Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-21
TENNESSEE LEGIsLATURE.

20 SENATE. -
MONDAY, June 20.-The Senate was
called TO order by Mr. Speaker Thomas,
at 10 O'Clock.
NEW Bills. @
BY Mr.. Faulkner-A bill to change the
line between the counties of Grundy and
Coffee. Passed and referred to the Com
mittee on New Counties and County
Lines.
BY Mr.. Green-A bill to place the
Rogersville and Jeffersonyille Railroad
under the management of trustees and to
provide for the covering of that roads
bridge over Holston liver. Passed first
reading and referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
Directory to Representatives in Con-
gress in reference to pensions for the
widows and children of the soldiers of
1872. Rejected. Directory to the Joint
Seect Committee on Railroad Investigat
ton, in regard to delinquent railroad CON-
panies. Concurred in. g
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD.
Senate joint resolution giving the as
sent Of the State to the consolidated
mortgage made by the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company to secure
the payment of bonds issued, was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
=. To establish the Probate Court of
Shelby county. Passed and referred to
the Judiciary Committee. To lay off the
State into Chancery Districts. Passed
and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
To amend the Penitentiary laws, regula-
ting the salaries of officers, and authoriz-
ing the sale of the stone qurary, etc.
Passed and referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
HOUSE BILLS on SECOND READING.
The following House bills passed their
second reading: To redeem lands sold
for taxes. To tax fast railroad freight
lines 5000 per annum. To exempt regu-
lar druggists from liquor license. To
change certain chancery suits from Roane
to Morgan county. To protect game in
the counties OF Rutherford, Bedford and
Fayette; Bedford was stricken out.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To regulate the fees of Justices of the
Peace; rejected. To protect persons
paronising railroads, and to regulate rail-
road freight charges in Tennessee; reject
ed, and Mr. Etheridge entered motion to
reconsider. To make the warrants of
teachers good for taxes; rejected. To
suppress drunkenness on the part of pub
lie officers; passed. For the appointment
by County Courts of public administra-
tors and guardians; passed. To change
the time of holding the Circuit Court at
Jonesboro; passed. To abolish the tax
for marriage license; referred to the
Committee on Finance. To establish
the county of Trousdale; passed.
SENATE BILLS on THIRD READING.
To employ counsel to aid the Comp
troller of the Treasury in protecting the
States pecuniary interests. Passed.
To authorize the prosecution by Attor-
nies General of railroad defaulters.
Passed.
MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
Mr.. Morris entered a motion to recon-
slider the vote recommitting the bill to
authorize the payment of account for
printing the journals of the Constitution
al Convention.
INSANITY DIVORCE BILL.
Senate bill to make permanent insanity
sufficient cause for divorce from the bonds
of matrimony was announced as the
special order for IL O'Clock, and at that
hour Mr.. Etheridge resumed his argu-
ment, speaking for two hours in an earn
est and eloquent manner insupport of the
bill.
When Mr.. Etheridge had concluded his
remarks, Mr.. Cooper, of Bedford, moved
to make the further consideration of the
bill special order for 10 o'clock to morrow.
The motion prevailed, and the Senate
adjourned to 10 O'Clock tomorrow.