The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-21
BILLs-sEcOND REApry0.

entered the hall, and were invited to
seats on the floor.
BILLs-sEcOED READIEG
An act refusing protection to seces-
sion ministers. Bill rejected as recon-
mended by the Committee.
House Bill No. 26-The Committee
recommended its rejection. Concurred
in.
House Bill No. 1.-THE COMMITTEES
recommended its rejection. Concurred
in.
House bin No. q, passed a second
time and referred to the Military Com
mittee.
House bill No. 81, passed second
reading and referred.
House bill No. 80, passed second
reading and referred 70 the Freedman's
Committee.
BILLS
House bill No. 81; That the public
printer be paid an advance Of IS per
cent. on present prices; passed second
reading.
House bill No 90, repeating laws on
slaves, providing for the marriage Of
coiored persons, DC; passed second
reading.
House bill No. 90, to provide for pay
ing the families of deceased soldiers
$500. This is intended for the relief of
those who cannot get their deceased
relatives pay from the General Govern
ment Referred to the Committee on
Ways and Meane.
I1rreo III "a - $780,. A., - -
| Jurors. Referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
House bill IS, requiring State officers
to renew their oaths of Office; passed
second reading and referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee.
THIRD READBo.
Bill No. II To amend provision on
section 4l9l Of the Code, fixing the du-
ties Of a quorum of Justices of the
Peace. Committee recommend that
! the bill be rejected. Concurred in.
House bill No. 2 To authorize
judges 70 appoint special officers in
certain cases. The Committee recon-
mended its rejection Concurred in.
House bill No. Is To afford relief
against wrong doer in certain cases
| Committee recommend its rejection
Mr.. MuleDix withdrew the bill
House Bill No. 20-TO amend the
forms of pleadings and for other pur-
poses. Committee recommended its
rejection.
House Bill No. 22-To legalize the
action Of County Courts in certain ca
ses. Committee recommends its reiec-
ton Concurred in.
House Bill No. -, with Amendments
An act to increase the salaries Of
Judges and for other purposes Section
/, raises the salary Of Supreme COurts
from $500 to $1,000
Mr. Doughty opposed the proposition:
he dared not face his constituents if lie
voted for it. He was opposed 20 all the
idea OF raising salaries. His constitu-
ents were farmers, and they thought
if one man would not be Supreme
Judge for twenty-five hundred dollars
a year, another would
Mr. Duggan expressed his surprise
at the position Of his friend, Mr.
Doughty, whom he had never regarded
as & picayune man. He remembered
when the first Governor Of the State,
Mr. Sewer, got a hundred and fifty dol
lars year. lie remembered when the
cry Of extravaganza because the Su-
preme Judges salary was raised from
fifteen hundred TO eighteen hundred
year If the State was to have talent
ia its service, she must pay for it
Mr. Dillin said the salary was mat
ter Of figures, not of argument about
the effect Of a vote out of doors. The
Supreme Judges have to travel TO
Knoxville, jackson, and Nashville, and
three thousand dollars was little
enough.
Mr. Waters Of Madison, wac going TO
vote Gs he saw right, if his constitu-
ents did not like it they could do as
they pleased about il. he did not ex-
pect TO come back TO the Legislature,
anyhow, in fsotit il had not been for the
rascality of his constituents, he would
not have been here at all Farmers are
now getting a much larger advance on
their business, than three thousand dol
lars would be on that Of the Supreme
Judge Members we're not allowed 10
raise their own wages above four dol
lars a day, they knew what rigid econC-
my il required to pay their board bills
on that Either members are getting
too little now, or members who used to
get that amount beforehme, got
great deal too much
Mr. Hood objected to the idea that
members were 20 vote, not on the mer-
its Of the question, but with view to
! getting back to seat in the Legisls-
ture.
! Mr.. Mullen said more money would
! be lost en- one suit by an Incompetent
man, paid poor salary, than il would
cost 20 pay q man of talent q Just re
ward for his services
Mr. Elliott said three thousand Was
too little, he would Ike to see it made
| Eve thousand dollars
Mr. Doughty contended that he was
aetuated by no narrow or iiliberal ideas,
but the rates of farm produce hsd not
risen in proportion to other things, and
the Supreme Judges must take their
share of what their fellow citizens had
to bear
On a vote, 80 were for three thousand
and p against it The salary was there
fore raised.
Adjourned until 9 IL o'clock to-
morrow morning
The chairman announced that Gen
/ Thomas would meet the Military Com
mittee at o'clock TO morrow evening.
The Acting President johnson.
An eminent portrait painter well &C
qua'nted with Mr. lincoln, and often
admitted 20 intimate and unreserved
conversation with him, gives Us this
anecdote.