Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-12

The House was called to order by
Speaker Richards at 10 A. NJ, sixty nine
members answered TO their names.
NEW BUSINESS.

The House was called to order by
Speaker Richards at 10 A. NJ, sixty nine
members answered TO their names.
NEW BUSINESS.
By Mr. McNair: Bill to incorporate
Humboldt Rolling Mill Company.
by the same: Bill TO incorporate the
Humboldt Savings Bank.
By Mr.. Woodward Bill 10 incorpO-
rate the Springfield Female Institute.
By Mr. Pocket: Bill 10 define common
school law.
By Mr.. Walker: Exemptiug the pre-
sent General Assembly from the provisions
of the act emitting members to pay on
specie basis Tabled-ayes 10, noes 81.
Bv Mr. Kerchival: Bill for the cree
ton OF an Executive mansion in Nash
Vile, providing thst w. p Jones, I. A.
Atchison, A. G. Sanford, w. T. Berry and
Sam Prichett be appointed a Board Of
Commissioners to lay off into lots the State
property on Nauxhall street, all of which
| lots shall be sold except that on which the
mansion is to be erected, under the super
| intendence of the Board.
THE OMNIBUS BILL.
| Mr.. Doughty made report from the COM
| mittee appointed under the resolution that
no further action should be taken on the
| Omnibus Bill until said committee had as
| certained and reported upon the DISPOSE
ton made of bonds heretofore loaned to
| railroads.
After quite an animated discussion, Mr..
Welsh moved to take up the Omnibus Bill
on second reading. The motion prevailed
and the bill passed its second reading by
the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Agee, Allen. Anderson,
Baker, Brown, Blackman, Chiles, eagle,
Cordeir, Doughty, Dowdy, Galbraith,
Grayson, Hale, Hamilton, of LINCOLN,
Marshall, Of Giles, Hammer, Hacker, In.
man, of Cooke, Inman, Of Knox and Sc
vier, KerchivaI, Lilard, Medlin, MURRAY,
Myna,t, Mason, Pickett, Ryder, Single
tary, Shepperd, Sparkman, Stone, Taylor
of Carter and johnson, ThOrnburg, o
Granger, Thornburg, of Jefferson, Tur
ner, White of Bradley, Welsh, Walker
Waters, and Speaker Richards-40.
Noes-MesRrs. Bloom, Bosom, Brewer
Carter, Cason, Dame, Dyer, Faulkner
Griffith, Gilmer, Hodges, Hewatt, Jordan
johnson, McFall, McNair, Moore, Poston
f Porter, Priesthood, Pitts, Reeves, Robin
son, Roach, Roddy, Smith, Taylor, 0
Perry and Decatur, Thompson, Woodcock
? Woodland and Wiiliams-3l.
On motion of Mr.. Roach, the bill wa
/, made the special order for next Tuesday
after the morning business.
THE CREDIT OF THE STATE.
A report from Comptroller Blackburn
: with regard TO the present state Of the Sat
G finances was read and ELECTED very ani
5 mated discussion.
= Mr.. Waters moved to print one thousaL
Y copies of Lhe report.
e MIR. Shepherd moved to lay The motto
. on the table. Lost-ayes %, noes AZ.
p Mr.. Williams moved TO amend by prin
y ing only five hundred copies.
. Mr.. Taylor, of Carter aed Johnsol
a moved to refer the report to the CommittC
= on Finance and Ways ard Means.
Il Mr. Singleiary moved TO amend by /,
ST strncting the committee TO report wheth,
S. it was the railroad Presidents or the Ne
1t York capitalists who offered to assist Il
l. State last July when it was so hard preist
1t for means to meet the interest on its det
v Mr. Taylor, of Carter and johnson, /
st sisted that the report was an insult to 4
id Hou e.
~ Mr.. Williams vindicated Comptroii
~ blackburn as one of the most efficient al
=, honest officers the State has ever had.
>. the House refused 10 print export OF Il
~ nature from an official who had the tina
al ccs Of the State under his peculiar chars
"a it would be a most formidable argume
lr for the rebels to use, besides creating d
ne trust that would be fatal 10 our interests
tn the minds of the capitalists to whom
III are looking for aid.
lc, Mr.. Doughty held that the Comptrol
in had grossly insulted the House by obtl
m ding such report, when it had not be
,is called for. What right had this man
pr thus rise up against his masters who b
90 made him Com ptrolIera lie Mr.. Dough-
~ had voted for Blackburn, Int That otlit
''' had ruined himself by thus suhserving |
!, , purposes. He was opposed TO paving a
ne respect whatever to the report.
on Pending the confederation Of the rep
AT the House adjourned to P. n
ng Afternoon Session
"n The motion to print thee hundred CT
lad # Comp,roller Bjacablfu's report Wa |
0se aGd carried.
lily NEW BUsISESS
ich Hy Mr.. Bosom; To authorize the !e
ed, or consolidation of railroad companies.