RESOULTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SESSION 1899. A resolution to provide for the appointment of a joint committee to whom shall be referred bills on court districts. tee on criminal Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That a special committee shall be appointed consisting of five Special commitmembers of the house of representatives and three members of courts. the senate, to whom shall be referred all bills to abolish or change the criminal courts or to increase the number of superior courts, who shall report by bills or otherwise. Ratified the 14th day of January, A. D. 1899. Resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the laws and amendments to laws passed by the general assemblies of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. All bills relating to criminal courts shall be referred. To examine pub lic laws of 1895 Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring: That a joint committee of five, two on the part of the senate Joint committee. and three on the part of the house of representatives, be appointed to carefully examine all the public laws passed by the general assemblies of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. and to report to this general assembly what laws or part of laws should be repealed or amended. and to make such other recommendations in regard to such laws as to them may seem proper. Ratified the 14th day of January, A. D. 1899. Joint resolution of the general assembly of North Carolina. Resolved by the General Assembly of North Carolina : and 1897. Report. SECTION 1. That it is in favor of the election of United States Election of senators of the several states by a vote of the people of the sev- United States eral states. SEC. 2. That it most respectfully requests our senators and representatives in congress to do all in their power to have submitted to the legislatures of the different states an amendment to the federal constitution looking to this end. SEC. 3. That the clerk of the senate is hereby directed to furnish to each of our members in congress a copy of this resolution. Ratified the 14th day of January, A. D. 1899. senators tives in congress stitutional amendment. Copies to be fur nished. Committeenumber of. Requesting gov. ernor to give Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That a committee consisting of three members of the house and two members of the senate be appointed to wait on the governor and ask him to present to the general assembly within the next general assembly five days from the passage of this resolution his reasons for sus pending J. W. Wilson from the office of chairman of the railroad commission, and S. O. Wilson from the office of railroad commissioner and that he transmit to this body any evidence he may have in his possession relating to such removals. Ratified the 14th day of January, A. D. 1899. his reasons for suspending rail. road commis. sioners. To print gover nor's message under super Resolution to have printed governor's message. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That five hundred copies of the governor's message be printed in full, under the supervision of the committee on public printvision of co umit. ing of the house of representatives, which is authorized to make a contract for this purpose; and that each member of this house and of the senate be furnished a copy of said message. Ratified the 14th day of January, A. D. 1899. tee on printing of house of representatives. Bagley monument. Resolution relating to Bagley monument. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: Committee, how constituted. To consider gov. ernor's message; to consider and investigate al! questions of law and of fact; to Resolution to investigate the suspension of J. W. and S. O. Wilson. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: SECTION 1. That in the matter of the suspension of J. W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson as railroad commissioners, a committee of five be appointed consisting of three members of the house and two members of the senate. SEC. 2. That said committee be authorized, empowered and directed to consider the message of the governor of North Carolina in regard to said suspension, to consider and investigate hear evidence and fully all questions of law and fact: to hear all evidence relating report. thereto and report the findings of said committee in said case of suspension both as to law and fact, together with all the evidence produced before them back to the house and senate. tendance of wit SEC 3. That said committee be and is hereby empowered to May compel atcompel the attendance of witnesses before it and the production nesses and proof all papers, documents and evidence of all kind relating to the duction of papers. subject-matter of the investigation, and that to compel such evidence and witnesses the said committee shall have power to attach and punish for contempt. May punish for contempt. stenographers, SEC. 4. That said committee is further authorized to employ May employ typewriters and stenographers as may be necessary. Ratified the 23d day of January, A. D. 1899. etc. Joint resolution to appoint committee to make arrangements for lecture to be delivered by Rev. James Battle Averett. Resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assem bly of North Carolina, the Senate concurring: Rev. James Battle lecture by That a committee of three on the part of the house and two on To arrange for the part of the senate be appointed to make all necessary arrangements for the lecture to be delivered in the hall of the house of representatives on January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety nine, by the Rev. James Battle Averett. Ratified the 23d day of January, A. D. 1899. Joint resolution in regard to the public printing. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That the committee on printing on the part of the house and Power to contract senate be invested with power to contract with some one who is for the state's printing and prepared to do the state printing and binding at a price not ex- binding. eeeding that paid under chapter fifty two of The Code for the years eighteen hundred and ninety-three and eighteen hundred and ninety-four, until the same can be regulated by law. Be it further resolved, that none of said printing or binding shall be done outside of the state. Ratified the 23d day of January, A. D. 1899. Preamble. Senators and representatives in congress in duce a bill to secure an appro· priation to establish certain light beacons in Pamlico sound. Resolution instructing our representatives in the United States congress to introduce a bill to appropriate a sufficient amount of money to establish a light beacon at the Cape channel in Pamlico sound. WHEREAS, dangerous reefs lie on the southeast side of Pamlico sound on a line of nearly one hundred miles from Roanoke island to Hatteras inlet; and WHEREAS, no lights have been established to mark by night the entrance to the harbors or havens inside the reef, thereby endangering the lives and property of the numerous fishermen and others that ply the waters of Pamlico sound; and WHEREAS, the light beacon at the point of Cape Hatteras on the Atlantic coast has become inoperative by reason of the encroachment of the sea, thereby endangering commerce and human life at that point; therefore be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That our senators and representatives from North Carolina in the United States congress be and they are hereby instructed to structed to intro introduce and urge to its final passage a bill appropriating a suffi cient amount of money to establish a light beacon of not less than sixth order, with iron supports on the north point of the reef, at the entrance of the Cape channel in Pamlico sound, and also to establish another light beacon of the same dimensions at Cape Hatteras on the beach. That copies of this resolution be transmitted to each of our senators and representatives in the United States congress as soon as possible after the same is adopted. Ratified the 24th day of January, A. D 1899. Copies of resolution to be trans mitted to senators and representa tives in Congress. Treasurer authorized to pay cer tain expenses of contests. Resolution in favor of A. Cannon. Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring: Resolved first. That the state treasurer of North Carolina is authorized and directed to pay to the contestant, A. Cannon, for expenses incurred in the contested election case of Cannon v. Franks, from the thirty-fourth district, the sums of $50.00 for attorney fees, 100.00 for expenses, 52.50 for commissioners. 202.50 (two hundred, two and fifty-one-hundredth dollars). Resolved second. This resolution shall be in force from and after its passage. Ratified the 31st day of January, A. D. 1899. |