Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20

ton, 80 cents ; for execution and copy of
costs - cents for copy of costs in appeal
cases % cents for taking Opposition 100
cents for transcript of Judgment % cents,
and for criminal warrants so cents. The
law went into effect the day it passed
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS.
The fees of county jail physicians are
limited TO 81 900 per annum. In some of
the large counties these fees exceed 5000
per year. The Office of State Geologist is
revived at a nominal salary of $4,000 per
annum. This revivor was in order to OBJ
tain the services of the United States Coast
Survey in triangulating the State, as re-
marked in former letter. Ialso noted in
q former letter the increase of the fees of
Registers. The salary of the Attorney
General of the State is fixed at Sc, 900 and
the State retains the copy right OF the re-
ports. No decisions are to be reported.ex-
cept such az establish new principles and
such as the Judges may expressly direct.
IL Is estimated that this charge will savet the
State several thousand dollars in printing
per annum, and will save the lawyers the
expense ofbuying twice as many reports as
are necessary. Surveyors and entry tax
ers are required to keep the books of either
ofiice at the county site. All persons over
twenty-one are made eligible to fill muni-
cipal offices The poll tax receipts will be
required in the year 1872. The public
printing has been so regulated rs to pre-
vent over-charging for composition, paper
and tokens. Several new counties were
established in Middle and West Tennessee.
Hugh l.. McClung and John l.. Moses
were appointed Trustees of Hampden Sid
ney Academy. DIR. Sahold was appointed
State Geologist and General Battle Super
intendent of the Penitentiary.
GOOD NEWS FOR TEACHERS.
School teachers will be glad to learn
that if they take their accounts to the
County Trustee of their county, it is made
his duty to forward a list of the teachers
names and the amounts due each, along
with school warrant or warrants enough
TO cover said amounts TO the Comptroller,
and the Comptroller is directed to issue To
each teacher warrant for the amount
due him.
Such has been the work of the session,
so far as it is interesting TO the people of
East Tennessee, and so far as it has not
been alluded to in former letters. The va
rlous railroad bills, the re-districting bill,
the bill to strike Colonel John Baxter, and
the bill creating the Office Of District Attor-
ney for Knox county have all been here
tofore explained and ventilated in the
CHRONICLE. The merchants tax, in spite
of all their memorials and all their news
paper articles, was not changed. Every
railroad bill introduced became law. The
power of the railroad lobby was over
whelming They obtained all they asked
and paid for it in oyster suppers. Out
side of railroad matters and matters in
which Jones. Purvis q Co. had an interest,
and with the exceptions before stated.
the action Of the Legislature was in the
main, discreet cautious aud economical.
] will here add that the Republican
Senators resisted the lobby to. the
last, and voted against everything like an
unnecessary expenditures ofpublic money.
i infer from what j have heard that tHe
action of the Republican Representatives
was equally honest and patriotic. The
session will. be called about the last of
April to lay Off the State into Congression-
al Districts. The reason this was not
done Mt the regulay session was that Con-
gress has not yet fixed the number of
congressman we are to have. 1t is gen
orally agreed however that Tennessee will
he allowed nine. .... ...F. Nouns.