF jurors III
Haulett county.
To amend the charter of the town
of Clyde in Haywood county.
To prohibit the shooting. killing
and netting of fish in Goodwin s mill
pond, Perquimans co%lty.
To amend the public school law
relative 10 Friendship graded school.
in Goblc township. Alamance coun7
ty North Carolina.
To amend chapter 191, Public laws
of 1903, entitled. IAN Act to restore
local self government in PerquImans
county.
10 better protect the public travel
of Gates aud Hartford counties.
70 amend chapter 366 Of the Pub
lie Laws of 1901. by providing that
the chain gang OF Union county may
be worked on the streets OF Monroe,
i'm event the Monroe township road
fund should at any time become eX-
hausted.
For the relief of ]. +. McCubbins.
clerk of Rowan County Superior
Court.
For regulating the time for holding
the Superior courts of Franklin
county.
son. in the county of Caldwell.
To establish the Mooresville graded
school district.
To define the limits and establish a
graded school at Smithfield, in John
ston county.
To protect landlords and tenants
in certain counties.
To regulate hunting of wild fowl in
Currituck Sound.
TO authorize the Commissioners OF
Hartford .ounty to levy special
tax.
TO repeal chapter SIS of Public
Laws of 1908, relative to SEEMING in
Little River. in Marks Creek and
Little River township, in Wake
county.
To authorize the Board of Com
missioners Of Forsyth county to fund
it's debts and to levy tax for the pay
ment OF same.
To prevent the fishing with nets
and seins in Stoney Geek, in Hcrt-
ford county. between the railroad
bridge across said creek and the low
er boundaries of the lands of W. +.
Seasons and Mrs. 4. 7. Holloman
To regulate the pay OF jurors IN
Greene county.
TO provide for a special tax cleo
in Moore county.
To amend the charter of the town
of Ellington.
To abolish the oiIice of standard
keeper in Currituck county.
To prevent the sale of meats or
diseased animals.
To amend the charter of the town
of LaGsrange, and to revise and con-
soidate a.! laws in relation TO said
town.
II incorporate Andrews school
| district ruinber four in Gheroke"
county.
The bin making the sale of a stock
| of goods or merchandise in bulk, by q
merchant in debt. without ten days
notice 6f purpose to make such sale
! prima facic evidence of fraud, was
discussed for some time.
Winborne strongly opposed the Dill
saving it was oppressive and monopo-
| listic. Murphy. Of Buncombe, the
author of the bill, made several argu-
ments in support of the bill
Other arguments favoring it were
made by Wood. Fisher, and Mitchell
| spoke against it.
A motion TO table the bill was lost
| by vote of S3 to Al.
A great many amendments, sent
| forward by members, excepting their
| counties were defeated only the
amendment excepting Judge Win
bornes county was adopted.
| 4 motion by McGill TO re-refer the
| bin to tho judiciary committee pro
voked another debate. The motion
was lost
An amendment offered by Austin
providing that when the stock of mer-
chandise had been shown to have been
sold in fraud, all creditors should par
| ticipate in distribution of proceeds, al
though Il Judgment had been obtained
by one creditor. Murphy accepted
this amendment. 4 motion was then
made to reconsider the vote by
which Hartford county was excepted.
Judge Winborne made very excited
speech on this motion saying that he
would take ii as Il personal aftront
from any member who denied him the
right to represent the people OF his
county. and TO protect them from a
most iniqutous law.
Robertson. of Guilford. said the law
was an excellent one and related many
Instances of merchants selling out
stocks Of goods. putting the money in
their pockets and leaving the 'f5tdt &c
without any redress whatever on the
part of the creditors. He said Win