Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-04
Legislative Summary.
Saturday, March I.

In the House, Mr.. Lindsley introduced
bill TO punish and prevent drunkenness
and to amend the tippling laws, which
provides that it shall be misdemeanOr for
any person to appear in state of intoXica-
ton in any of the public streets or public
places i'm this State, and makes it the duty
of all sheriffs or police officers, to arrest
without warrant all persons so found, and
carry them before any Justice or City Re
corder. If convicted, fine of from $40 to
$50 shall be imposed, or imprisonment in
the county Jail or workhOuse. It also
makes habitual drunkenness misdemean-
or, the convicted party to be fined from
81 to $50, and also be i'm mprisoned in the
county Jail for from one to six months. 1t
further gives grand juries inquisitOrial
powers concerning the offense of habitual
drunkenness, and requires the Judges of
the State to give the same in special charge
to grand juries, the Attorney General to
have $40 for each conviction, and $40 where
a true bill is found, but no conviction had.
All fines arising under the act to go to
county public schools. It makes all per-
sons convicted of being an habitual drunk
ard ineligible to any office of profit or
trust, whether State, county or municipal,
for period of one year from date of con-
viction. Any person may be retired for
the same offense, after six months from
any former conviction. 1t makes it the
duty of all venders of spirituous. vinous or
malt liquors, to keep constantly posted in
conspicuous place in their business houses
a printed copy of this act. A fine of from
So to $50 shall be imposed for q violation
of this section. sf---r
Bills were also introduced by Mr.. Tate,
to provide the speedy trial and punish
ment of small offenses; by Mr.. H.. K.
Moore, to change the line between Frank
lin aud Moore by Mr.. Patton, to provide
for the printing of briefs in cases where
the State is party; by Mr.. Kerr, to ex-
tend the term of corporations.
Senate bills to define the rights and
privileges of gas companies to be hereafter
Incorporated and to authorize parties to
sever in criminal cases, were passed on
their third reading. .-a
House bills to increase the jurisdiction
| and provide compensation of the Judges of
the Criminal Courts of the County of
Montgomery and district of Knoxville !;
to provide for the remanding of causes
wherein sale is ordered and confirmed by
| the Supreme Court to the Court whence
the appeal was taken to authorize the
erection of a dam in Nolachucky river,
were passed on third reading. House bill
to give County Courts the power to change
county lines, failed to pass on its third
reading for want of constitutional ma
jority.
In the Senate, Mr.. Mcconnell, of Trous-
dale. presented petition from the citizens
of Clay county, relative to the erection OF
court house In that county. Bills were
introduced by Mr.. Leake to appropriate
$4,000 for the erection. of suitable build
ings for the Tennessee School for the blind;
| by Mr.. Melton, authorizing the Comptrol-
Ter to pay Hiram Little the expenses he in
Cured in arresting John Bowles; by Mr.:
PatteD, defining the duties of railroad
companies. Bill to grant to Nashville
certain grounds for public hospital was
rejected
cused and amended, but not finally dis
posed of. -.1