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The Progressive Farmer in Raleigh, North Carolina

23 Feb 1897

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The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1897

Page

4

Legislative Proceedings Highlight County Taxes and School Bills

House debates define fences and property valuations, authorizes special taxes in multiple counties, amends landlord and tenant acts, and regulates liquor sales. Passes include extending Guilford Superior Court, new graded schools in Monroe, tax measures for Madison and Pasquotank, and a revived stock law in Stonewall. A motion retains private pension bills in omnibus form and a tax repeal on fruit brandy seeks support.

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Turety Cox Pitt Hodges Chocowinity Creek Beaufort County Ensley Jackson County Rawles Ward Duplin County Sutton Cumberland Cathey M. W. Reeves Bwain Purgason Duffy Onslow County James Pender County Pool Pasquotank Guilford Superior Court Southern Stock Mutual Insurance Company Richmond County Morton Richmond Anson County Monroe Roanoke & Southern Railroad Wayne Madison County Senate House Stonewall Township Pamiico County Maroe Littleton Supreme Court Congress Bull Bank Lusk Rich Square Academy Association Colored Superior Court Wake Cathy Swain County Bryson City Whittier White Deweesa Clay Carter Nass Esidins McCrary Hancock Colored Normal School Elizabeth City Currie Maxton Morven Dockery Mitchell
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Lawmaking session vents bills on taxes and public works

The legislature moved to grant Madison a bridge tax enabling bill, set court schedules for Mecklenburg Gaston and Stanley, and passed measures allowing convict labor on roads and tax arrears collection in Davidson. It halted a Peabody statue fund, debated funds for education, and advanced or tabled numerous public notices, rail and county bills, and a medical education body body body.

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Beaufort Superior Court Henderson, Cabarrus Rowan Guardian Lusk Camberland County 3Utton R. P. Buxton Walter L. Holt A. H. Slocum James Hare Commercial and Farmers Bank Hoola Boom Campell Arlington Committee Tyrrell Perquimans Cherokee Ashe Vance County Grubbs Forsyth Easley Jackson County Ferrell Justice of the Peace McCaskey Jamesville Township Martin County James D. Brown Agricultural Department College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Department of Agriculture College James E. Brown Clark Halifax County Lyon Durham County Sallie D. Brown J. C. Brown Alexander Louise Yara Milla Meck!nburgh Louise Mills Grant United States Senate Butler North Carolina Railroad Montgomery County David Workman Brotherhood Fellowship and Daughters of Zion Burial Association Charter of Statesville Development Co Bryson City Swain County Carolina Cooperage Company Nash County E. R Johnson Supervisiors Currituck County Buncombe Transylvania Henderson Yanceyville Colored Academy Craven County J. M. Willians C. M. Griffith Davidson County Sarah J. Bartlett Bank of Marion Bank of Kinston Gov. Russell Madison Swain Macon Clay Counties Griffith Davidson Yadkin County George Peabody Statuary Hall Washington Peabody Sutton Mecklenburg Gaston Stanley People’s Relief and Benevolent Association Colored Charlotte Atlantic and North Carolina Railway Hancock’s Bill
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