Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-03-07
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY. March 6, 1858.
The Journal Of yesterday was read.
WALTER SHROPSHIRE.
Mr. SENTER presented the petition of Walter
. Shropshire, cripple Of 70 years, praying for the
+ privilege Of peddling without license, which was
. read
STATE LIBRARIAN.
. Mr. THOMPSON'S resolution appointing John D.
Swan, Librarian, coming up
Mr. BULLOCK moved indefinite p0stponement
Ile motion was agreed TO.
STATE LIBRARIAN
The Senates resolution directory to the State Lii
hrariau-trausferriug 10 that officer the duty of Book
and D5cuuent, exchanges, &c, heretofore rejected
1 and rccousidered,) coming up
On moiou by Mr. GRIFFITH, it was passed over
CHANCEBY DISTRICTS.
. Mr. BULLOCK had received letters of complaint,
because be had not before called up the bill to re
district the Chancery Courts. His excuse was his
assiduous duties in the Revision Committee, and
the existence Of the objection rule, which prevented
atOnCe the consideration of this public bill, when he
though his application TO the House had been sue
Cesstul, &c. Il now asked the unanimous consent
Of the House TO take up his bills Nos ia and 3SO)
reOrganize the Chaucery Courts and to authorize
the people TO call constitutional convention.
There being no objection, the bill I1l4) 70 abolish
the present Chancery Court system and TO establish
District Chancery Courts-thc question beiug-shall
bill pass the third reading
Mr RANDOLPH demanded the previous question
Mr. RONLES by leave appealed to the House
against the demand IN consideration Of the arduous
labors of the question from Madison on The Revi-
sion Committee.
Nr RANDOLPH Withdrew the demand
Mr. BULLOCK made q brief eKplanation-sbow-
ing that the difference between his bill and the
Scna1e'- bill was an expense Of some SSOOO-the
Seuate.s bill proposing 10 Increase the number of
districts, Will st his was 10 reduce the number, SC
The vote was then taken on be passage of the
bilI-yeas i3. nays 2O-as follows:
Tsas-NIessrs Anderson, Bealc Bullock, Cooper.
Dunlap, Ewing, Holmes, King, MarIs, NeWbern
Turner ofSumDer, Williams, and White of Knox-l3
Nays-Messrs. Agee, Bate, Bayless Bentley
Blackburn, BrazgliOu, caldwell, Carter Of Carter,
Carter Of Hardin, Cope land, Davidson, Dobson
Cannon, Griffith, Hamilton, Harvey, johnson,
heuirick Keeney Lamb, Mickey, Newman, Ran
d0Iph RenshaW, Roberts, Rose BOWles, ST. john,
Saunders. SchmttOu, SenteT, Shrewsbury, Smart !
Stoyau, Thompson, Turner Of Sumner, Wood, and
Dir. Speaker DOnelsOn-53.
So the bill was rejected
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
On motion by Mr. BULLOCK, (by unanimous con- /
seut) the House now took up his bill $3.50 to au-
tL1uEe the people 90 call Constitutional COnvsn- /
uOE-the question being on the Undertaking
Mr. BULLOCK, MIR STANTON, Mr. GOLLADAY, |
made brief statements in favor of the passage Of the
bill; whereupon, the vote resulted-yeas 80, nays |
AS follow:
Tsas-Anierson, Bate, Bayless, Bcale, Bentley, |
Blackburn, Brszelton, Bullock Carter of Hardin,
Cooper, Copeland, Davidson, Dayie, Dobson, Dunlap,
Estes Ewing, Cannon, GOlladay, Griffith, Hamil-
ton. Harvey, Holmes, Kendrick, Keeney King
Lamb. Lloyd Msris, Mickey, NeWbern, RoulstOn,
Renshaw. Roberts, Rose, ROwles, ST. John, Saun-
ders. Schmittou, Senter, Shrewsbury, Smart, StO-
vail. Summers Thompson, Turner Of Roane, Turner
Of Sumner. Williams, Wilson, White OF Knox, Wood,
Vaughn, Speaker Donelson-53.
Ngvs-AIgee. Caldwell, Carter of Carter, johnson,
Newman, Randolph, White of Hamilton.
MIR ROWLES explained his vote and said:
profess to regard the people as the source Of all
political power and having the inalienabe right to
alter and amend their constitution and form Of Gov
eminent they please. We have had some forty
odd propositions here contemplating amendments
to the constitution and su satisfied that time