Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-27
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.


SATURDAY, Feb. 26.-Met at 10 A. NJ.
Speaker Thomas in the chair.
| HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
| Requiring railroad companies to adop
certain regulations at draw bridges
Amended and passed.
To revive an act incorporating Tennessee
W. and c. Railroad, and for other purposes
| Passed.
Repeating an act relative to Shelbyville
| Passed.
Empowering the School Fund Fraud
! Committee and other committees to prose.
| cute their work out of term time. Passed.
| To amend the charter of Edgefeld and
for various other purposes. Passed
To incorporate the Blue-Grass Railroad
| Company. Passed.
To relieve railroad tax collectors In Haw-
| kins county. Passed.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
To relieve Revenue Collectors Passed.
Regulating public contracts. Passed
To provide for the sale of property in
hands of Express Companies, and others.
Passed
To amend section 1850 of the Code
relative to apprentices. Passed
For the relief Of Jewish citizens. Pass
ed.
RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN
was reconsidered and referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee.
FIREMEN's INSURANCE COMPANY.
Mr.. Etheridge reported that the Con-
ference Committee had agreed on amend
ments to the bill to incorporate the Fire
x1ThIp vpr
concurred in
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED
relative to Penitentiary with Messrs. Ward
and Briggs, which was referred to the Com
mittee on the Penitentary.
THE STATE TREASURER.
The following report from the joint Sc
lect committee was submitted:
Mr. Speaker: The undersigned, under
House joint resolution No. 80, appointed to
examine into the official conduct of the
State Treasurer, would respectfully submit
the following report:
Your Committee has had several meet
ings and have only partially investigated
the matter Your Committee are satisfied
that there is no defalcation on the part of
the Treasurer, and that he has accounted
for all the money put into his hands.
1t was suggested to the Committee that
the Treasurer had used the money in the
Treasury for private speculations; but if
such is the case, the Committee so far have
been unable to detect it. 1t was also sug-
gested that the Treasurer had used the
money in the Treasury in purchasing or
paying off the warrants Of the Comptroller
at less than their par value, charging the
State with the full amount of the warrant
thereby realizing a profit to himself So
far, we have been able to detect only
one transaction of this character, which is
satisfactorily explained to the Committee.
Your committee have been unable to
complete the investigation on account of
the absence of some of the witnesses, some
of whom live at great distance, and on
account of the press of business in both
houses of this General Assembly, and if in
the wisdom of this Legislature they should
think it necessary to prosecute the lnvesti-
cation further, your committee will con-
tinue, but if not, they would most respect
fully ask to be discharged.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
d. G. SLAUGHTER, for the Senate.
A. L. SPEARS, for the House.
Adjourned to II o'clock Monday.
OMISSION CORRECTED.
The name of john Morrow was inadvert-
emily omitted in our published list of Di-
rectors for the Nashville and Northwestern
Railroad, as confirmed by the Senate.