Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-20
Legislative Proceedings.

So far the proceedings of the Legislature
have not been interesting. We give some
of the more importont proceedings report.
Committee on Apportionment was APP
pointed rs follows:
State at Lafge-Mr. Frierson, First
Congressional District-Mr Carr. Second
Congressional District-DIr Parker. Third
Congressional District-Mr. Cliff. Fourth
Congressional District-Mr, Jones. Fifth
Congressional Distriet-Mr. Cheatham.
Sixth Congressional District-Mr. Gordon.
Seventh Congressional Distriet-Mr. Nc
Glothlin. Eight Congressional District
Mr. Harris. .l s.t
COST OF PUBLISHING SUPREME COURT RE-
PORTS. -. r-f-
BY Mr.. Martin: Joint resolution re-
uuesting the Comptrollef to furnish a conf
isarative staton,ent of the cost of printing
the Supreme Court reports under the act
passed at the last session. Adopted.
HOUSE BILLs ON SECOND READING.
Authorizing the election of a County
Judge for Carroll county. Passed. r..
Authorizing towns of 5000 inhabitants
to issue bonds to the amount of $4,000.
Passed.
To expedite business in the various courts
of the State. Passed.
To appoin a commission for each grand
division of the State 10 dispose of the ac-
cumulated business on The Supreme Court
dockets. Passed.
10 regulate practice iR the inferior and
Supreme Courts. Passed,
Thursdays Assembly proceedings were
as follows: .s ...
Senators Earnest, Gibson and Greene
were appointed a committee to examine
into the boundary dispute between Vir-
! ginia and Tennessee. ..
Mr.. Gibson explained that in surveying
the line between Virginia and North Caro-
lima, before Kentucky and Tennessee We're
erected into independent States, there was
n difference of seventeen miles between
the surveyors representing the two States.
In 1920, after Tennessee and Kentucky
became States, this boundary dispute was
revived and was settled by joint ccm-
mission appointed by the two States. The
northern line was adopted from Cunaber-
land Gap TO the Tennessee river, where
the southern line was followed to the Mis-
sissippi river, thus cutting strip of seven
teen miles Off this State from the Taanes-
see river to the Mississippi. This settled
the question between Tennessee and Ken
tueky. Virginia now claimed that the
southern line was the correct oAe, and
that strip of Tennessee territory seven
teen miles wide extending from Cumber-
land Gap TO the North Carolina boundary
belonged to Virginia.
The Banner gives the follow-ag summa-
ry of proceedings
The economical mood of tie House was
further evfnced by abolshing two clerk
ships, and refusing to mako, small ap-
Precipitation for postage staLaps.
A resolution offered by Ntr Enloe looks
to saving a large amount 4, State warrants
which were put cup the spout on State
prison account. 1t wa take $50, ,00A in
cash to redeem them.
Mr.. McGhee introd iced bill which
provides for cancelinG, instead of burning
Bank of Tennessee notes. Any way Will
suit us, so. the stutRis gotten ritt Of as
| quickly as possible.
House bill with regard to the issue Of
bonds by small tGYns-" of not less than
| 500 nor more than 90, 900 inhabitants "
-and that Amending the act of last ses-
sion, for the admission of patients 70 the
| Insane Asylum, were passeaon third read
hing, and considerable new business was in
| troduced,
We take the Bdnner'8 summary Of Leg
islatiye proceedings, fog, as whole, it is
uniRtsIesting. The Banner says
Hhe most important business acted upon
| yesterday in the General Assembly was
the passage by the House of Mr.. Martin Is
bill for the resale of lands heretofore sold
for taxes. After a breezy debate, that
body refused to amend that provision OF
the bill which vests In the Governor the
appointment of the Commissioners to sell
such lands, but the Senate thought differ
emily, and made the Office elective by the
County Courts.