Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-07

NASHVILLE. Tenn, August $40 the Honor
able. the General Assenabiy Of Tennessee Inc
body, that masked bands are roaming nightly
through the counties in which they live, making
life and property insecure by murder. laying
Ere to Their houses. and by generally terrorLIng
the loyal people of those counties.
That further. the instituted civil authorities
therein are too weak to protect them, and the
citizens. fearing in part the vengeance of those
bands and in part sympathizing with them. re-
fuse to assist the authorities in maintaining or
der and law and
whereas 1t is the duty of every good govern
ment 20 enforce at any cost obedience to the
Therefore, The undersigned humbly pray
your honorable body will take without delay
sPch action as will enable His Excelency the
Governor TO carry out the laws and to punish
the evild0erS, so that your petitioners, being
now refugees, can go back to their homes to live
there in peace and safety. p.
... J. FARBER,
JNO. DUNLAP,
-' And about l40 others.
Pending motion by Mr.. White. of Greene. to
refer the petition to the Committee on Military
Affairs,
Mr.. Stone said that he was glad TO sec petit
tons coming in from that direction. He wanted
to have them sent from every county OF the
State but as the other petitions had been mere
| ly spread upon the Journal. he thought this
| ought to take the same course. as no Partially
should be shown by the House.
| The Speaker remarked that as the petition
related to the militia, and thus came within the
class of legislative business touched upon in the
i Governors message, it could be disposed of in
the manner indicated by Mr.. White. ofGreene.
The petition was accordingly referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr.. johnson presented a petition from citi-
Eens OF Hardeman, praying for an extension Of
4 the franchise, which was ordered to be spread
i upon the Journal
| Mr.. Thornburg, of jefferson. presented the
/ report of the Secretary of State with regard to
the proceedings ofthe Beard Of Finance. which
4 read
Mr.. Taylor, of Carter and johnson, moved
| that the report be referred to the Special Com
mittee on Finance and printed. carried.
Mr. Roach being in the Chair. Speaker Rich
ards remarked that he would like some gentle
| man to tell him whether single thing for the
| benefit of the State had been done since the
! House had met over ten days ago. To day the
| House did MT meet till two P. NJ, and yet no
| quorum had been obtained for twenty minutes
1 afterHard. The credit Of the State was suffer
ing seriously by this delay. He was against the
| policy Of granting so mSny leaves OF absence
| and thus reducing the House below quorum,
| while the business Of the State was being regu-
lated.
Mr.. Ryder expressed his objection to hearing
the Speaker censuring the committees to whom
the business of the session had been committed,
l and who were doing their best to expedite &C
ton. The Speakers place was to stay in the
/ chair, and that was enough.
The Speaker: am speaking as the gentle
/ man from Shelby" with all the rights of a mem
Der on the floor, and not as the Speaker. During
all Of last year / was never once absent from my
seat when the time came to call the House to
| order, as the journal will show.
| Mr.. Mckinley called up House bill reported
from the special committee on Colonel BOOne's
accounts in connection with the State Guard of
| last year, with an amendment authorizing the
| Comptroller to issue to Colonel Boone warrants
for the payment of such other accounts properly
/ due as may be presented hereafter.
Mr.. Woodeoek: / think it good plan to settle
/ with the militia of last year before we COM
mence with the militia Of this year
After some discussion, the amendment was
adopted by the House. and the bill and amend
ment referred to the Select Committee on
/ Finance.
NEW BILL-THE MILITIA.
Mr. Dyer introduced a bill to be entitled IAN
l act TO amend an act passed March Is. 1868 to or
ganize and equip the State Guard, and regulate
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
| sembly of the State of Tennessee, That the act
passed March t. 1868. be so amended as to give
| the Governor full power to increase his clerical
force whenever there are State Guards in actual
| service, to such numbers as the absolute neces-
sities of the service may require, to execute all
orders and perform such services as the Governor
| may assign them.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Gov
ernOr and the Board of Finance of the State
shall have control of so much of the finances
| OF the State as may be necessary to meet all
the expenses incurred in calling out, organizing,
equipping and paying the State Guards. under
the act to which this is amendatory. .5 90
| Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the militia
| or State Guards called out under the provisions
Oftke act to which this is amendatOry. when
mustered out of the service of the State, shall
| not be held liable to Indictment or preSentment
or any suits for damages for any acts done under
orders or in the line Ofduty. .....
1 Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws or
parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of
this act be. and they are hereby repealed; and
that this act shall DO in force from and after its
| passage.
The bill passed its first reading. and was re-
/ ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
| Mr.. Baker recorded his vote in favor of the
resolution offered by Mr.. Taylor. of Carter and
johnson. as adopted yesterday.
Adjourned to 10 A. N. tomorrow.