The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-31

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For the relief of sheriffs and tax col.
lectors.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Bills were introduced as follows:
Graham, of Granville, gave notice
that January 28th he would introduce
a resolution to amend rule 80, so as to
require that tWo-thirds vote to suspend
that rule, and to restrict speeches eN-
= planning a vote to 2 minutes.
Laughinghouse-To regulate passen-
ger fares on railways, making the rate
2 1-2 cents per mile and requiring rams.
p%ortation Of $50 pounds of baggage.
Graham, of Lincoln-To protect
Truck Grower camp Meeting %grouni.
Graham, of Alamance-To allow GA :
hamtowI to issue bonds for a graded
school and to amend the law relative 10
the graded schools at Sylvia.
Olive-To provide proper walks in the
capitol square.
Rogers-To amend act 1903, relative
to attendance of children in pubic
schools in Macon county.
l. Little-To amend the code relative to
notice of removal of division fences.
Warren-To amend the laws re:Atine
to hunting in Craven and Jones.
Meekins-To allow Tyrrell TO levy
special tax.
Andrews-To amend the law relating
to publication of m in newspa-
pers and regulating the charges there
fore.
Winborne-TO amend the code SO as
to make gifts and devises in wills 10 q
wife valid, although her husband Is an
attesting witness to the will.
Gower-To provide for assessment CT
real estate belonging to railways III the
stock law territory in Johnston county.
Butler-To allow Sampson county IT,
issue bonds and levy a special tax for
building a court house.
Shipman-To change the time for
holding two elections in ~Chadbouln.
Vester-To amend the charter Of
Rocky Mount relative to levying aid
collecting street and privilege taxes.
also to prevent monopoly and for the
protection Of traders.
WinbOrne-TO amend the code reIat~
ing to making copies of wills filed in
the office of secretary OF state colnpe-
tent evidence Of court.
Speaker Guion appointed, OF motion
! of Graham, of Granville, a special Iom-
mittee to which is to be referred all
the reports from the heads Of ;ns.itu-
lions, the committee being Graham, of
Granville, Feinster, Mitchell, Andrews
and Jones.
FINAL READING.
The following bills .assed final read
ing:
To authorize an issue of bonds in
Madison and CasWell.
To allow Clinton to levy a special
tax for schools.
To extend the corporate limits Of
Granite Falls.
To incorporate Almond, Swain county.
To extend the limits of Boardmail.
Columbus county.
To appoint E. K. Brown, a justice
of the police in Columbus.
To incorporate the Bryan city graded
schools.
To abolish the office of standard keep
or in Currituck.
To allow Wake county's commission
ers to mak appropriations to the as
ISOLATION for the better ment of puEIic
houses.
To amend the public DAD law of Hal
flax county.
To provide for the working of Green
county's public o to convict labor.
To protect the trucking industry in
Dare county.
To protect deer and wild turkies in
Richmond county.
To give Jackson county a better sys-
tenn of working public roads.
Directing the state Treasurer to con-
eel certain bonds and return than to
i Alexander county.
To change the name of the Raleigh
and Eastern railway to the Raleigh
and Pamlico Sound railway.
TREASURER OF WILKES COUNTY.
There was much discuSSian OF 9 bill
to appoint a treasurer for Wilkes coun-
ty which came UP with a favorable re-
port. Robson moved it be re-referr-
ed, saying many citizens of Wilkes had
opposed it and desired to be heard upon
il. Cowles, of Wilkes, earnestly op-
DC sed the reference, saying the bill was
supported by him n his colleague and
by the people of the county. Wilkes is
a large county with over three millions
Of taxable property, n as The sherlff
is both treasurer and tax collector. 1t Is
too much responsibility for one mon.
| Cowles could not see any politics II the
measure. If there were, the people or
/, Wilkes would have the privilege OF
| electing a treasurer, be he Democrat
or Republican. Fowler opposed post
| ponement. Robson said there was
nothing wrong allowing citizens of
wilkes to be heard before the commit
tee. and that r. N. Hackett and Chair
man Barber of the county eculiV