Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-18
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE,
SENATE.

FRIDAY, Dec 17.-Senate met at II A.
NJ, Speaker Thomas in the chair and r
quorum present.
CONSOLIDATED RAILROADS.
Mr.. Cooper, of Davidson, reported back
the House amendments to Senate bill per
hitting consolidated railroads TO take a
new name, with an amendment providing
that the Issuance of the bonds hereby
authorized shall not in any way impair
any lien possessed blythe State on any OF
said railroads so consolidating, except as
provided by said act of Feb. p, 1869.
The amendment was adopted.
CINCINNATI RAILROAD BILL.
By request of the Committee on Inter
nal Improvements fifty copies of the Gin
cinnati railroad bill were ordered to he
printed.
MAEYvuLE.
Mr.. Self introduced a bill TO incorporate
the town Of Maryville, in Blount county.
Passed first reading and referred 10 The
Committee on Corporations.
HOUSE RESOLUTION.
House resolution requesting Con-
gress to pass bill allowing a bounty
10 the surviving soldiers of the Seminole
War was cOncurTed in.
HOUSE BILLS OF THIRD READING.
Repeating sections nine and ten OF the
act incorporating Wards Seminary.
Passed
In relation to Clerks Of Courts. Passed.
HOUSE BILLS on SECOND READING.
A number of House bills passed on
their second reading.
SENATE BILLS on THIRD READING.
To incorporate the Memphis Industrial
Exhibition and Fair Corporation. Passed.
To amend the act establishing system
of internal improvements in Tennessee.
Amendments were offered by the Com
mittee on Internal improvements as fol-
| lows:
Provided the bonds hereby authorized
| IN he issued shall be used only al par In
| funding the past-due bonds and coupons
of this State, and such as mature between
this time and the first day OF January,
1871, and in no other way, and if used
otherwise they shall not DO binding on the
State in any way whatever.
Amendment to second section: Pro
vided, That the provisions OF this section
shall apply only in case an arrangement il
made with the creditors of the State a!
provided in the first section of this act
and provided further, That no RAILROAD
COMPANY in this State shall be entitled Il
the provisions of this section unless thel
have paid or shall pay in cash at least fit.
per cent of the amount of interest due ant
owing by such company on the first da,
of July, 1869.
On motion of Mr.. Cooper, OF Bedford
the consideration of the bill and amend
ments was postponed until the secon
Tuesday in January.
HOUSE AMENDMENTS.
Amendments 10 Senate bill lncorpora
ling the town of GainesborO and Senat
hill incorporating the Memphis Woo
and Willow Ware Company, were COZ
CURED in.
p REVENUE LAWS.
, House bill amending the revenue law
q of the State, abolshing the tax on salt
. of merchandise and imposing an a
r rnIoren1 tax on capital, passed first reat
> ing and was referred to the Committee
Finance and Ways and Means
+ RECONSIDERATION.
Mr.. Cooper, of Bedford, moved to r
consider the action of the Senate
postponing the bill in relation to intern
improvements until the second Tuesdt
in January. Agreed to and the bill W
C taken up.
n Mr.. Cooper, of Bedford, opposed Il
passage of the bill on the ground th