Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-06

ion with such committee as may be appointed b.
he Senate
Mr. MARTIN moved thst the rules be suspended
o that the resolution could be considered nov.
The motion wss agreed to, and the resolution vas
adopted.
Bennett, Ewing. Co~dea. MarsiB; and Williams Of
Hickman, said committee % the part Of the House.
EEFEEsScz OF BILLS.
Mr. BICKNELL submitted, By leave, the fol- /
lowing:
Rfsoiged That no bill shall be referred to its APP
proprate Committee until ii comes mp on its second
reading when the s1tbor may explain the object Of
The bill sad move ils reference.
TIE resolution lies over, under the rule.
FosTAes on PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. t
Mr. WisEEER's resolution. offered on yesterday,
coming up ia regular order. Was taken from the
table and read BY The Clerk.
Mr.. WISENBRthOasht it was right 20 adopt some
such resolution; otherwise wagon l0ads of public
documents would remliu unapprOpristed At the
close OF she session. Il was a useless exnenditure
Of ths public moneys % print these documents un-
less We send chem out 70 the people
Mr. DAVIS said we printed these documenis for
the Burpose Of disseminating knoEIsdre among the
people, and wby not let them be sent to our con
slituentg a, the public expense?
Mr. HARRIS at first was Of opinion that the res
not amount 80 much be was willing that il should
be paid ~ the State. If the resolution was IN
tended to cover only such documents as are or
dePed to be printed by the House he would vote
for it.
The SPEAKER directed the Clerk TO 50 amend the
resolution.
MIR. SHED never found any difficulty in getting
documents home to his constituents, and to com
mence a system Of exiraTsgaRce and expense upon
Z Al nj IA vag mi will Il
Me. BRAZELF0N would vsie fer the resolution
if It were so Worded to make the matter equal as
/ between members.
1 Mr. EWINGShougbt the object of the moVerEOult
be attained If some members did send out more
/ documents than others.
Mr.. BAYLESS said the resolution was not sufh-
I cieu'ly definite in itl terms.
Mr.. BICKNELLWss of the same mind With the
last speaker SIr. BIylsssl but was for the rssO-
luton
Mr.. HEBB suggested that it would be fair to givs
so ezra allowance to eash member thus enabling
him to distribute thess public documents.
Tbs yeas and nays were demanded on the adop-
ton of the resolution and being ordered and taken
resultsd-yess 80. nays 81.
So the resolution was rejected.
ELECTION or SECRETARY OF STATE.
Mr.. BRITT0N oTsredthe following, no objection
being made:
Rssoirsd, That The House viii meet the Senate il
convention oa Monday tne 10sh inst, for the puT
pOss of eleeliug Secretary Of State
The resolution iiss on the table undsr the rule.
BRIDGE COMPANIES
Mr.. EASTs bill (H. r. u u incorporate tn
Spring Street Bridge Company, waEresd the secon'
time, and passed TO the third reading.
TIE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
message from the Senate announced the pas
sage Of a resolution by that body proposing 10 NEE
! e n A. II. a..
ter, en- Friday, the 7h inst for the purpose Of com
pairing ths vote for Governor polled At the reeen
electiOn.i
Ga motion. the message was now taken up an.
read by the Clerk
Mr. COWDEN moved TO concur in the resolution
The motion was agresdto.
THE STATE FAIR.
The SPEAKER aeueuaoed that he was requests
by the officers Of the State Agricultural Society q
and directed the Dor Keeper to distribute theI
amenz the members Of the House.
And then, o. motion, ths House took recess Ii
8 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION. trF Ell
The SPEAKER announced that RepresentstiE
CowDEx would not be able TO attend the WilliamsO
county Fair with tue committee appointed tHis fOr'
noon, in consequences of other personal engage
mems. aud that MIR. KENNEDY would take his PlsC
on said committee.
GO1FEsoB's MESSAGE.
The biennial message of his E1esllency, GOvsrI
or l. G HARBIs, was received Of the hs0ds Of q
Secretary of Sta'e, and read from the manuseril
copy St the Clerks 1esk.
Mr.. LEA moved that the message By lai on u
table, aud the usual number OF copies be printed.
The motion was agreed TO.
Ana thea =
Ca motion. the House adjourned till tO-morro
morning at 10 o'clock