Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-19
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

body repeal the last proviso contained i
section of an act passed Feb. 5, 1870,
\ recommend be granted, and that the Sc
l lection of convicts to labor outside tn
prison walls be left to the discretion o
the Inspectors.
The proposition to legalize the stock
AIDES erected at the Sewanee and Battl
| Creek Coal Mines as branches of the Stat,
Penitentiary, / believe might be adopted
without detriment to the States interest
The inspectors further ask that you
| honorable body grant them, as loan, the
sum of $50, 900 in the notes of the Banl
of Tennessee (old issue) as a basis upor
which to raise means to place the institution
In such condition as to become source
of revenue to the State, if such loan car
be effected upon the terms proposed by
the inspectors without violation of law.
would most respectfully recommend tc
your honorable body that it be done.
d. w. G. SENTER, Governor.
The accompanying reports were re-
ceiVed, and one hundred copies ordered to
be printed.
NEW Bills
By Mr.. Hart-An &C for the improve
uent and extension of the State Peniten-
tlary. This bill provides for carrying
out the designs of the Penitentiary In
spectors referred to in the communication
from the Governor.
By Mr.. Faulkner-To pay the current
expenses of this session of the General
Assembly and for other purposes.
By Mr.. McFall-To increase the reve-
nue. CT the State.
By Mr.. Hart-ProViding that hereafter
husband and wife may sell and convey
the wife's interest in chooses in action,
money and other personal estate.
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS.
House resolution authorizing the Comp
troller to take possession of and occupy
the office of weights and measures was
concurred in.
PETITION.
The petition of Gen. Pillow, praying
for relief from the judgment entered
against him in the Federal Court at Mem
phis for acts done during the war as a
military officer of the State, was re-
ported for rejection by the Judiciary
Committee, and the report was concurred
in.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To repeal the act establishing the Ten
nessee Agricultural College at Knoxville.
Passed. ..
Mr.. Etheridge then moved to recon
slider and to lay the motion to reconsider
on the table. Carried.
To do justice to certain parties, and to
amend an act passed Dc. 4, 1869.
Passed.
To re-establish and Maintain county
academies. Rejected.
To amend an act establishing q Criminal
Court in Montgomery county. Passed.
To create new district in Carter
county. Rejected
To authorize the Comptroller to bring
suit in the name of the State against rail-
roads out Of the State. Passed.
For the benefit of the Waverly High
School. Passed
To change the time of holding the
Criminal Courts of Rutherford county,
and the Chancery Courts of Giles county.
Passed.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
To regulate the preparation of bills of
exception. Rejected.
To appoint trustees for Richland Acad-
envy. Rejected.
To amend section 5,432 of the Code
in relation to jailor's fees. Rejected.
To change the line between the coun-
ties of Williamson and Rutherford and
MauTy and Lewis. Passed.
To enable the Comptroller of the
Treasury to administer oaths. Passed.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND BEADING.
To authorize the trustees of Lafayette
Academy lin BIedsoe county, to sell the
same and invest the fund in the erection
of a college. Passed.
To amend section 4,O32 of the Code.
Passed.
SENATE BILLS on THIRD READING.
To amend the act Incorporating the
Lebanon and GAINESVILLE Turnpike Com
pany. Passed.
To amend an act passed Feb. 81, 1869,
entitled an act to protect county revenue
and for other purposes. Passed.
To cOnfine persons in the Lunatic Asy-
lum who have been acquitted of high
crime and misdemeauor, upon the plea of
insanity. The bill was discussed at con-
siderable length, after which Mr.. Ether
idge proposed three amendments, which
were adopted; first, to insert after the
word murder" the words scr any other
felony; second; providing that the party
shall be insane at the time of the finding
of the jury; and third, providing that
this act shall apply only to such parties as
shall be found insane at the time of the
trial and acquittal of the defendant The
bill then passed as amended.
To amend the act creating the county
of Bell. Passed.
MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER.
On motion of Mr.. Etheridge, the Sen
ate reconsldered its action on the House
bill providing for the appointment of No
taries Public. Referred.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
To establish agricultural colleges in
each grand division of the State. Re-
jected.
To amend an act to establish the coun-
ty of Clay. Passed.
To change the line between the coun-
ties of Overton and Fentress. Passed.
To confer criminal jurisdiction on the
County Court of Hamilton county, and
for other purposes. Passed.
To authorize the Governor to appoint
temporary Judges, Chancelors and At
torneys General in certain cases. Passed.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning at
ten o'clock.