Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-02-01
AFTERNOON sEsSION.


sEHATE BILLS on TIE SECOND RHADIS0.
SenEtorNegmsn's bill SO, to regulate the Sinking
Fund. canning up in regular order, it VS.. read the
second time
Mr.. BICKNELL proposed an amendments provid
! ing that all Internal improvement blnG8 hereafter
issued by the State shall be straight bonds
Mr.. JOHNSON was Of opinion that the amend
neus should be rejected and that the bill should be
passed just as it came from the Senate.
Mr.. HEBB opposed the adoption OF the Smeud-
meRt
The amendment was rejected by yeas, 9. nays IS
Mr.. ARMSTRONG moved to amend By allowing
Companies &c pay in bonds which have beea issued
I to any Conpany
The amendment was rejected BY yeas 10, nays So
Another amendment OF the same purport as the
one just voted do7a was proposed By Mr.. Arm
strong.
Mr.. WIsENER hoped the amendment would no.
| prevail.
Mr.. Speaker WHITTHORNE objected t, the
I amendment.
! Tho amendment was rejected.
] The bill then passed the second reading
| Senator Payne's bill, 3d. to amend the laws on
the subject Of Inheritance among aliens, was read
and passed the second reading
Senator Stokes BILL 100. to amend section 2IO7
Of the Code, read sud laid on he table
Senate bills numbered 104, 100, 10, us, l2I
1872, 1873, l39, l44, las, I48, 1872, l64, 100, 1913,
and 81 we're read by the title only and appropriate
ly referred.
MEMPHIS PEOPLES PASSENGER RAILROAD
On nation By Mr.. She'd Senator Payue's bill,
s. 225l to incorporate the Peoples Passenger
Railroad Of Memphis, was taken from the files. IN
der suspension Of the rules read and passed the
second reading f,r the see6nl time, without objec-
tioR.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
Senator Payne's bill, 100 TO amend tao charter
Of the Germantown Plank Road Company, was read
and passed the second reading.
The following local Sena's bills we're read and
severally passed the second reading:
Senator Payne's l22, to incorporate st. Bary's
College.
Senate bill, 1875. to incorporate the local MethO-
dist Church.
INSURANCE. COMPANIES.
Senator Stokes bill, "a, to incorporate the Mid.
die Tennessee Insurance Company at Lebanon.
The Committee interpretations proposed an
amendment imposing individual liability and legis-
lative repealabilily upon the Comrsny.
Mr.. CHEATHAM made an Intellectual motion to
lay the amendment on the tai le-yeas %, nays 81.
Mr.. DUDLEY said if the amendment was adopted
the bill WAS efsctually killed II such amendments
were tackled 10 our home insurance companies be
would be willing to-day 20 vote for ezpsing s the
agencies Of foreign insurance companies from the
State
Mr.. BEATTY would be wiling to Danish the
agencies Of foreign insurance companies from this
ate, for be regarded them a sort Of gambling
sWindling concerns. He should advocate the in
dividual liability principle and would persist in de-
handing he yeas and nays whenever the question
CONES before the House.
Mr.. HARRIS shoald vote against tn individual
liability clause this bill because our people we're
insurng in foreign offices, and our business men
demanded such home Institutions
Mr. WISENER was in favor Of the amendment
Nc PICKETT said ii there we're auy sort Of in
4 /. .sT-
to which be sas generally opposed should be at
tached, he believed this kind peculiarly those
He regarded this particular as one Of pTu-
dence in such cases
Mr.. BRAZELTON would wits agan.t the indvid- |
ual liability principle, he has done heretofore
He desired 10 iraugurate 3 system Of home insu- !
rance that would etfsctualIy drive out the Northern
agencies
Mr.. WILLIAMS OF Hickman, stated that sixteen
Of the Unitet States hsd the individual liability !
principle and nearly all Of the sixteen had the /
legislative control principle engrAfted in iheir Con
sntutions, and thus these principles not such
stupendous bugaboos as gentlemen seem e. think.
He should vote for the amendment.
Mr.. MARTIN was willing 20 put the individual
liability clause on corporation charter, where on
two or TIRES persons Wers the parties to it. bus 8
rut that clause upon the bill under consideration
The stock will never re taken aud lae Company
would die He would just rs soon see she bill re-
ected
The amendment was adopted by yeas 81, nays
l6-ss folloWs:
Yeas-Messrs Baker, OF Weakley, BAyless
Beatty, Brittan, CoWden, Critz Doak. Ford, Frs
.ier, CAN'T, Guy, Ingram, Jones, Johnson Kennedy,
6incaid, Of Anderson, LockhArt, MGyfsld, Pickett,
Roberts, Russell, Ssntsr, Shield SoEsll, Vaughn,
White, Of Dickson, Williams OF Franklin, Williams,
# HiekmsnI Woods, WoOdard and Spsker Whit
horns-3I
Nays-Messrs. Armstrong Beknell, BrazeltOn,
}sldssIl, Cheatham, Davis, Farley, Gillespie r
nan, Greene H.rriB HsVron, Hurt, Kineaid. Of
)labOrne, Marin, McCabe Morris More hei-, Nor
aaF, Porter. Richardson. Trewhtt. White, Of Da-
idsou, Williams of Knox, Williamson, and Wise
er-36.
The hill was then passed the sscoud reaIias BY
cas- 81. nays a.
SENATE RILLs on SECOND REAnING.
The following Senate bills were READ and passed
he second time without objection.
Senator Trimhe's bill, I33 10 Incorporate the !
nashville and EigedelI Seam Ferry
Senator PAyne's bill. l48, to amend the charter
the Mississippi Railway. Amended
And then
On motiou the House adjourned TIL to morrow !
forming nine O'clock