Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-03-15
SENATE
WEDNESDAY, March IA, 1860.
The Senate was called to order at nine o'clock by
the Speaker.
PORT FROM STANDING COMMITTEE.
Tuesdays Proceedings -coniiausd.


The Senate was called to order at nine o'clock by
the Speaker.
REPORT FROM STANDING COMMITTEE.
! Mr.. LANE, from the Committee on Banks, return
ed Senate bill adopted in lieu of House bill No 4O2
to reduce the salaries of bank officers ard the
| unnecessary expenditure of the peoples money,
| with a report that majority of the committee re
commended the rejection the BILL believing that the
change proposed would do great injustice TO the
| cashiers of the banks, and that the discrimination
which authorizes the parent bank to fix the pay of
the presidents of the branches would work injury
to the interests of the State Also returned House
| bill No. 5l3, to establish branch of the OcOee
| Bank atJOnesbOro', and recommended its rejection
SENATE BILL On SECOND READING.
| No. 32I-To amend the act establishing the Sc
yenth Chancery Division of Tennessee. Passed.
HOUSE BILLS on SECOND READING.
! No 1910 establish Common Law and Chancery
| Court at Huntsville, in Sumner county Rejected
| without division
| Mr. STANTON hoped some Senator would move
reconsideration of the vote rejecting the bill de
hoped the Senate would pass the bill its second
reading matter of courtesy to the Senator from
Sumner, Mr.. ThOmpsOn) who was then absent, that
1t might be considered when he should be present,
as it was understood he would be here in a day
two.
Mr.. JOHNSON moved to reconsider the vote re-
jecting the bill.
Mr. STANTON demanded the ayes noes on the
motion to reconsider, which taken and resulted
ayes I, noes 10, follows
Ayes.-Messrs. Bradford, Bumpass Horn, Hunter
Mcclellan, Stanton, and Stokey--7.
Noes-Messrs. Allen, Boyd. Johnson, Lane, Mcneil
ly, Nash, Richardson, Stovall, Wood, and Speaker
Newman-lO.
So the Senate refused to reconsider.
No. 540-TO charter a bank of discount and de-
post at Brownsville and for other purposes. Passed.
No. 5ll-TO charter the UniOnville and Richmond
Turnpike Company and for other purposes. Passed
and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
BANK OF TENNESSEE
Senate bill No. 81. to wind up the Bank Of Ten
nessee being the special order for to-day taken
up.
Mr.. RICHARDSON advocated the passage of the
bill the ground that the State ought to do all the
banking or none, and that the history of the bank
showed that the State had lost by its connection
with that institution.
Mr.. HILDRETH was in favor Of winding up the
Bank of Tennessee when its charter shall expire.
Mr.. NASH was in favor Of winding ZIP the Bank,
but thought it would be time enough to take steps
TO do so two years hence.
The bill was then rejected ayes Z, noes 10 as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Bumpass, Lane Richardson
Stokes Stokely and Trimble-7.
YOeS-Messrs. Boyd, Bradford, Hidreth, Horn, |
Hunter, Johnson, Mickey, MINIS, Mcclellan, Mcneil
", Nash Stanton, Stoyall, Wood, and Speaker New
man-l5.
Mr.. JOHNSON moved to reconsider the vote
jectng the bill and to lay that motion upon the ia
bic, which motion prevailed
BILL INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. STANTON: No. 322-To allow the county |
of Macon to apply her internal improvement fund .
to the building of new courthouse. Passed first /
reading.
EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY.
On motion of Mr.. STOKES the Senate took I'D /
the resolutions reported by the Committee on the
judiciary in regard to East Tennessee University
which were read as follows;
Res0lrs1 by the General Assembly of The Slate of
Tennessee That the Judges Of the Supreme Court
be and are hereby requested to report to the Gene
raj Assembly at its next session. the facts in regard
to the appropriation of hundred thousand acres
of land by the State to the use of two colleges IN
der the Of Congress of the 18th of April 1906,
entitled ian act to authorize the State Of Tennessee
to issue grants and perfect titles to the vacant and
unappropriated lands within the same
Resolved, That sad Judges be and hereby are re-
quested to accompany said report aforesaid with
statement Of their opinion as TO the equitable right
of the University of East Tennessee and the Uni
yersity of Nashville to further compensation ac-
count of said one hundred thousand acres of land.
The resolutions were then adopted.
HorsE BILLS On THIRD READING.
No 266-To amend section 1888 of the Code
Passed, ayes Is, noes 9.
No 2S9-To protect gFaye-yards Rejected, ayes
No. soto amend sections 1881 to 1884, ineu-
sive, Of the Code. Passed, ayes IA, noes s.
RECESS.
On motion Of Mr.. PAYNE, the Senate took re-
cess until two o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, March Is, 1850.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The SPEAKER, under an order made yesterday,