The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-03-05
Legislative SUMMARY.

Legislative Summary.
The Senate has passed on third read
Ing q Homestead bill similar TO tho one
passed by the House some days since,
but further provides that said Home.
stead shall not be sold without consent
OF the wife, ascertAined by . privy OF.
animation before u Clerk or Justice Of
the Peace, and further provides an OK
emption of 800 worth Of personal
property In tho hands OF unmarried
men.
The house passed a bill FL reading to
prevent the sale Of personal property
unless it brings two thirds Of Ito value.
The bill regulating the publication OF
legal notices having become q low, the
following newspapers have been nomi'
ted by tho Governor to publish the
same. rSee article Black List. -
Thomas Waters Of Smith county,
was elected Claim Commissioners for
the State under the loyal indemnity
Act, and William Tlnsiey, John 2. XII
fer and VIM. P. Burton have been ap.'
pointed Commissioners for franklin
county under said act. ibid anybody
ever hear OF the two last named gentry
in these parts2 We suppose 1t Is an
Other batch of imported ssock brought on
for the purpose Of assisting sich Ike in
this high.handed scheme Of fraud, per.
Jury and robbery. This remlnde Us Of
the old Colonial days when all the Of
icers were duly imported to rule Its
rustic and loyal inhabitants by King
George, the only difference Is this
Now, we have King William who lives,
(if not across the Ocean across the
mountain, and ever and anon imports
sou.c obscure, lean, hungry understriker
to rick The small crumbs that fall from
our scanty board, however MARLBOROUGH
or hard. earned. Shame on that class OF
bummers, carpet-bag knights. who can
have the brazen etfrontcry to come
among q people in the capacity Of OIL.
GERS, to assist in wringing from the hon.
est yeomanry Of the Country the last
surplus dollar left them, after paying the
already enormous taxes imposed by
law on those, who have no voice, no
right to vote, and therefore no one to
represent their interests or rights in the
Legislative halls Of this QUO proud and
+ cs!e State.l
re following Senate bills passed
the House, lst reading and we've appfo'
priately referred: ..
10 regulate the competency OF wit
nesses.
TO extend the exemption laws.
In the house q bill requiring Clerks
h Masters to take a certain oath, pass
ed 1st reading and was referred to Ju'
dietary Committee. i.
A bill passed House on third read
ing fixing the legal rate of intcsest at {
per cent. but permits the parties to con
tract at ten per centum.
The bill has become a law confer
ring all the powers heretofore held b,
Sherifs in holding elections, appoint
ing judges, &c , on the Commissions
of Registration.
The bill creating the Office ofCounty
judge in Franklin county is now tn
law and the first election will be hell
on the third Saturday in this month";
Here's another opening for some ignor
ant imported pimp to go in and show q
his incapacity, legally, morally and 50
cially, except, perhaps, a capacity to al
~sociate OIL terms Of intimacy with ig
~norant negroes, to look like a sheep
killing dog and to feel rs mean as h
looks. Otempora! o mores!
The Loyal Indemnity Bill. which ha
become a law, provides for the appoint
ment of three Commissioners Of claim
for every county, who are to sit as
court Of claims or parts of claims sha'
be allowed ard which rejected. Tn
law provides for the payment Of 10y:
men for losses sustained by the rcbe
lion. Whether inflicted by the unio
or rebel forces, except slaves. (Shan
thank nobody for that exception.) III
/ claims allowed by these commissioner
are forwarded to the general clail
| Commissioner for the State at Nasl
vile. If he approves them they a.
forwarded to the War Department M
!. recommended for payment.
7 The Revenue bill as it passed II
, House on 81 reading taxes all, Phys
clans, Surgeons and Dentists having.
pract.cs worth S1lQ0 per annum 81
in lawyers who max; $1,000 per a
p mum hove to pay $15 for the priyileg