The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-11-21
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

lot Ine pr"lectiOn OF i'il'efate persons. MI
Stark offered an amendment, ''that in cast
any young gentleman or b. cte,or make an,
advances towards uny unsuspecting and un
sophisticated young lady. by making love
or pretending 10 make love 10 her. auj hav'
ing no real or serious intentions of ma,ri.
mony, he shall he guilty Of m;sdeu,eaao
and punished accordingly" tFor this picc'
Of gallun,ry on the part Of old corduroy
The whole phalunx of 'unsoph,s,icated' ca
Goes should feel und.r great obligations ant
AZ once woit on him, dressed in full Bloc
mer costume, and tender him their acknow'
ledgments.] The house bill to incorpora,,
the Tennessee Manufacturing and Trans.
portation Company. passed third reading
Mr.. Eali offered q resolution to alter tht
4th section of the 10Th article Of the con
sti,u'ion, which passed frs, reading.
In the House, Mr.. Mostly. from the com
mfttee on common schools, reported favora'
bly, On the oil, 10 establish q system Of COM
mon schools. Senate bill. to give the coun.
~ courts power to issue process liz cases Of
tastardy. was read the third ,it!v( and re.
ferred to the judiciary committee. The bill
for the relief Of A. r. CLANCY. Of Monroe
county. was rejected on ITS third reading
The bill TO amend The tipping laws of the
State was taken up and passed On it's third
reading. A lengthy and animated debate
occurred on this sill, in whichMessrs. Bra b.
son and others spoke Zoe it. and Mr.. Muir.
ply against it. A bill to establish ,he Bank
of Nashville and Memphis was introduced.
On the l4h. in the Senate. Mr.. Gillespie
offered resolution that the Senate adjourn
sine die on the first Of January. In the
house, the judiciary committee reported in
fuvo. Of the homestead bill, which was laid
on the table and made the order for The fol-
lowing Thursday. Tie two houses met in
convention, under the resolution adopted on
the preceding day, to 60 into an election for
U. S. Senator.
A call vas ordered. and it appeared that
25 senators and 70 representatives were
present. The doorkeeper was sent for alb
sentees, when all being present, except Mr..
Nc Daniel absent by leave.
Mr.. Davis. of Cannon, moved an adjourn.
men, until Thursday next.
Mr.. Pavatt called for The ayes and nays,
and the motion was lost. Ayes Al, nays
| So.
M. Mosby nominated Hon. Jas. c. Jones
Of Shelby.
Mr., Ball nominated Hon. Andrew John.
son of Green.
Mr.. Pope nominated Hon. VIM. Trous.
dale, when Mr.. Ball withdrew the name Of
Mr.. Johnson.
M. Miller stated that no ives pledged to
vote for vhig and accordingly cast his
vote for G. A. Henry, when the following
| was the result:
Jones, b5
Trousdale, 80
Fulton.
Johnson,
Nicholson,
Henry.
So Hon. Jas. C. Jones was declared duly
elected U. S. Senator for six years from the
4th of March last, when the convention ad
outned.
On the l7,h. the House passed the Sen
| ate bill on third reading. to vest in circuit
courts powes to restore persons to rights o.
citizenship.
The bill to give househoders power te
lay off dowers, roads. &c, passed q 'hirt
reading. Many important bills have been
Introduced, and as the elections have beer
90, through. VIC may now expect the worE
Of Legislation to commence in earnest.
In regard TO internal improvements TIT
right feeling i. said to prevail among th'
members, there being disposition to ient
State aid 10 prominent works 10 such rxten
as the public interests will justify. Their
is much 10 Dor already cut out for the Legis
la,ure, and without great industry and har
mony on the part Of both houses, the ses
sion will be protracted 10 an unwarran.abI'
length. The redistricting Of the State IS q
important work. and usually excitesa goo'
deal of feeling among members. But from
the high character Of the present Genera
Assembly, we have no doubt it will be don
upon just and equitable principles. W.
shall erdeavor to keep our readers sdvise'
of the progress OF the more important mea
sures that may be acted upon by the Legis
laiure.