Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-16

WEDNESDAY, June l5--Tne Senate
INST at 10l O'Clock, Speaker Thomas pre-
siding. y U4 aNVf Van AMI
THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
House bill to redis.rict the judicial cir
cults came up on its second reading.
MIR. Cooper, of Davidson, moved to
amend SO as to make the Davidson county
district embrace the Circuit, Criminal and
Common Law Courts of Nashville, which
was adopted. 6 .gsassa e. .Essrrs,u,1 "a
Mr.. Hall moved to amend by detaching
the county of Dyer from the fourteenth
district and adding it TO the thirteenth,
which was adopted. g.. =,
Speaker Thomas, (Mr. Morris in the
chair, } moved to amend by detaching the
county of Sumner from the tenth district,
which was rejected.
Mr.. Hall moved to amend by striking
out all after the enacting clause, and thus
allow the districts to remain as at present
established by law, which was rejected
by tie vote-11 to II.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Cooper, of
Bedford, further amendments were de-
ferred until the third reading, and the
bill, as amended, passed its second reading.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
For the benefit of the Tennessee Blind
School. Mr.. Cooper, of Davidson, moved
to amend by the appropriation of $4,000
per annum for two years, to enable the
Trustees to purchase a suitable building
for the use of the institution, which was
adopted and the bin passed. -.,r
To prevent deer hunting in the counties
of Benton and Humphreys. Passed. }
TENNESSEE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Senate bill to forbid the Comptroller
and Treasurer receiving either of the 885
bonds for 81, 600 each granted the Ten
nessee and Pacific Railroad Company in
payment of debts due the State, came up
on its second reading, and on motion of MIR.
Cooper, of Bedford, was SO amended as to
except the liquidation of the principal
and interest of the company's indebted
ness to the State. 81 A%1A
Mr.. Cooper, of Davidson, addressed
the Senate in opposition 10 the bill, as
suming that the road had complied with
the conditions and restrictions imposed by
the Internal Improvement act of Februs-
ry, 1852, and subsequent acts of the Leg
islature. Thirty miles of the road had
been graded as required by law, and
county and individual subscriptions OBJ
tanned sufficient to grade the road to Car
thsge, thus giving the road the right to
claim the $40, 900 per mile provided for
by law. The company was also entitled
to 5000, 900 by the law, for bridge aid,
beside s., 900 per mile for equipment.
Assuming that the bonds had been
granted the Tennessee and Pa
cifc Company in accordance with
the law, and under legitimate
construction of the legal restrictions and
provisions by the Governor of the State
necessary to their issuance, Mr.. Coop
er insisted that the proposed interference
with the validity of the States obligations
was unnecessary. The passage of the
measure annulling the bonds now In
existence, would, under the circumstances,
give the officers and directors ofthe COM
pauy the right to claim the issuance by
the State of duplicate bonds.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cooper's re-.
marks, the Senate took a recess until
q O'Clock. 49,.
Afternoon session.
:. When the Senate reassembled, The dis
cussion of the Tennessee and Pacific rail !
road matter was resumed, Mr.. Cooper, of
Bedford, speaking in support of the bill
to annul the bonds. In reply 10 the posi-
ton assumed on the other side that the
road was entitled to s., 900 for the equip
ment of each mile with subscription sufii-
cient to build and grade the road, Mr..
Cooper said that the law contemplated a
bona fide and valid subscription sufficient
for the construction of The entire road,
before the loan or appropriation Of the
IS, 600 per mile could be claimed. If
the law had not been complied with, the
directors of the road could not object
reasonably to the investigation which
would follow in a legal form the
passage Of this bill If the report of the
Railroad Investigating Committee be
truthful and correct, the company cannot
be legally entitled to dollar of the ap-
preparation of IS, 900 per mile in accord
ance with the internal improvement law
of 1852. The bill had been so amended
as to prevent the barest possibility of do
ing injustice to, or infiicting hardship up
on the railroad corporation, or other hold
ers of the bonds.
Mr. Cooper, of Davidson, replied, say
ing that the passage of the bill would
not only be an unjust act towards the
company, but also great and mwar-
ranted injury to the county and iadivid-
ual subscribers of stock. 1t would also
be great injury to that portion of the
country through which the road is to run,
doing one of the most important internal
enterprises in Tennessee an
injury. The present indebted
ness of the road does not exceed $500,
600, with county and individual subscrip-
tons amply sufficient to pay it, {.
At the close of the discussion, the bill
as amended passed its third reading by
the following vote: &
Ayes-Messrs. Cooper of Bedford,
Eason, Etheridge, Faulkner,
Hall, Hart, Marin, McFall, Palmer, Pay
ton, Slaughter, and Speaker Thomas-13.
Noes-Messrs. Bryant, Clementson,
Cooper of Davidson, Green, Hawes, Lut-
trell, Nelson, Pearson, and Self-9.
SENATE BILLS on SECOND READING.
To suppress drunkenness, by giving
every city, town and civil district, the
right to decide whether tippling houses
shall be licensed in their midst. Passed.
To establish the Common Law Court of
Nashville. Mr.. Cooper, of Davidson,
moved to amend by making the Clerk of
he Circuit Court of Davidson the Clerk
also of the Common Law Court, which
was adopted and the bill passed. To
'egulate and fix the rate of poll tax
Passed.
RAILROAD DIRECTORS APPOINTED.
The Senate went into executive session
10 consider message from the Governor, |
md confirmed nominations for State Rail-
'oad Directors, as follows.
Forthe Memphis, Clarksville and Louis |
ville Railroad-Thomas Pettus, w. II.
Houch, Thomas F. Henry, ]. L. Bailey, |
}. N. Kennedy, George T. Lewis, George |
I. Warfield. of MONTGOMERY cOuptv. /