Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-26
SENATE.
FnInAr. NoYember Is. les9.

FRIDAr. November 25, 1859.
The Senate was called to order ht o'clock BY the
Speaker, and was opened with prayer By the Rev
Dr. Howell
= Hills INTRODUCED.
Bv Mr.. TBLMBLE; No. 13I-TO incorporate the
Winters Bend Turnpike Company. Passed first
reading snd referred TO the COMMITTEE on Private
Incorporstions- z
tain securities. Amsnds section 665 of the Code
50 as to give power te securities of abseonding tax
collectors tor eport lands aad town lots foe
nsion fo1 taxes due and unpaid and makes IL the
duty Of such Circuit Judges to condemn such lands
and teWa lots and order Clerks 70 issue an order of
x such 81 elrities who shall sell the same IS
ssi Ill are %sE authorised to do Passed first
residing.
By Mr. TRIMBLE: No. 1870 incorporate the
Edgsfeld and Nashville Steam Ferry Company.
Passed frat reading.
By Mr.. HORN; No. 1870 incorporate the
Washington Wharf Company near GAINESVILLE. Pass
ed first reading,
MIDDLE TENNESSEE INSURANCE COMPANY.
On motion Of Mr.. STOKES, the rules w,rs sus-
pended and Senate bill, No. 49, to incorporate the
Middle Tennessee Insurance Company at Lebanon,
was taken 40 on its third reading
Mr.. STOKES cf.red bill in lieu, which was
| adopted.
Mr.. gILDRETH offered an amsndmenttO the
bilf which SasFesd ss 70 loEs: . 4----.-5
! rBs Jvrf5er egaeisd, That the company hereby
incorporated, or the act Incorporating said cOmpa-
n.y. shall be subject to such general laws as the Lee
Rfslsture may from .;ms 10 time enact regulating
and restricting such corporations"
The amendment vas adopted
The question then recurring upon the passage Of
the bill, as amended the ayes and noes were taken
and resulted ayes IA, Eoes 4, as follows:
MINIS, Mcclellan, McNeilly, Nash, Richardson,
Stanton, Stokes, Thompson, Trimble, and Wood
IL.
Rsa-Ws.srs Johnson, Mickey, stOvall, and
Speaker NsEnap-4.
So the bill passed on its third and last reading
sEsArE BILLS On sEeasD READING.
No. 1910 provide for the payment Of the fees
Of certain officers. Passed aud referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
No. l06-To reform and regulate the business of
Banking in this State,
M. RICHARDSON said the Senate wss thin this
morning, and as this was an important bill he would
Ike for it to be referred 10 the committee Of the
whole, end ade the special order for some future
day, that it could be taken up section BY section
end acted gPoR. That vas the only way to perfect
bill of such magnituds as this. He would, there
FORE move to make it the special orasr foF Tuesday,
the Ctr of December OF ten o'clock.
Mr.. ST0VALL moved to amend tho motion by
making Senate bill No. 49, to establish general
banking Law in this STATE, the special order for the
same day aud hour, which was agreed to, and then,
The motion as amended was agreed to-.
No. 1879 provide for the payment Of officers
and printers f0F sdEeEtising and holding special
elections Passed and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
No. l26-To incorporate the Local Meth odist
Church Uaited, and to organise them into Home
Missionary Society Passed and referred to the
Committee on PryAte interpretations.
No. 1879 amend the Oh srters of County Agri-
cultural aud Mechanical Societies. Passed
No, 1910 amend the corporation laws Of the
town Of Dover, in Stewart county. Passed.
SENATE BILL ON THIRD READING.
No. 115-To authorize Attorneys General to cele
brAts the bonds of matrimOny.
Mr.. THOMPSON offered an amendment to confer
like Authority upon physicians.
-Qo motion Of Mr.. ALLEN, the bill sad amend
ment we're indefinitely POSTPONED.
BoUsE BILL ON FIRST READISG.
No $3.50 incorporate the Forked Deer River
Navigation Company, end for other purposes.
Passed.
LEAVE or ABSENCE.
On motion of Mr.. sTOVALL, leavs of absence
WAS granted to Mr.. Hunter until Tuesday morning;
end on his motion, it was ordered to be stated
the Journal that Msssrs. Bradford and Lane, mem
bers of the joint select commistes to examine into
the az airs Of the Branch of the Bank Of Tennessee
at Athens, were absent in ths discharge Of their
duties.
On motion of Mr.. TRIMBLE, the Senate adjourned
to Monday.