Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-10-20

lawyers Indicated to prepare the bin; but out Of
respect to ourselves and constituents he hoped
the proposition woala be- either Withdrawn, or unan
imously rejected.
Mr. TURNER had introduced the resolution,
believing that no member Of the House would |
have time to bestow upon subject Of 50 much i'm
pOrtance the preparation Of such bill would re-
qure; and looking beyond the General Assembly,
there could be no appropriate application than
to the learned reyisers Of Statutes Of the State
MrVAUGHN said he was informed that the subject
of Law Reform was treated in the reports Of the
visevs Of the Statutes, and he considered it BEST
perhaps. to wait till we can see those reports.
Mr. BULLoCKtOok thesamevie submittedby the
senior merleer from Shelby, (Mr DunIap.) He was
wholly unwilling to make such an acknowledgement, 1
that there was neither member nor committee Of
this House qualified to prepare Law Reform Bill
Mr. STANTON proposed to amend By authorizing
the Speaker to appoint Special COMMITTEES Of three
members, 20 draft Law Reform Bill with authority
to call for he assistance Of Meigs and Cooper
Mr. POLK proposed to amend, by adding Meigs
and Cooper to the Judiciary COMMITTEES, but,
On motion by Mir Rowles, 1t was ordersd that tns
resolution and amendments be indefinitely postponed
Mr. KING had leave to withdrawn is resolution on
the same subjecl for amendment.
On motion by Mr. Cooper, IL was ordered that oVV
copies of the catalogue Of the names of members OF
the House Of Representatives be printed for the use
of the House.
On motion of Mr. Dunlap, Mr. Bullock was added
to the Special Joint Committee on the Reports Of
Meigs and Cooper, reviseTs ofthe Statutes.
PROPOSITIONS ON TIE SECOND READING.
MrBATE'S bill (No12) to incorporate Birds Com
mercial COllegeOf the city Of Memphis, was passed
the second reading.
MIR. EwINGS bill (No 25) to protect nOte-hOld-
ers, coming up,
On motion by Mr. Newman, it was referred to the
committee on nays and Means.
WESTERN CENTRAL TURNPIKE ROAD.
Mr. WILKINS bill (So 26) to amend the charter of
the Western Central Turnpike Company, coming up
on the second reading
| Mr. WILLIAMS explained the reasons which had
induced him TO propose in this bill an increase OF
State aid to this road from 1900 to S75,OOO. 1t
would insure the completion Of road traversing the
! richest iron region in the State. The State was
amply secured in the bill against the possibility of
! loss by extending this aid Many other sections OF
the State had received the benefit of the endorse
ment of their bonds for Internal Improvement but
| the question lad been mooted here Of stopping
further extension Of the credit of the State. This
was based the fact of depreciation Of the value OF
Tennessee bonds in the eastern marktt. He alleged
that this depreciation Lot the result Of large
I issuance OF bonds, but it result OF the pres
! ent scarcely of money, and other causes. He had
submitted resolution fOrbidding the sale Of State
bonds for less than their par value, and he looked
to this as a means Of preventing depreciation. de
proceeded to argue in favor Of the internal improve
ment system adopted in the Legislation of this State
Ifthe State should lose every investment in this di
reeton, still she would be more than compensated
through taxation coming in upon the increased val
of real estate, induced everywhere by these i'm
provements. 1t nothing but right that these
benefits of the State for the encouragement Of in
ternal Improvement should be equaliZed as near as
| may be; and he represented county, (Hickman)
which had not yet received dollar of the help of
the State Nevertheless his constituents, had never
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when the State gave its aid to railroad in the State
| of Arkansas
| Mr. WILSON could not understand the gentleman's
reasoning with reference to the depreciation Of the
State bonds, vote for his bill, until be would
plain the reason why it was that Kentucky bonds
| were at par in New York, while Tennessee
| bonds were at such low rate.
MIR BULLOCK demanded the yeas and nays on the
second reading of this bill, and the same being
dered and taken, resulted-yeas l, nays Gas fol-
! lows:
| YEAs-Mr. Williams.
NAYs.-Messrs Algee, Anderson, Bayless Beale
| Bentley, Benton, Bicknel, Blackburn, Bradford,
Brazelion Bullock. Caldwell, Carter of Carter Car
! ter of Hardin, Cooper Copeland, Davidson, Davie
| Dobson, Dodson, Dunlap, Estes, Ewing, Fulton,
| Cannon, GoHadsy, Griffith, Hamilton, Harvey,
| Holmes Johnston, Kendrick, Kenny, King, Lackey
Lamb, Lloyd, Lowe, Nancy, Maris, Mickey, New
| bern, Newman, Polk, Randolph Raulston, Renshaw,
Richardson, Roberts, Rose, Rowles, st. John, Saun-
| ders, Savage, Schmittou, Senter, Shrewsbury,
Smartt, StOvall, Summers, Taylor, Thompson, Tur-
| ner, of Roane, Turner, of Sumner, Wilson, White
| of Hamilton, White, of Knox, Wood Vaughn, Speak
! er Donaldson.-67.
So the bill was rejected
Mr. ROSE had leave to withdraw his bill (No 27)
| to change the name of William Hays, for amend
! ment.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
! Mr. ST. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, fad myself in the
| printed proceedings of this House some day last
| week reported as having made speech on the sub
ject of internal improvement, which is a mistake
| Some other gentleman made the speech. 1 desire
/ to have no mans thunder. wish every man to
have the credit Of his own speeches. Upon the sub
iect of that speech, have to say, that voted
gainst the suspension Of the rules both in the
of the resolution, he gentleman from Montgomery,
| (Mr DaYie) and that Of the gentleman from Brad
ley, (Mr ROwles,) because, according to my view,
these PROPOSITIONS interesting to the whole commu-
nifty as wellas this House, deserved the most ma
ture deliberation. With these remarks, hope the
proper correction will be made.
LAW REFORM.
Mr. THOMPSON submitted joint resolution to
provide for the appointment Of joint select Com
mittee to prepare and report a Law Reform Bill as
follows which lies day
RESOLVED By the General Assembly of the State Of
Tennessee, That joint Select Committee be appoint
ed to consist of five menbers to be selected by the
Speaker on the part Of the House of Representa-
tlVes, ana --- on the part OF the senate; whose
duty it shall be TO prepare and report to this Gener
al Assembly bill abolishDg all distinctions between
actions at law and suits in Equity, and prescribing
one form for all actions &c.
On motion by Mr. COOPER the House took up the
consideration of his bill mo y to prevent useless
expenses in Appeals and Writs of Error reported
back this morning from the committee on the Judi
ciary, with a recommendation that it pass.
Mr. COOPER said the object of this bill was
simply prevent the expense ola retranscript of the
record upon appeal again Of remanded causes.
The bill was passed the second reading
The House then adjourned till tomorrow morning
ten o'clock.
The Reporter and aean referred to,
supposes the enormously attributed Mr. ST. JoHN
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