Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-05
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

1ENNEDOEE LDUIOAhlU hEs
SENATE.
SATURDAY, Nov. 4.-The Senate met at
10 A. NJ, Speaker Vaughn in the chair.
THE MEMPHIS HOSPITAL.
The report of Acknowledgement Heiskell
respecting the title of the State to the Mem
phis City Hospital was read. He recon-
mends that the States claim be ascertained
and sold as soon as possible.
PETITIONS.
Mr.. Coulter presented a memorial from
the County Court of Gibson asking for a
new and revised edition of the code, and
that it be supplied to justices throughout
the State.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills were introduced and
passed first reading:
BY Mr.. Staley: To amend the act to make
the rules of evidence in State and Federal
Courts uniform.
By Mr. Gibson: TO authorize the clerks
of Circuit Courts TO issue writs of certiOrdri
and StsDersededS without fiat therefor.
BY Mr.. Coulter: To fix the license of
retail liquor dealers.
BY Mr.. Merritt: To provide for the col
lection of all taxes that are a lien upon real
estate sold under decree of any court in the
State.
By Mr.. Merritt: To allow one Justice Of
the Peace to try unlawful detainer cases.
By Mr.. Merritt: TO amend the act passed
Feb. Q, 1870, so as to make said act apply
to cases of unlawful detainer, and to pre-
scribe the manner in which the plaintiff is to
be restored to possession, and to regulate
the manner in which appeals are to be ia
ken by defendants in cases of unlawful de-
tainer.
BY Mr.. Merritt: To repeal an act passed
Feb. 2, 1871.
By Mr.. Porter: To amend the act respect
ing the compensation of Sheriiis.
By Mr. HAYES: To amend the law in re-
gard to fees of Attorneys-General for the
judicial and criminal districts of the State.
By Mr.. Tollcy: To regulate the public
printing and prevent Oyercharging for COM
position.
BY Mr.. Green: To extend the efiecting
time of two provisions of the act regulating
the elective franchise.
RECONSIDERATION.
Mr.. Warren moved a reconsideration of
the vote rejecting House bill 'tO protect the
owners of stock kept for breeding pur-
pOses.n Carried
A discussion ensucd on the bill, and sew
eral amendments which were offered were
rejected.
The bill with amendments was finally laid
on the table.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The report Of the committee recommend
ing the rejection of House bill to repeal an
act fixing the fees Of the Public Printer,
passed in 1865, was taken up.
Mr.. Staley moved a non-concurrence in
the report.
After discussion the motion was lost,
ayes 10, noes 10.
On the motion for concurrence in the re-
port,
Mr.. Gibson gave notice of moving an
amendment to the bill in lieu, fixing the
price at p per cent. above the rates allowed
in the Code, instead of 80 per cent. as
under the existing law.
Messrs. TOllcy, Sewer and Dul}Ose on
the part of the Committee explained that
they were convinced from the evidence of
practical printers, among them candidates
for the Public Printing and parties not in
terested in it, that the present rates should
not be reduced; that the only change
which could be effected was the one prOpOs-
ed by the bill they had reported, and that
was to provide that in ordering documents
TO be printed, it should be done on joint
resolution Of both Houses, thus saving the
price of one composition.
Mr.. Gibson insisted that if the reduction
he proposed were made, neither MeSsrs.
Jones, Purvis & Co., nOrany other candidates
before the Assembly forthe Public Printing
would withdraw their names. But even if
they should DO so, the rates could easily be
put up again.
Mr.. DuBose charged the honorable mem
Der for Campbell (GibsOn) with being in
nuenced by political motives. The whole
course Of the honorable member with re-
spect to the public printers had shown his
animus. The cry for economy with
which he endeavored to hide it, came with
bad grace from a representative Of the
party that had depleted the treasury and
burdened the State with debt.
Mr.. Coulter compared the rates for pub
lie printing in Kentucky with the present
price, and said he could see no good reason
why the rates in Tennessee should not be
as low as they were in Kentucky.
McSsrs. Merritt and Ridley spoke in favor
of the report of the committee.
After some further discussion the motion
T. concur in the report of the committee
was lost.
Several motions having been made and
withdrawn, Mr.. Gibson withdrew his
amendment and the bill passed on its
second reading.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
House bill TO enable railroad commits
sOners for the State to perfect their sales
and place the purchasers in possession, was
pasSed ON its second reading.
Adjourned till II A. NJ. Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
SATURDAY. Nov. 1.-The House was
called to order at 10 o'clock. Mr.. Speaker
Richardson in the chair.
NEW BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Dy Mr. Linn, of Lauderdale: 4 bill regu-
latingthe tax on merchants. II provides that
merchants shall he required to pay an al
valorem tax upon their capital invested
equal to the tax levied upon other taxable
property, and, as merchants, shall pay no
other tax.
BIZ Mr. Westcr: A bill fixing the State
tax on lawsuits in courts of record.
BY Mr.. Cliff: To provide photographic
reporters in the Circuit and Criminal Courts
of the State.
HOUSE BILLS on THIRD HEADING.
To change the line between the counties
of DYER and Haywood. Amended and
passed. 49,.
Rejected.