Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-25

property in the hands of common carriers
Passed.
Bill for the benefit of Baumgardner ant
others. Rejected.
Bill relating to certain tax collectors
allowing them further time to collect tn
taxes of 1866 and Z. Passed
Bill to regulate public contracts, by I'M
posing penalties upon public officers VIII
are interested in such contracts. Nh
Rhea offered an amendment, which wa
adopted, that public officers guilty unde
this act, shall be dismissed from Office ant
rendered ineligible for Office for ten years
Passed as amended.
| BUSINESS CALLED UP.
Senate bill to incorporate the town o
Waynesboro was called up and passed sec
ond reading.
Senate bill to incorporate the CONNER
cial Bank of Covington was called up
Mr. Jones offered an amendment, incor
| porating the Memphis and Mississippi CITY
Railroad Company. Adopted. MIR. Tuck
| or offered an amendment to incorporate
the town of Moscow, in Fayette county.
| Adopted. House bill to incorporate the
National Dime Saving Association of Mem.
| phis, was adopted as an amendment.
| House bill to establish the Bank of Gala
| tin was adopted as an amendment House
| bills to incorporate the Farmers Bank OF
| Tennessee, and amend the act incorpora-
| ting the town Of Columbia were adopted
| as amendments. House bill to incorpo-
| rate the Franklin Society Of Elizabethtown
was adopted as an amendment. Mr.. Flem-
ing offered an amendment that where
there is no County Judges, County Courts
shall designate a proxy to. vote the rail-
road stock owned by the county in all rail-
road elections. Adopted. The bill, as
amended, passed third reading.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Bill to incorporate the Knoxville Water
Company. Mr.. Harris offered an amend
ment incorporating the Waverly High
School. Adopted. Mr.. Spears offered
amendments to incorporate Sequatchie
College, and to authorize William Foster
to build turnpike across Waldens Ridge.
Adopted. Mr.. Barry offered an amenc-
ment to amend the charter of the Gallatin
and Lebanon Railroad Adopted. The
bill as amended passed third reading.
THE FLOATING DEBT.
Senate bill to fund the floating debt OF
the State being the special order was taken
up and passed third reading-ayes, 43;
noes, q.
Mr.. Rhea entered a motion to recon-
slider, which was taken up and laid on the
table.
THE APPROXIMATION BILL.
Senate bill providing for the payment of
the current expenses of the General AS
sembly was taken up and passed second
reading.
Adjourned until 2:30 P. N.
Afternoon session.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Bill to amend the Code relative to tax
collectors. 1t provides that when the time
for which collectors have been elected shall
have expired, and a successor has been
qualified, the outgoing collector shall at
once settle up with the proper officer, and
hand his books and papers over to his sue
cessor, who shall proceed to collect any
balance upon said books. The bill was
laid on the table, then reconsidered, and
on a direct vote on the passage Of the bill,
was rejected-ayes IS; noes 81.
Bill to compensate Commissioners OF
Registration. Passed.
Bill for the relief of tax-collectors who
received Confederate money after the 18th
of December, 1861. Amended by Mr..
Fleming so that revenue collectors shall
be entitled to fees of office as provided IN the
Code. This amendment neutralizes bill
already passed limiting the fees Of collectors
to So. 600 annually. The bill as amended
passed third reading.
THE TENNESSEE NAVIGATION, IMMIGRATION
AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
House bill incorporating a company to
improve the Big South Fork Of the Cum
berland river was taken up on Senate
amendments. The House receded from
its amendments and the bill is now law,
SENATE MESSAGES.
House bill in relation to legal rights of
married women was taken up on Senate
amendment The House refused TO con-
cur. and a committee of conference was
| appointed.
House resolution in reference to the
ranking privileges was taken up on Senate
amendment, which struck out that portion
referring to Jerusalem Smith and ROderlck
Random Butler.
On motion of Mr.. Fleming, the whole
matter was indefinitely postponed.
Senate amendment to House resolution
asking Federal aid to the Southern Pacific
railroad, was cOncurred IN.
THE HATCHIE RIVER.
In the discussion yesterday on the bill
| providing for the reopening of the Hatchle
river, Mr. Sherrod spoke against the bill.
RECONSTRUCTED.
The vote rejecting House bill to enable
the Cincinnati and Cumberland Gap and
Charleston Railroad to complete their road
| to Paint Rock, was reconsidered and the
bill passed third reading-ayes, So; noes, I,
| THE TENNESSEE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD
TERMINUS.
| The Conference Committee, appointed
to compromise on disagreements in rela-
| ton to the terminus of the Tennessee anC
Pacific Railroad submitted a report recon-
mending the repeal of the section locating
| the terminus at Knoxville, and leaving i
| optional with the stockholders to fix the
terminus at Knoxville or any other con
venient point.
MI. Fleming opposed the report and
| moved that it be non-cOncurred in.
Mr.. White advocated the adoption of the
report.
The motion to non-cOncUr was rejected
Mr.. White then moved to concur in tn,
report Carried-ayes, AZ; noes, -.
NEW BUSINESS.
By Mr.. Neil-A resolution providing
|
iourned session, it shall resume the unfin
ished business. Laid over.
Adjourned until $50 tomorrow.
Some typographical errors having oc
Cured in the report of the remarks q
welcome made by Mr.. Speaker Perkins o.
the visit of the Constitutional Convention
to the House of Representatives, we repub
lish them below:
Mr.. Speaker Perkins extended the wei
come of tho House. He said:
As the presiding officer of the House {
Representatives., and in their behalf, l e1
tend to Won a cordial welcome within tn
bar of this House.
When we remember that you did realiz
the responsibility resting on you, and tn
fact that not only the eyes of your constltu
ents, the people of the State of Tennessee
but also the eyes of the whole nation wer
directed to you with more than ordlnar
interest, we know that You entered Upo
the arduous and delicate duties of your pc
sition greatly distressing your ability
discharge them so as to meet the expects
tions of the people. And, sir, we ais
know you entered upon the discharge {
those duties with an honest and sincere d.
sire to do right, and that you have endea'
ored so to act as to secure the create!
good to the greatest number, and hoT
that the honor and dignity of the high trui
confded to you might not be lowered
your hands.
And as you are about to adjourn and II
turn to your immediate constituents an
submit to them this Constitution as ii
result of your labOrs, we most earnest
| desire that it nav be triumphantlY SUI