Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-02
THE LEGIsLATURE YEsTERDAY.

SENATE.
House bills TO relieve tax collectors and
to regulate public contracts and fix the ad.
Journment of the Legislature passed their
third reading.
senate bill to regulate the fees of State
and county officers was amended so as to
require all county officers to pay into the
county treasury all excess of fees and emol-
uments over $4,000 each for themselves
and ", 900 for each necessary deputy, and
then passed on its second reading.
The following directors on the part of
the State were nominated by the Governor
and confirmed by the Senate:
For the Nashville and Northwestern Rail-
road: B. f. Harrison, Young w. Allen,
of Carroll county; B. B. Edwards, of Weak
ley county; d. H Goodrich, of Hum
phreys county; A. p. Hall, of Benton
county; Moses Tidwell, of Dickson county
For the Edgefeld and Kentucky Rail
road: John S. Hart, W. Moore, w. r.
Saddler, of Robertson; Nell s. Brown. Sr..
Ed. Baxter, James d. Lockaart, George S.
Kinney, of Davidson county.
For the Nashville and Decatur Railroad:
John Overton, of Davidson county; d. B.
Cliffe, of Williamson.
For the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail-
road: William Bosom. of Rutherford
county; Thomas H. Coldwell, of Bedford
county.
Mr.. Cason was excused from serving on
the committee to investigate the official
conduct Of A. j. Fletcher, Secretary of
State, and MIR. Pearson substituted.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MIR. Russell, Of rutherford and Bedford,
chairman Of the special committee APP
pointed 10 investigate the matter of the
disposal of the agricultural school scrip,
stated that the committee had ample testi-
mony in their possession to prove every
assertion and charge made against Secreta-
~ Fletcher and Mr.. Bosom. The COM
mittee is prepared to show that Secretary
Fletcher was offered five cents more per
acre than the sum for which he secretly
sold it. Not only that but he could have
got the cash down, when, instead, he sold
1t on time.
Senate bill TO insure the completion of
the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad was
postponed until the May session.
HOnse bill to pay the salary of Judge
Wisdom was amended so as to include
Judge Thos. n. Frazier, and then laid upon
the table.
House bills for the following objects were
passed on their third reading: To amend
the revenue laws in regard to exercising
privileges without license; to relieve over
seers of roads; to suppress drunkenness in
public offices; to cancel county warrants;
to increase the fees of magistrates; to
preserve the peace and prevent
homicide; for the benefit of con-
fectioners; to prevent railroads
from discriminating against local freights
to define the duties, rights and liabilities Of
commission merchants; to amend section
AS of the Code; to perfect titles made by
Samuel Watson, trustee to regulate gates
on public roads; to provide for the APP
poiutment of administrators.
House bills for the following purposes
were rejected: To exempt persons paying
debts to the State which had been hereto
fore paid TO the Bank of Tennessee; to
compromise with taxpayers; to change the
mode of appointing tax assessors.
Mr.. Kennedy introduced bill to amend
the exemption laws.