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SEEATE.-MoRsISG Session,

SENATE.-MoRsISG SESSION.
Monday, Oct. q.
Mr.. Nixon presented petition from sundry
women relative to the sale of spurious liquors
Referred.
Mr.. Nelson: petition praying that the lands
Of William Mnulder and b. Adams be included
in Knox county.
petition. Passed first reading.
NJ. Nelson Introduced bill TO repeal the
laws authorizing grand juries to send for ~it
neaseS. &C.;
Mr.. Reid: bill to provide furniture for the
Secretary of States Office;
Mr.. C.rriger: bill to repeal the tipping at
and quart law:
Mr.. Reid: bill to incorporate the Nashville
Hotel Company;
Mr. Robertson: a bill to amend the charter Of
the Edrefeid and Kentucky Railroad Company
which bills severally passed the 6rst reading.
Sundry House bills passed on the first read.
ing.
The resolution declaring the amendments to
the Constitution to elect Judges and Attorneys
81 General adopted, and part of the Constitution,
debated; pending which debate, the Senate
took recess.
SENATE-AFTERNooN SESSION
The Senate took up the report of the Select
COMMITTEE 10 which was referred the returns OF
the vote Of the Cnstititiohal Amendments aud
concurred therein. The report declares that the
amendments tnelect Jud rs and Attorneys Gen
erai by the people are adopted and that relative
to the New Counties is rejected.
The resolution declaring the amendment n
part of the Constitution. was Then tNkem up.
Mr. Davis moved to amend, by nsertihs sand
the hedule.
On this motion a debate sprung up in which,
MeSsrs. R9berfs;en, Nixon, Red, Farlnharsoir,
Havron. AMI Nelson participated
The motion was finally rejected. and the res
oIutinn t"pted, with only four dissenting voices,
rs follows:
Resoiccd BIZ the GeacrA Asssa,Lly Of he
Sat Of Tennessee, That the amendment n the
Constitution OF this State, entitled "A resnl,:-
ton to alter the fourth section of the tenth ar
. ticle of tht1C unSttution of the Stat. OF Ten
nessee" For the New Counties has been re
-jected. And the amendment To the Coaat.tu-
ton of this State submitted To the people for
ratification on the first Thursday in Au gust,
1888, emit Oh proposed amendments of the
Constitution of the State of Tennessee, adopted
by the present General A sse mhly, and to be ac
ted upon by the people" has been approved
and ratified by the people.
1t is therefore hereby declared that the
amendment aforesaid, For the Election of
Judge and Attorneys General by the people,
it is a part of the Constitution of the State o
Tennessee.
The report of the Comptroller of Delinquent
officers was presented, and 500 copies ordered
to be printed.
The Senate then adjourned until to morrow
at 10 o'clock
H0USE-MoRxrxG Session
MONDAY, Oct. "a.
PRAYER ny Rev. DR.. WADswoRTH.
The House met pursuent to adjournment,
Mr.. HUBBARD, of Jefferson in the chair.
After realng the inmates of Saturday, on
m ption, the HJaS took a recess of five minutes
preparatory to meeting the Senate in C5nven-
ton.
The Conyenton met and proceeded to the
consideration of the unfinished business of Sat.
urday tit being the election of Senator,) and
CT motion the election, was laid on the table.
When the election of public Printer was taken
up, and on motion it was postponed until Thurs
day next. During this time the members of
both houses were without seats, in consequence
of the worklnen having cleared the hall for the
purpose of putting down a mating &C., which
job they had not completed.
The Speaker and gentlemen of the Senate re
turned to their chamber, and, on motion of the
House then adjourned until 2 o'clock P. II. To-
mTrrow.