Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-18
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

FRIDAY, June 1l.-lne CSHalc mt III
10 O'Clock, Speaker Thomas in the chair.
EDGEFIEID AND KENTUCKY RAILROAD.
Mr.. Clementson, Chairman of the Rail-
road Investigating Committee. submitted
the report of said committee relative TO
the disposition made of bonds issued by
the State to the Edgefield and Kentucky
Railroad Company.
On motion of Mr.. Cooper, of Bedford,
500 copies of the report were ordered
printed for the use of the Senate, and the
subject matter was recommitted to the
committee with instruction to report by
bill what legislation in regard thereto is
necessary. The report was ordered to be
transmitted to the House.
NEW BUSINESS. pn
BY Mr.. Cooper of Bedford-A bill to
give force and effect to the law requiring
the Attorney General to prosecute persons
guilty of misappropriation or fraudulent
use of bonds issued by the State to railroad
companies, and making ii the duty of
Judges to give the law il charge to
Grand Juries. Passed first reading.
MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER.
Mr.. Faulkner entered a motion to re-
consider the vote rejecting the bill to give
voters the right of determining whether
or not licenses shall be granted to uppling
houses in their midst.
Mr.. Nelson moved to reconsider the bill
redistricting the judicial circuits of the
State, in order to permit amendment. The
motion carried, and Mr.. Faulkner offered
an amendment to detach DeKalb county
from the sixth and adding 1t to the fifth
district, which was adopted, and the bill
again passed by unanimous vote.
Mr. Cubbins entered motion to recon-
sider the vote rejecting The bill to estab-
lsh the county of Msshoba in West Ten
nessee.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
The following House bills passed their
first reading: To regulate the fees of
Justices of the Peace. To better enable
impoverished persons to obtain their rights
in the courts. To make the claims of
school teachers good for taxes. To
make drunkenness on the part of public
officers misdemeanor. To authorize
county courts to elect public guardians. To
abolish the tax on marriage licenses. To
establish the county of Trousdale.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
To authorize the Comptroller of the
Treasury to settle with the Collectors OF
Revenue who have received notes of the
Bank of Tennessee in payment of taxes.
Passed. To authorize the Comptroller of
the Treasury to employ counsel learned
in the law to assist in the protection of
the States pecuniary interests. Passed.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To establish the Court of Common
Pleas for the county of Madison.
Amendments making its provisions apply
to the counties of Gibson and Haywood
were recOnsidered and rejected--separate
bills for the counties named being re-
commended by the Judiciary Committee
as necessary. The bill was then passed.
To enable Notaries Public, appointed
prior to the adoption of the new Constitu-
ton, to retain their offices until the expi
ration of the time for which they were
appointed. Passed.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Slaughter offered a resolution di.
rectory to the committees of the two
houses on enrolled bills, which requires
that Senate bills passed last session, in
cooperating the Brownsville Manufacture
ing Company, which has been mislaid, shall
be again prepared in constitutional man
ner. The rule was suspended and the
resolution adopted. ---
House resolution directing the Comp
troller of the Treasury 70 settle with the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
THB INSANITY DIVORCE BILL.
The Speaker announced that the time
for special order-Senate bill to make
permanent insanity sufficient cause for
divorce-had arrived, and Mr.. Cooper, of
Davidson, addressed the Senate in oppo-
sition to The bill. Mr. Etheridge proceed
cd to speak in support of the measure,
but was too much indisposed to finish his
argument, and the further consideration
of the bill was postponed until IL o'clock
Monday.
Adjourned to 10 o'clock to Iaorrow.