Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FRIDAY, Dec. Is, 1857.
The journal of yesterday was read.
PETITION.
Mr. LACKEY presented the petition of surdry cit
liens ofDyer county, requesting to have the County
Judge law continued in said county; which was read
and referred TO the committee the Judiciary.
PUBLIC ROADS.
Mr. JOHNSON, from the committee on public roads
and highways, to whom had been referred sundry
resolutions directing inquiry into the expediency of
changing the laws in relation to the public roads,
and bill (l04 on the subject--reported a bill
in lieu, entitled bill to equalize labor in keeping
up public roads and highways-recommending the
passage of the bill in lieu: the bill in lieu was adop
ted, and passed the second reading.
PROPOSITIONS PASSED THE FIRST READING.
Mr. ESTES introduced bill NO. 1881 for better
protection of minors in certain cases.
Mr. SENTER introduced bill (No. 1897 to sup
ply the circuit court clerk Of Sewer county with the
State Reports.
Mr. DODSON introduced bill (No. 140) to author
ze C. A Proctor re-establish the line between the
Hiwassee and 0coee land districts.
BANKS AND BANKING.
The SPEAKER announced that new rule of the
House had apart this day Friday for the con-
slderatiOn of private bills.
Mr. R0WLES. Mr. Speaker: l move suspension
of the rules so take up and pass the second
reading of the Senste's bank bill.
Mr. WHITE of Hamilton. l would ask the gentle
man from Bradley to withdraw that motion. 1 have
bill which am very DESTROYS to have passed the
House to-day; it is the bill to esabl sh law
Chattanooga and this is the last day upon which
it be sent to the Senate with any prospect of
passing that body in time to be effective.
Mr. kOWLES. know that bill would induce de-
bate. 1 only ask the House to pass this bank bill
on the second reading.
Mr. EWING. This is g day for local bills l have
several on the calendar which would like to cali
up.
The SPEAKER. The Chair has already advised
the House of the rule but it is for the House to say
what course shall be pursued.
Mr. DAVIDSON. If the House would take up the
resolution have offered in regard to night sessions,
and adopt it, could afford very well to take up
The bank bill and the tipping bill both, during tie
day.
Mr. COOPER demanded the yeas and nays on the
motion to suspend the rule, and the same being Or
dered and taken, resulted-yeas Al, nays l5-as
fellow:
Ysas-Messrs Anderson, Bate, Bayless Black
burn, Bradford, BrazetOn, Bulloch Caldwell, Carter
OF Carter, Carter, Of Hardin, Copeland, Davidson,
Dobson, Dunlap, Estes, Fulton, Cannon, Griffith,
Hamilton, Harvey, Johnson, Kendrick, Keeney,
Lackey, Lamb, Lloyd, Low, Maris, Mickey, Newman,
ROuston, Roberts, Rose, Rowes, st. John Schmit-
tOu, Senter Smart, SoVall Taylor, Turner, of r.,
Turner, of S, Williams, Wilson, White, of Hamilton,
Wood, and Mr. Speaker Donelson-47.
Nays.-Messrs. Algee, Cooper, Davie, DOdson,
Ewing, Golladay, Holmes, Ivie NeWbern, Randolph,
Renshaw, Richardson, Saunders, Shrewsbury, and
St8ntOn-l5.
Mr. GOLLADAY, when his name was called, said;
anxious that the House should take action the
Bank bill, but we have passed rule to consider
private bills to day, and there are large number
Of such bills demanding attention, must vote No
[ don't the of making a rule without living
up to it.
Mr. RICHARDSON when his name was called, |
said: introduced the resolution setting apart this
day for the consideration of private Bills and being
very certain that the Bank bill cannot be passed
without discussion, vote No.
So two thirds voting in the affirmative, the House
took up the consideration of the Senate bill 1872 TO
enforce the resumption of specie payments by the |
suspended Banks to offer to their acceptance GER
tain amendments of their charters, and for other
question being, shall the bill pass the
second reading?