The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-05
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATuRpAY. Nov. 3.


Senate resolution directing the Keeper of the Lu
matte Asylum to deliver up to the County Court o
White county, Mr. Rose, and receive into the lnsti
tuition J. w. Scott, lunatic from the same county
was taken up and adopted.
Mr.. Dewitt: bill to incorporate the Sumner
Lafayette and Red Sulphur Springs Turnpike, ant
to insure its completion by State aid; passed Is
reading.
Mr. Holmes: bill to incorporate the Building
Company OF the city of Memphis; passed LIST read
ing.
Mr. Wood, Of Cannon: A resolution instructine
Senators and requesting our Representatives in
Congress TO endeavor TO secure the passage OF Law
granting pensions to the officers and soldiers OF the
war of 1912, and the Indian wars, the benefits t.
extend to their widows and children. Lies over.
Mr. Cox: A bill to authorize J. II. Hager to erec
mill dam across Stones River; passed LIST reading
Also: bill providing for clerk Of the Criminal
Court of Davidson county, to be elected by the PEG
pie of the county; passed LIST reading.
Mr.. Stovall bill requiring railroad companies
to drain cuts ponds on each side OF their roads
passed LIST reading.
Mr.. Brown, of Madison: bill requiring officers
of the law and other persons charged with the sale
of lands and slaves to advertise the for three
weeks in some newspaper having the largest circu-
lation in the county where sold the publisher to be
paid therefor so cents per square for the first and
40 cents for each subsequent insertion; passed lst
reading.
Mr. Brien: bill TO protect innocent and CIVIL
persons from being disturbed by drunkards; passed
LIST reading.
Mr. Wallace: A bill to repeal the Homestead law
of 1852; passed lst reading.
Mr.. Cook: A bill to regulate and amend the prac-
tice in Chancery Courts; passed LIST reading.
Mr.. Gleaves: A bill to provide for lunatics and
TO amend the divorce laws so far as they affect the
husbands and wives OF lunatics; passed lst reading
Mr.. Myatt A bill requiring surveyors to keep
their offices at the seats of their respective coun.
ties; passed lst reading.
Mr. Galloway: A bill for the benefit of stayors;
passed lst reading.
Mr. Parks: A bill to reform the practice in Cir
cult Courts, and TO abolish the Chancery Courts
pasred LIST reading
Mr. Armstrong: A bill to incorporate the Foun-
tain Fire Company of Knoxville; passed LIST read
ing.
Mr. Galbresth: A bill to prevent the misunder
standing of requiring Judges to write out
andr cad TO the ures his charge and proyidingthat
the oral delivery of any portion of the Judges
charge shall be deemed suficet cause for new
trial for defendant, &c; passed lst reading.
House Bills on Second ReGding.-To reduce the
tel ms Of the Circuit Court TO twO-passed, and re-
cormtted to Judiciary Committee, with instruc-
tons.
To repeal so much Of the act of 1851, as gives
10 the Eastern Division and Southern Mining Com.
panies, banking privileges; laid on the the table on
motion Of Mr.. Harris.
On motion of Mr.. Harris, the House took up q o
resolution directing the Attorney General OF the
State to bring suit against the Eastern Division aud
the Southern Mining Companies TO compel them to
show upon what authority they prosecute the buis.
ness Of banking, and the following resolutions offer
ed in lew by the Judiciary committee were adopted
ayes 81, noes 5 ::
'ResolUed By the General assembly Of the State
of Tennessee, That the Attorney General of the
State, and such other counsel as the Governor may
appoint be and they hereby directed, Il in their
opinion from the beet information they can Obtain
such step be Necessary proper, TO institute and
prosecute legal proceeding against the Companies
or Corporations under what ever name they may
now be operating chartesed by sections 6S, 90, 10
II, ~, 1S, a. and rs Of act to incorporate the
Etna Mining aud Manufacturing Company, and for
other purposes, passed March, g 1854 Ito ascertain
whether or not said companies have banking priSi-
leges conferred upon them by their charters; and
whether or not said charters were constituIonally
passed by the General Assembly; also, TO ascertain
whether said charters are valid or unconstitutional
anl void
Resolved further, That Of the charters Of said
Companies are found 10 be unconstitutional and
void, said Attorneys be required to have them
jadicialv declared so"
The House then adjourned to Monday morning at
10 o'clock