Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-09
sENATE-EvExIsa SESSION.

The House then took a recess till o'clock, P. NJ.
SENATE-EvEEING SESSION.
MONDAY, Dec. Z, 1857.
The Senate proceeded with the unfinished business
the bill to repeal the Usury Laws.
Mr. JONES moved to amend as follows: That the
legal rate of interest shall be heretofore six per
cent. per snnum, but any person except corporate
companies, may be at liberty to contract for and
receive any amount of interest which they may think
proper, not exceeding ten percent per annum, which
was adopted.
Yeas-Messrs Brown, Bullen, Denton, Goodpas-
ture, Heskel, HILL Jones, McConnico, McDougal,
Ross, Walker, Whitthorne, Wright and Speaker
Burch-l4. -,,-. -.,-.. e.,sl 1ps...t
Nays-Messrs Bratcher, Davis, Golf, GOOdner,
Roach and Wecker-6. q
The bill was then rejected by the following vote
Yeds-Messrs Gof, GOodner, Jones, McConnieo,
Roach and Ross.
| Navs-Messrs Bratcher, Brown, Bullen, Davis,
Denton, Goodpasture, Heiskell, Hill, MeDOugal,
Walker, Welcker, whitthOrne, Wright and Speaker
Burch-14. p 70 &
The next special order, the consderationof Senate
bill in lieu OF House bill repeating The l4th Sec of
the act of Feb 20 1856, to amend the revenue laws,
was taken up
MIR Speaker BURCF, (Nr WRIGHT in the Chair }
said he had stood solitary and alone in opposition TO
that bill de opposed it not because it proposed to
repeal the office Of Tax Assessor, but because II did
not 90 further and repeal the entire revenue law OF
1866. The revenue portion of that law was almost
as Objectionable to him the assessor portion OF It,
This bill proposes to infct certain penalties upon
the Revenue COMMISSIONERS under certain circum-
stances, for which he could not vote. There we're
other bills which proposed repeal the whole OF the
act of 1866. Then we could form Revenue bill
acceptable to constituents than the present
The bill then passed by the following vote :
YeGs-Messrs Bralcher, Golf, GOOdner, GoodPas
uaiu ball McTl Ross.
Welcker and Whitthorne-lI
Nays-Messrs Bullen, Davis, Denton, Jones,
Walker, Wright and Speaker Burch-7.
Mr. JONES, when his name was called, said that
he could not vote for the bill-that he was heartily
in favor of the first section in much 1t repealed
the act creating the Office of Tax Assessor, but that
it was so connected with other provisions, that he
should vote mo"
The resolution offered by Mr. DENTON, to amend
Article 2, Sec % of the Constitution, was rejected
Yeas 6; Nays 19. .ttg
The resolution of Mr. BRATCHER in relation to
the order of business was rejected. Yeas g. Nays T.
ADJOURNMENT.
Mr. HEISKELL offered resolution that the two
Houses adjourn on the 2lst of December to the 4th
OF January next.
Mr. JONES moved to amend by providing they
shall not receive their per diem and mileage, which
amendment was accepted.
Mr. BULLEN offered resolution in lieu, that no
member OF either House should absent hlse. Without
leave of twothirds of his respective House. for more
than three consecutive days. without FORGETTING his
per diem and milage unless he be absent from sick
ness or some unavoidable occurrence
Mr. BROWN offered in lieu of both resolutions
that the General Assembly adjourn sine die on the
2lst of December inst.
Which resolution was adopted by the following
vote.
Ysas-Messrs Brown, Bullen, Davis, Golf, Good
ner Goodpasture, Hill, McConnicO, Walker and
Speaker Burch-l0.
Ndys-Messrs Bratcher, Denton, Jones, McDOugal,
Roach, Ross, Welcker, WhitthOrne and Wright-9.
The vote adopting the resolution was then recon
sidered by the following vote:
Yeas-MessIs Bratcher, Davis, Denton, Heiskell,
Hill, Jones, McDOuga, Roach, Ross Walker Welcker,
Whitthorne and Wright-l3.
Nnys--Messrs Brown, Bullen, GoOdner, Goodpss
ture, McConnico and Speaker Burch-6.
On motion by Mr. WRIGHT, the business before the
Senate was suspended, and Senate tOokup House bill
No. %, to establish the county of Sequatchie, which
passed the first reading.
On motion BY Mr. WALKER, the Senate took up
House bill to amend the charter of the town of
SomervilIe which passed the third and last reading
Senate adjourned until 10 a. NJ, to morrow.