The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07

ter TO amend Chowanss road law. To
allow Euncombe to erect a county
rome. To allow New Hanove TO issue
road bonds To allow Beaufort TO is
sue court house bonds. To allow Green
vile TO borrow $1,000. To amend Kin
tons charter. To amend the act au-
thorizing Edgecombe 10 levy special
lax. To incorporate Richlands. To
establish graded schools In Wilson.
Edgecombe and Nash. To lilo Cum
bersaId to vote under the Watts law.
Tc incorporate the North State Tele-
phone Company. To erect a cho at
Asheboro- To drain Forsyth county.
To pay Forsyth officers salaries. To
allow the Winston Trust Company
further time TO organize. To direct
the council OF state 10 sell the Steamer
Lily. once used as an oyster patrol boa
Graham Of Granville saying ne
thought the boat had been dc long
ago and moving that its name be strick-
en- from the North Carolina naval lists.
this motion being adopted unanimously
by a rising vote. To prohibit public
drunkenness in Mitchell. Fol relief OF
certain tax collectors in Haywood. To
incorporate the j. NJ Ray Camp United
Confederate veterans.
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES.
The House balloted for University
trustees. electing the following nomi-
mated by the committees; for the term
eEding 1913: B. F. Dixon, r. A. Daugh-
ton, Frank A. Daniels, B. F. Long,
Frank w. Hancock, Fred J.. Cox, Chas.
Price, Thos. s. Rollins. Frank S. Spruill.
Claude Dockery, John Sprunt Hill, L.
n tHEa0ra r EI Hole ~tn-io- L V4.1z
y. A. Ramsey, Alfred M. Scales, Geo.
w. Conner, John S. Cunningham,
Stephen c. Bragaw; for the term end
ing 1907, A. H. Eller, J. A. Lockhart,
Jr., Charles B. Aycock, William s. Pear
sen. Charles NJ. Stedman, Thomas Ruff
fin, B. G.. Empie, c.. F. Toms.
THE APPROPRIATIONS.
The recommendations of the joint ap-
preparations committee came up. The
bill passed it's third and ina reading
without amendment and was sent 10
the Senate. It's adoption without ex-
tended debate on a single amendment
was unprecedented n was taken as
| a high compliment to the members of
the appropriations committee.
PASSAGE OF BILLS.
RtlIs passed allowing home life insur-
Z companies to deposit reserve
l,sts or securities with the state inSur-
auce commissioner. To prevent the
waste. The bill to put Madison county
in the 18th judicial district n u
combe in the 18th was advocated
strongly by Glenn of Buncombe II
bitterly opposed by Feinster Of Ca
| tawba, on whose mofin the bill was
tawba, on whose motion the bill was
The House took a recess until four
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION OF HOUSE.
At the afternoon session of the
House private bills passed allowing,
| New Hanover county to donate prop
erty to the naval brigade granting
public works commission for Fayette-
| Vile: re-establishing self-government
in New Hanover county; amending
| the charter of the Methodist orphan
age; Incorporating the Nantahala
Railroad company; fixing salaries of
Runcombe county officers; establish
ing a police court for Asheville: al
lowing Asheville to vote on dispen-
sary on April 9Th; regulating the pub
lication Of legal notices in Buncombe
county; establishing d~ispensaries at
Angler and Roxboro.
ANM-BUCKET SHOP BILL.
The Senate judiciary committee, at
ter hearing argument from Attorney
T. c. Guthrie, of Charlotte, in oppoSi-
ton to the anti-bucket shop bill which
a passed the House by an over-
whelming majority, reported it favora-
bly, by a vote of seven to five. 1t is
freely predicted that the bill will be
come a law Saturday.