The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-28

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for 2 IL cents per mile. 1t would nos
hurt them to haul passengers a mile at
the rate OF thirty dollars for a thousand
miles.
McSinch spoke in favor Of the Dill.
Boney opposed the bill. declaring waal
was needed was the abolition Of first
ard second class fares. and an increase
Of the number OF trains. Laughing
house asked Boney IL he did not as a
manufacturer enjoy special privileges
from the railway. to which Boney ie-I
piled he certainly did not Hutchinson
opposed the bill. Laughinghouse asked
Hutchinson IL he as a big manufactur-
er did not get big privileges and he
said he did not. burlington aid heI
had never had a free pass. but had
made several good fees for prosecuting
damage suits against railways. Ballard
opposed the bill Graham said the COM
mittee had recommended a substituted
which he thought a reasonable CON-
promise and thought ii would pass
Mitchell aid he would vote for g.
Stickley strongly opposed the biz
Aeekins opposed the bill saying in as
section people were riding on railway q
al 4 cents a mile where they used TO pay
so cents a mile and they only wante1
roads TO be built nearer to them. Wood
ard favored the bill and also his amend
ment providing for the sale of inter
changaole mileage books at $40
opposed the bill. but favored
the Woodland amendment. lBiggs. adj
vocating the bill. said not q speaker in
behaf Of the railroad had stated that
they could not stand the reduction, and
that there was a great demand by the
people for it. murphy of Rowan offer
ed an amendment providing that menu
bers of the legislature should have only
the amount of mileage they actually
paid. hOOnce offered an amendment
TO this providing hat members who
paid no railway fare at all could collect
no mileage from the state. Wad3Ili|
offered an amendment providing for
free passes for all the of the
Legislature. Feinster submitted an
amendment requiring Interchangeable
thousand mile tickets to be issued for
s25. Woodland accepted this amend
ment. Cover spoke strongly in favor
of the bill, saying the people demanded
relief. Murphy of Rowan offered an
Ter amendment requiring members of
ne Legislature to pay 10 cents a mile.
Graham urged that the bill with FeiI-I
ster's amendment be adopted, declaI-I
ing that other amendments were offe--l
ed to load the bill down. Murphy anil
Waddill withdrew their amendmentS,I
as did also Woodland. Koonce's amend-I
ment was defeated and that of FeinsterI
adopted and the bill passed secondI
reading 20 to 81. Without objectionl
the rules was suspended and it passed.
final reading.
NIGHT SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
A resolution was adopted that begin-j
ming tonight at s o'clock the House.
should have night sessions. The Housed
then adjourned. f,
At the night session of the House,
bills passed as follows:
Amending charters of the towns of
Waynesville, Asheville, Durham, Hen-l
dersonville, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, Mt.
Olive, Falkland, Norwood and Will
liamston.
Incorporating the towns of High
lands, Atlantic, Moncure and Locust.
Bond issues were authorized for the
counties of Robson, Pamlico, Wake,
Jackson, Rishmond, Hyde, Haywood
and Pennsylvania, and the towns of
Monroe and Winton.
PASSAGE OF BILLS.
Bills passed prohibiting dealing in
futures in CASTOR county.
Fixing salaries for officers of For-
syth county.
Prohibition in Graham county.
Abolishing saloons in Spring Hope,
Nash county.
Allowing election or prohibition in
dispensary towns Of Johnson county.
Allowing Robson county to borrow
money from the school fund.
Establishing office of treasurer of
Richmond county
Protecting dairymen in Buncombe
county.
Incorporating the Watauga Turn
pike county.
Amending the charter of the Aber-
deem and Gibson Railway company.
Amending the dispensary law of
Warrenton.
Providing salaries for Wilmington
aldermen.
Requiring Wilmington to remove
unsafe buildings.
Allowing Wilmington to establish
pubic IlUTdIIcS. |
Amending stock law for Richmond
and Scotland counties.
Changing the boundary line of
Rockingham, township.
Establishing graded schools at East
Bend.
Repaying to Ex-State Treasurer
Worth twenty-six hundred dollars lost
by Asheville and Greensboro bank
failures.
To prevent loud cursing or shoot
ing fire arms on public highways of
the state.
Incorporating the Raleigh and Dur
ham Passenger and Power Company.
To better support the schools of
New Hanover county. Il
Providing election on dispensary at
Ayden. Pitt county, and Winston, For
Syth county.
For an election on prohibition in
Green county. |
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