Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-10
THE LEGISLATURE YEsrERray.


Senate resolution to pay the costs Of the
suit to test the liability of the State to take
the notes of the Bank of Tennessee for
taxes was adopted.
Senate bill TO protect the citizens of the
State from beng compelled by lawto again
pay debts heretofore due and owing to the
Bank of Tennessee was passed on its
third reading. Ayes %, noes 1, Mr.. Hall.
OF Gibson, voting against the bill.
House bill providing for convention To
amend the constitution was taken up. and
the motion to reconsider the vote rejecting
the substitute offered blythe minority of the
Judiciary Committee was. on motion Of
Mr.. Etheridge, laid on the table by the
following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Bryant, Clementson, Cub
BINS, Eason, Etheridge. Faulkner, Hall.
Hart, Luttrel, Martin, 1IiIlsaps, McFall.
Palmer, Self, Slaughter, and Speaker
Ihomas-l6. wa F~s e.
Eoes-Messrs. Cason, Cooper of Bed
lord Cooper of Davidson, Greene, Morris,
Nelson, and Pearson.
The vote adopting the amendment
OF Mr.. Cooper, Of Bedford, limiting
the subjects TO be acted upon by
the convention, was then reconsidered, and
the amendment rejected The bill was
then amended so as to limit the number OF
delegates TO fifty, two from each senatorial
district, and was then passed on its third
reading by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Bryant, Clementson.
Cooper of Bedford, Cooper, OF Davidson.
CGbbins, Eason, Etheridee. Faulkner.
Greene, Hall, Hart, Luttrell, Martin, Mill
saps, Morris, McFall, Nelson, Palmer, Pear
son, Self Slaughter, and Speaker Thorn
as-22
Noes-Mr Cason-l.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. Speaker Perkins introduced bill to
issue coupon bonds of the State, TO run %
years, to fund the old issues outstanding
of the Bank of Tennessee.
BINS were also introduced by Mr. West,
to protect land sold for taxes and purchased
for common school purposes; by Mr..
Bright, to amend the act creating the Office
of County Judge for Lincoln comfy; by
Mr.. Pearson, TO repeal the usury laws by
Mr.. Smith to sell the delinquent railroads
by Mr.. Steele, TO repeal the act increasing
the fees of county registers; by MIR. Dillin,
to regulate the sale of drugs and medicines;
and by Mr.. Nicks, TO repeal the act exempt
ing from execution the wages of laboreT
to the amount of 500.
Resolutions were offered by Mr.. Rhea,
to examine into the condition of the Bank
Of Tennessee by Mr.. James of Hamilton,
instructing our Senators and Representa-
tiyes in Congress to urge the passage of a
law aboIshiDg the national banking law
and by Mr.. Bright, requiring State and
county collectors TO pay over to the proper
officers the funds collected.
Senate amendment to House bill provip-
ing for constitutional convention, limit
ing the number of delegates to 80, was ia
ken up, and the House refused to concur
by tie vote as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Baker, Barton, Brown.
Bryant, Caldwell, Clark of Haywood, Col
vile, Cox, Curl, Dillin, Eckle, Enloe, Har-
rison, Hinkle, Hornberger, James of Smith,
Kelly, Layman, LongacTe, McBath, Nc
Clary, Mcconnell, Morrison. Owen, Pear
son, Rhea, Roach, Russell of Hickman,
Smith, Warren, Wilson, Young-33.
Noes-Messrs. Agee, Baber, Barry, Ca
sey, Hunley, James of Hamilton, Keeney,
Kenney, King Knight, Lackey, McElwee,
McGaughey, Neil, Nicks, Nixon. Russell of
Rutherford and Bedford, Sadler, Saunders.
Scott, SheTod, Slack, Snodderly, Spears.
Steele, Stephens, Thomas. Townsend.
Walker, West, Yoakum and Speaker Per
kins-33.