Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-24

sENATE

sENAfE
WEDsEsDsY, N0fsmber %. 1859.
a The Senatsw2s called - order 81 O'clock by thu
<Speaker, and wassOpensdwith, prayer By the Rev.
4Dr. HowelE
REPoKTs FROM COMMITTEES.
Mr. Hi BREFH, from zhs Gomnnil . OH Priseti
iucarp raiions returned Sen ate blll NJ. Ill., to n
corporate the Southwestern Express Company Of
rcsnesseey and reco1auended that lhesbilt pass sf
ter striking the eighth section; also Senate bill
20. l2z, to incorp9rste the Middle Tennessee Ia
fsurance Company at Lebanon, with the recommea-
aon Of the msjcTiy Of the committees thai il pass.
Mr. sBRADF0kD, from the joint select Oonmittes
TO whom was referred the petition Of tbs Bank Of
Nashville; submitted The fsllewlug rsporI:s ssf-ss
The uBdsrsigned, committee on the part Of The
Senate and House of Representatives, appointed for
he purpose Of investigating the claim OF the Bank
If Nashville against State Of Tennessee for the
sum Of two hundred and Fifty dollars $3.50 00,) al
eyed by the said Bank to have bsen twice paid to
be Treasurer sf the State Of Tennessee, submit the
z Following report:
Ne fnd. BY reference +, the Conn trollef 'sbooks
hat the bonus due b, |: the said Bank + r 1857,
a-souuted 10 tso hunareu ana fifty dollars. and the
bonus for 1858, amounted to one hundred and fifty
I iellars-in all 10 four hundred doilsrs.=
The Bsnkof NsshyIlle-hoids Ii sipt Of G. C.
; Forfeit, former Treasurer. No 2S, lated July 2
1851. Tor S25e; slso receipt Of VI. T. Nj Gsf cor,
treasurer. no. 1884, datedolh Sepremrer, 1868. for
S40O-both Of salt receiPts1re hereto annexed and
made apart Of this report. = ~ 80 -
va are clearly SATISFIED that the bonus for 1857
4 mounting to two huRdred and ify dollars has
zen twice paid by the said Bank the Treasurer,
rte s5ne one who executed receipt for tue SAINT in
q ais name 1t also appears, by references to the
books in the in 1857 that re-
BITE warrant for $3.50. for bonus of 1851, was
Issued to the B aux OF Nashville for the bonus Of
1887 but no vouchers or receipts 70 be found l
show. that the amount WAS ever paid over to the
Treasurer. To this omission may be attributed 4ht
jauae of the error 4 - ~. y
BIZ the statement ofMr Joseph Wheless, who was
clerk in said Bank, that soon as he discovered
che error (which short time after the date Of
he, last recept,t he presented the receipts to @ C
HTorbett Treasurer for the $3.50 to him. and aso to
Comptroller and asked Tor the amount To- bs re-
Sfunded; which, however, they declined upon the
grounds that their books did show that the Trea
4urer had ever received fhe amount Mrs. Whele ss
thinksthst clerk in the former Comptrollers off ee
who wasappGintsd in said Office several years. re-
ceived the amount from the Bank, as he was in che
shabit Of delivering to- the Bank bonds from time to
stime as they were redeemed from the ComntrollerI
and also cutting of and delivering the coupons as
l5they fell due. go ~
Ne also hsd an interview with G. C Torbelt, the
s former TreIsurar, and j. I. Dunlap, the present
#Comptioler who state to the committee hat they
lus af $3.50, and the committee are Of opinion that
s be clerk or some one else must have appropriated
III to his private use, and omitted to make the pro-
per entries on the books ''r 900 a
With these facts bsfore us, we are fally satisfied
hat the Bank Of Nashville has twice paid the bonus
IF two hundred and fifty dollars, and we recommend
hat the same be refunded to said Bark out Of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
f- = W. NJ BRABFORD
Chairman Of Senate Committee.
]. ]. WILLIAMS,
Chairman of House Committee.
MIDDLE TESNEssEE INSURANCE COMPANY.
On motion of Mr.. Stokes, the rule was sus
pended, aud Senate bill No. l27, to incorporate IN
Middle Tennessee Insurance Company ct Lebanon
was taken up and passed on second residing.
7 LEAVE oP ABssScK.
On motion Of Mr.. PAYNE, leave of absence Rasl
agrantedto Mr. stOkely for one week.
BILLS INTRODUCED. ~ E"
By Mr.. NEWMAN, (Mr Wood in the chair !
mo l28-To amesd the charters Of. the County
Agricultural and Mechanical Societies: PROVIDES
that all County Agricultural Societies in this3
State which have been chartered by the Tenuss-
See. State Agricultural bureau. by the name of
'the Agricultural and Mechanical Society Of anys
county in this State, shall be as good snd valid Ia
|s intents and purposes IS il the same had been
chartered by the County Agricultural Society of
ANY county; that where the Constitutions Of such
societies fail to specify the number Of members
necessary for the. transaction of their business
hirty or majority Of sll the members of each
society shall constitute a quorum; and clothing
such societies with as ample power to carry out the
objects Of their creation as is conferred upon the
State Bureau; and comforting upon them power to-
appoint Marshals to preserve good order at their
Fairs, and that sueh Marshsls shall have and exer
else the power of COnstsbles daring the eolliausnce
Of such fairs. Passed first reading.
By NJ. NEWMAN No. l29-FOr the relief Of A.
P. Smith and ]. C. Goodrich. Passed FIRST reading
and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
By Mr.. HORN: No. 1910 are I'd the corpora
i Oh laws Of the town Of Dover, 10 stewart county
Passed first reading.