Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-09
attend the State Prison Sabbath-school on
Sunday next. Accepted.
NEW pTTTG ANn REGOT TTTTOCc

| attend tne state 1TlSOn fSaDDaJn-Scl0Ol on
Sunday next. Accepted.
NEW BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Green: Resolution authorizing
the compilation of the revenue laws of the
State. Lies over.
BY Mr.. Warren: Bill to provide for the
sale of lands purchased by the State for
taxes. Passed.
SENATE BILLS on THIRD READING.
To grant certain powers to existing rail-
road corporations. Passed.
To change the time of holding the courts
In the Fifth Judicial Circuit. The bill was
! amended by excluding the county of De-
Kalb from its operation and passed.
For the benefit Of agricultural and me-
chanical societies. Passed.
To change the line between the counties
Of Putnam and Cumberland. Passed.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
To provide for the filing Of vacancies in
the offices of State and County Judges.
Passed.
To authorize municipal corporations to
change the time of holding their elections.
Passed.
RESOLUTIONS TAKEN UP.
Senate resolution for the relief of Robert
d. Rose. Adopted.
Senate resolution directing the Comp
troller to issue his warrant in favor Of Jones,
Purvis & Co. for $500, the same to be
charged against Mr.. Rust, former Treasu-
rer. Passed.
THE REVENUE BILL.
The further consideration of the House
bill TO provide revenue for the State was re-
sumed.
Tba .ava,.b aao,;oy, v,i,I, ,I,o o,,a,5r,a,,,
proposed by the Committee, namely, to
levy tax Of ten cents on the dollar on in
comes derived from bonds, was taken I'D.
Mr.. Gibson moved an amendment to the
Amendment, directory to fiscal officers to
retain said tax in cashing coupons on
bonds.
After some discussion, Mr.. Warren NOV
ed that all the amendments to section sew
en- be laid on the table. Carried.
The Senate took a recess till O'Clock
whom it reassembled.
Mr.. Merritt offered an amendment to sec
ton seven to tax the incomes derived from
United States government bonds, six per
cent on the dollar.
Mr.. Tolley moved to strike out sEsix" in
the amendment, and insert ''ten." Accept
ed.
Mr.. Staley moved to amend by striking
ont stem and inserting Give" Lost.
Mr.. Dubose moved to amend by striking
ont "ten" and inserting ''six and two-thirds."
Carried.
The amendment was then adopted.
Mr.. Brandon moved to strike out einter-
est-bearing" in the first line of section
seven, in order to subject all bonds to taxa
ton. Carried.
Section seven, as amended, was then ad-
opted.
Section eight, providing for tax on rails
road and other companies was next taken
up.
Mr.. Warren moved an amendment ex-
empting manufacturing companies from
taxation. Carried.
Mr.. Coulter moved to amend by imposing
tax of four mills on the dollar on that
portion of the receipts of telegraph compan-
les derived from messages transmitted with
in the State. Carried.
Mr.. Gibson moved 10 add tie following
to the eighth section: "But upon any rail
road extending beyond the limits of the
State this tax shall be assessed upon such
pro rata portion of the receipts Of such rail
roads as the length of the road within the
State may bear to the entire length Of the
road upon which the receipts or earnings
accrued. And the President, Superinten-
dent, or other head officer of such compa-
ny, or the agent Of any company whose
principal office is in another State, shall on
oath show the amount of gross receipts for
their respective companies, for the quarters
ending on the first Mondays in January,
April, July and October in each year, and
pay the tax imposed by this section. Said
oath shall be taken and subscribed before
any officer authorized to administer Oaths,
and filed in the Office Of the Comptroller"
Carried.
The section as amended was adopted.
Section 9, to repeal the tax on drummers
was taken up.
The discussion lasted till $50 P. NJ, when
the Senate took recess for an hour aud
half, reassembling at Z o'clock.
The ninth section, after some discussion,
was adopted.
The remaining sections of the bin were
adopted.
Three sections were added, imposing a
tax of So per annum on each hack and ON
nibus tax Of 500 per quarter on each
theatre; and repeating the tax on plumbers
and gas filters.
Mr.. Porter offered an additional section
to amend san act regulating the tax on in
surance companies" by imposing tax Of
two per cent. on the gross receipts on busi-
ness transacted in this State by life and fire
insurance companies, up to 100000, and
tax Of four per cent. on the gross receipts
over that amOunt-this tax to be in lieu of
all other taxes on insurance companies.
After some discussion the amendment
was rejected.
Mr.. DuBOse moved an amendment to re-
peal section of an act to fix the State tax
on property. The object of the amend
ment was to repeal the section increasing
the tax on privileges fifty per cent.
Mr.. Clarke opposed the amendment as a
dodge to reduce the tax on liquor dealers.
Mr.. DuBOse replied at considerable
length denying that the amendment was for
the benefit of liquor dealers, but that the
Gd Udlorem tax having been reduced, he de-
sired to reduce the tax on privileges to
corresponding rate.
The amendment was rejected, ayes IA,
noes s.
The bill then passed on third reading.
Ayes-Messrs. Brandon, Clarke, Cooper,
Coulter, Haines, Hughes, Jones, Merritt,
Patterson, Porter, Ridley, Staley, Tharpe,
Tolley, Warren, Windle, Young and Speak
er Vaughn-lS.
NOes-Messrs. DuBose, Gibson, McCon-
nell and Sevier-4.
NEW BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Merritt: Bill 20 permit collectors