The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-10
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, February 9. is6.


THURSDAY, February 9. 1866.
The Senate met 81 9 g.. N.
Mr.. Seuter introduced Senate bill 10. $40
70 change the corporate limits OF Morris
town. Passed first reading.
ar. C0wen introduced Senate bill No.
81 to amend the criminal laws Of the State.
This bill provides that il shall be a INSIDE
meanOr 70 commit e nuisance upon or in the
Capitol, or in or upon any Of the s~iairWays
thereof, and any person or persons commit
ting such nuisance, upon conviction there
Of, shall be fined not less than five dollars
or more than twenty, atthe discretion Of the
court trying the same; and it is made the
duty OF the Superintendent OF the Capitol to
arrest OF cause 10 be arrested, any person
or persons committing such nuisance, and
BRING HIM before the proper tribunal for
trlal ana punishment. Passed first reading.
] House bin No. lg9, to amend the attach
ment laws Of the State. Passed third read
ing.
House bin No. $50, to change the cleo
ton OF Jall0r Tor the county Of Davidson.
Passed third reading.
House bill No. ls5, to authorize the Speak
er Of the House Of Representatives to ad-
minister oaihs Of Office in certain cases.
Passed third reading.
House bill No. 37s 10 incorporate South
ern Telegraph Company. Passed first read
ing
The Senate Franchise COMMITTEES intro
oueea senate bill No 800, prescribing the
qualifications Of voters M Limitation ofthe
Elective Franchise, under the condition as
amended
Section l.. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the state Of Tennessee, That
al nee men Of the age Of twenty-One years
and upwards, citizens Of the United States,
and inhabitants Of the State of Tennessee,
residing IN the counties in which they may
oher 10 vote, six months next Immediately
preceding the day Of election. and all male
aliens Of said age and upward, having filed
declarations Of intention to be naturalized,
ana having actually resided in the State Of
Tennessee and in the county wherein they
may offer 10 vote, SIX months next preeed-
ing the day Of election, shall be entitled to
exercise the elective franchise and vote in
al elections Provided, Persons who left
the civil or military, or naval,
service ofthe United States TO aid the rebel
lion, and all such officers who afterwards
bore arms or gave voluntary aid and cOun-
tenance 10 the rebellion against the United
States; persons who were in the civil ser
vice OF the State Of Tennessee who nave
ever been such officers, or either sister
states and under oath to support the Con-
EtltOtiOn oft United States, and afterward
bore arms against the United States, or vol
unfairly and wilfully aided and comforted
the rebellion; persons who were in the civil
service Of the so-called Confederate State,
or in its military service above colonel, or
naval service above captain, and who vol
UNFAIRLY and wIlfnlly bsre arms against the
United Statates, or voluntarily or wilully
aided and c0miorted the rebellion; persons
who have taken the smDesty oath, and
broken the same. shall each and all be and
are hereby d~isfrauchised and excluded
from voting for a period Of ten years, and
are also rendered incapable Of holding ally
office Of profit or trust in this State also, for
a period Of ten years.
Sec. ?. That no person coming Of the
age Of twenty-one years, after the year
1871, shall exercise the elective franchise,
unless he is able TO read and write.
Sec. 3. II shall be a high misdemeanor 10
violate the first section Of this act, and a
violation thereof shall be. punishable by a
fine O. not less than $500, and imprisonment
IN the jel not less han two months, and
all laws now IN the Code Of Tennessee made
10 exclude illegal voting, shall be in force to
enforce the execution Of this act, and all
judges are required 10 give this act in charge
10 the grand ures.
See. 4. That an act p ssed June, 1865, en-
titled an act 10 limit the elective franchise
be and the same is repealed, and this act
shall take effect from its passage. Passed
FIRST reading and one hundred and folty
copies ordered 10 be printed.
House Joint resolution No. 1856, providing
for the removal of James Mitchell, a con-
Wet sent 10 the Penitentiary in ls48, from
Shelby county, to the Lunatic Asylum, he
having become a lunatic and served out
four years after his term of imprisonment
had expired, was adopted.
Senate bill No. l94, to amend section 2l2l,
article II, chapter s Of the Code, for the Say
OF executions, was rejected.
Adjourned 70 9 a. m. tomorrow.