NORTH CAROLINA. 



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NORTH CAROLINA. State Government. The 



following were the State officers during the 

 year:. Governor, Thomas J. Jarvis, Demo- 

 crat; Secretary of State, William L. Saun- 

 ders; Treasurer, John M. Worth; Auditor, 

 William P. Roberts ; Attorney -General, Thom- 

 as S. Kenan; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, John C. Scarborough ; Adjutant- 

 General, Johnstone Jones; State Librarian, 

 Sherwood Hay wood ; Governor's Council, the 

 Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, and 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction; State 

 Board of Education, the Governor, Lieuten- 

 ant- Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, 

 Auditor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 and Attorney- General. Department of Agri- 

 culture: Commissioner, Montford McGehee; 

 Secretary, P. M. Wilson; Geologist, Prof. W. 

 C. Phillips; Chemist, Prof. 0. W. Dabney ; 

 Superintendent of Fish and Fisheries, S. G. 

 Worth. Supreme Court: Chief-Justice, Will- 

 iam N. H. Smith, of Wake ; Associate Justices, 

 Thomas S. Ashe, of Anson, and Thomas Ruffin, 

 of Orange. Judge Ruffin resigned in Septem- 

 ber, and A. S. Merrirnon was appointed. 



Legislative Session* The Legislature consist- 

 ing of 34 Democrats, 15 Republicans, and one 

 Liberal in the Senate, and 70 Democrats and 

 50 Republicans in the House convened on 

 January 3d, and adjourned on March 9th. 

 Among the acts passed are the following : 



To incorporate the Wilmington. Point Caswell, ancl 

 Clinton Kailroad and Steamboat Transportation Com- 

 pany. 



To authorize a sale of the State's stock in the Cape 

 Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company, and pro- 

 vide for the speedy completion of the same. 



To amend an at to jprovide for the sale of the 

 State's interest in the Western North Carolina Kail- 

 road Company, and for other purposes. 



Amending the charter of the Granville Eailroad 

 Company. Changes its name to Atlantic and West- 

 ern Kailroad Company. 



To empower counties, townships, cities, and towns 

 to subscribe to the capital stock of the Albemarle and 

 Kaleigh Railroad. 



To provide a residence for the Governor. 



To incorporate the Insane Asylums of the State, and 

 for other purposes. 



To change the name of the Edenton and Norfolk 

 Eailroad Company to Carolina and Chesapeake Eail- 

 road Company. 



To amend the charter of the Watauga and Cald- 

 well Narrow-Gauge Railroa Company. Changes its 

 name to North Carolina and Tennessee Eailroad" Com- 

 pany. 



To facilitate the construction of the Newbern and 

 Beaufort Canal. 



To change the fiscal year of the State government, 

 , and for other purposes. Changes time of closing the 

 fiscal year to the 30th day of November. 



To provide for the support of the Institution of the 

 Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. 



To make appropriations for the several insane asy- 

 lums of the State. 



To incorporate the Black Mountain Eailway Co. 



To amend the landlord and tenant act. 



To change the name of the Elizabeth City and Nor- 

 folk Eailroad Company to Norfolk and Southern Eail- 

 road Company. 



To incorporate the Wilmington, Chadbourn, and 

 Conwayborough Eailroad Company. 



To increase the number of justices of the peace. 



To authorize the Seaboard and Ealeigh Railroad 

 Company to change its corporate name. 



To authorize the registration of the State bonds. 



To authorize the Virginia and Carolina Kailroad 

 and the Palmetto Railroad Companies to construct 

 and operate their roads within the State. 



To repeal the prohibition law of 1881. 



To incorporate the Asheville and Burnsville Rail- 

 road Company. 



The State was divided into nine congres- 

 sional districts. 



Changes were made in the school law, the 

 Board of Agriculture was reorganized, and the 

 Code was adopted. The new Board of Agri- 

 culture consists of thirteen members, four ex 

 officio and one from each congressional district, 

 chosen by the Legislature. It was constituted 

 as follows: Gov. Jarvis; the President of the 

 State Agricultural Society, T. M. Holt; the 

 President of the University, K. P. Battle ; the 

 President of the North Carolina State Grange, 

 W. R. Williams; and by districts: 1. R. W. 

 Wliarton, of Beaufort; 2. Dr. Brooks, of Wil- 

 son; 3. James A. Gates, of Sampson; 4. W. 

 F. Green, of Franklin; 5. L. W. Anderson, of 

 Stokes; 6. John Robinson, of Anson; 7. A. 

 Leazar, of Iredell; 8. Burwell Blanton, of 

 Cleveland ; 9. C. D. Smith, of Macon. 



On January 16th Matt W. Ransom, Demo- 

 crat, was re-elected United States Senator by 

 a vote of 108 against 47 for William Johnson, 

 Liberal. 



Resources and General Condition. There are 

 about 6,500,000 acres of improved land in 

 North Carolina and 16,000,000 of unimproved 

 land. The State produces 450,000 bales of 

 cotton, 30,000,000 bushels of corn, 30,000,000 

 pounds of tobacco, and exports wheat, rice, 

 oats, ground-peas, etc. 



It is estimated that in fifteen counties alone 

 there are now standing 5,000,000,000 feet of 

 long-leaf pine. 



When the debt is all arranged it will amount 

 to less than $3,600,000, bearing 4 per cent, in- 

 terest. There is, besides, a debt of about $2,- 

 750,000, bearing 6 per cent, interest the in- 

 terest of which will be met by dividends from 

 the North Carolina Railroad. 



The assessment of property in the State in 

 1882 was $168,000,000. The valuation in 1883 

 shows an increase of nearly 20 per cent. It 

 will reach nearly $200,000,000. The State and 

 county taxes combined amount to 66$ cents on 

 the hundred dollars. 



The crop of corn in 1879 was 28,019,839 

 bushels; in 1882 it was 34,260,700; the crop 

 of wheat in 1879 was 3,397,395 bushels; in 

 1882 it had risen to 5,494,800. 



The cotton counties raise more corn per in- 

 habitant than the average for the entire State, 

 and pay more per acre for fertilizers. 



The State has two coal districts the Dan 

 river, mainly in Stokes and Rockingham 

 counties, near the middle of its northern 

 boundary ; and Deep river, mainly in Chatham 

 county, near the center of the State. 



The western half of the State is well dotted 



