Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TursDAY Dee Ia 1897
EVENING SESSION.
COUNTY JUDGE.

| EVENING SESSION.
| COUNTY JUDGE.
| Mr. EWING moved to take up the consideration Of
the Senate amendments, to Mr. Ewing, Mr. Dunlap,
and Mr. White of Hamilton's bill GOA, to create and
regulate the office of County Judge in the counties Of
Davidson, Shelby, Knox and Montgomery, viz
striking out "Knox," and inserting Williamson"
and "Hardeman;' but, the general order being
insisted on, be did not press the motion.
| THE CODE.
| The House then resumed the consideration Of the
standing ORDER to wit; the fifth part of the Senates
bill 1861 to Revise the Statutes of the State of Ten
nessee, and the same being read through by the
Clerk, it was passed the first reading.
FREE NEGROES
| Mr. COOPER made an Intellectual motion to sus-
pend the rules enable him to take up his bill to
authorize free persons of color to gOinto slavery.
| TIPPING.
| On motion by Mr. POLK, the House took up again
the unfinished special order, viz the SeDates bill
(55 to restore the Tipping law Ofl845-6-the ques-
| ton being on Mr. Thompsons motion, to strike out
that portion Of Mr. Bulochs amendment which
relates OF minors.
Mr. TH0MPS0N'S amendment was rejected, and
the question required on Mr. BGllock's amendment.
MrG0LLADAY proposed an amendment by way
of substitute to the following effect: making misde
meanOr, punishable as such, for any person 10 buy
for, give to any slave not his own, any quantity
Of spurious liquor without written permission of the
owner; and prescribing the punishment for such an
ofense, the part of licensed retailer to be fine
of $50 and Imprisonment not less than five more
than thirty days, and also making it misdemeanor
in any retailer to sell to minor under 10 years Of
age; making il the duty of the County Court to call
the attention of all licensed parties to these prov
sons requiring all constables to take an oath to
give information of cases of their violation to the
grand jury, and requiring the Circuit Judges to give
then in charge to the Grand Jury.
| On motion by Mr. KING, this amendment was laid
on the table
The question was then taken on the adoption of
Mr. BULLOCH'S amendment. as amended, resulting
yeas 81, nays 3l-as follow:
YeGs-Messrs. Algee, Anderson, Benton, Bicknell,
Bradford, Brazelton Buloeh Caldwell, Cooper, Cope
land Davidson, Davie, Dobson, Dodson, Ewing,
Frazer, Iyie, Laekey, Lamb, Maris, Newborn, Polk
Rowles, Smartt, Thompson, Turner of ROane, Tur-
nero of Sumner, Wilson, Wood, Vaughn and Mr.. Spea-
ker Donelson-31.
Nqys-Messrs Bate Bayless, Blackburn, Carter
of Hardin, Estes, Fulton, Cannon, Golladay, Ham,
iIton, Harvey, Holmes, johnson, Kendrick, Keeney,
King, Lloyd. Low, Mickey, Newman, Randolph
Roulston, Renshaw, Richardson, Roberts, Rose
Saunders, Sehmittou ,Senter, Shrewsbury, Stanton,
Stovall, Taylor, Williams, White of Hamilton and
White Of Knox.-36.
So the amendment was rejected.
Mr. WE proposed to amend, by adding in sub
stance:
Provided, That nothing in the act hereby revived,
shall be construed to prevent the Circuit Court
from abating tipping house as a nuisance.
Mr. WE proceeded at length to set forth the ne
cessity and expediency of his amendment
Mr. NEWMAN demanded the previous question.
Mr. DAVIDSON proposed the same amendment,
submitted by him on the second reading, amendatory
of the oath of the traicker which was read for in
formation.
Mr. COOPER demanded the yeas and nays on tn
second of the call for the previous question: and they
were ordered and taken, resulting-yeas "a, nays
A.
So there being no second, the question required
on the adoption of Mr.. IVES amendment.
After debate on the order
Mr. DAVIDSON, took the floor, and gave, notice
again of his pledge of his constituents to return to
the law of 1885, with certain regulations and
strietions which migh make it acceptable, and
more satisfactory and permanent than any late regu-
lation of this subject in the State of Tennessee.
Mr. POLK considered the gentleman from Lincoln,
had performed his duty well to his constituents All
these amendments had been heretofore voted down
on calls for the yeas and nays. He felt it his
duty to call upon the friends of the original bill to
repeal this course of offering embarrassing amend
ments, such had been persued upon this and upon
the bank bill. If gentlemen persisted in offering
amendments of this character, he should continue
necessarily, to vote upon them with what good ma
ture and forbearance he could command, but with a
distinct and standing protest against such course
of proceeding.
When he had concluded
Mr. DAVIDSON resumed the floor, but giving
way
The House adjourned till tomorrow morning
o'clock.