The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-28
tc SEEMING in Little River, Marks Greek
and Little River township I'm waLo

debts and to levy tax for the payment
/ of same.
To regulate pay of jurors in Green
! county.
To provide for a special tax coIfec-
ton in Eureka public schools in Moore
county.
To amend the charter of the town
OF Ellington.
TO abolish office of standard keeper
in Currituck county.
To prevent the sales OF meats of dis
eased animals.
To amend the charter Of the town of
LaGrange and to revise and CONSOLE
cate all laws in relation to said town.
TO incorporate Andrews school dis
I trict, No. 4, in Cherokee county.
| FINAL READING.
The substitute bill repeating all laws
relative to pilotage at the port Of Will
mington passed its second and third
reading.
Mr.. Taylor said he wanted to go on
record as opposing the bill at this
time, as he thought the bill being
passed too pr~ecipitately.
FOR UNIFORM POLL TAX.
One of the most important bills OF
the session reported on favorably this
morning was n introduced by Rep
resentative Alexander, of Mecklenburg.
L required a uniform poll tax and shall
rot exceed three dollars. The maxi
mum amount the city poll tax shall be
n dollar. There is every indication
of the bill becoming a law. Members
from one city, say the poll tax there
recently amounting to $500 and makes
it impossible to collect out of nine
tenths Of the people.
So many bills are being placed on the
calendar, without examination by com
mittee, Murphy of Buncombe, this
morning seconded the adoption of a
resolution requiring all such bills to
! go before the inspection committee be-
fore being passed. The Speaker ap-
pointed Murphy of Buncombe, Turling-
ton and Sledge as the special commit
| tee.
The bill making the sale of q stock
of goods Or merchandise IN bulk by a
merchant in debt without a ten days
notice of purpose to make such sales
prima facie evidence Of fraud, was dis
cussed at some lentgh. Bill passed sec
ond reading by large majority, but upon
objection to a third reading, Murphy
consented to let it go over to another
day.
PASSAGE OF BILLS.
Bills passed to allow newspapers to
| make contracts for transportation on
make contracts for transportation
! passing both readings perfunctorily.
To regulate the dealing in futures,
this being the Woodland ~anti-buoket
shop bill. Hutchinson offered an
amendment which was voted down.
There was more debate and bill passed
second and third reading in three min
utes.
| BILLS THAT PASSED FINAL READ
ING.
The House reassembled at 5 o'clock,
and took a recess at 5 o'clock until
S o'clock.
| The following were among the bills
| passing fnal reading:
Abolishing days of grace or negotia-
bic instruments, except as to sight
drafts.
providing for assessment of telegraph
and express companies.
Authorizing Wilmington to pave
| streets and to establish and maintain
| public parks.
AiIlClIolIS SiICIl ICIo Va Nv OpAAASO,
! Caldwell Institute, Southern Pines,
Gastonia, G%reenville, Washington, Pac-
tolus and New Bern.
Incorporating towns Of Cornelius.
Cronly, Copeland; the Waynesviile
Railway and Power Company; the
Southport and Western railroad; the
, Appalachian Interuban Railway; the
; Beaufort an Western railroad; the
| Winston and Cape e railway.
Allowing special tax levy in the
| ties of Onslow, Greene, Watauga, YAH
cey and Carterete.
To protect people in Gates, Pasquo-
| tank and Camden counties from bear
, traps.
The committee this afternoon on
| renal institutions reported ~unfaVorably
all bills establishing r~eformatories,
including the Scales bill, which had
passed the Senate.
NIGHT SESSION OF HOUSE.
At session of the House tonight, bills
passed prohibiting fishing with dutch
nets in Pamlico river during March and
April.
Regulating number of traction en-
| gines on Durham Macadam roads.
Providing legaiized primaries for New
Hanover county.
, Providing for election of justices of
peace for Forsyth county by popular
vote at next general election.
Regulating possum hunting in Lin
coin county.
The House went into a committee OF
the whole and by eleven o'clock had
considered each of the ninety-hVe sec
tions of the House revenue act, n the
one hundred and nine sections of the
machinery act. The only important
amendment made to the bills was the
striking out of the tax of forty cents
on each hundred dollars value of in
struments sold by piano and organ
dealers. The committee arose, report
ed and House adjourned at
eleven fifteen o'clock.
The bill a~bolishing days Of grace
passed with an amendment excepting
sight drafts. Bills also passed to pro-
1870 Qualification and Use of school