Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-14
House OF Representatives.

The House was called to order at 10
A. NJ, Speaker McGaughey in the Chair.
NEW BILLS.
By Mr.. Friers Onto protect game in
Maury county.
By Mr.. Tillman-To amend the act
authorizing subscriptions to railroads.
APPoRTIoNMENT.
The House bill for redisricting the State
was returned from the Senate, amended so
as to put Moore county (this county had
been omitted entirely from the original
Hoase billy in the Fifth District. The
amendment was concurred in.
SENATE BILL ON SECOND READING.
To provide for the erection of suitable
buildings for the School for the Blind.
Passed and made special order for to-mor-
row at IL A. NJ.
THE FUNDING BILL,
as it passed the Senate and was immateri-
ally amended, came up on third reading,
being the special order for IL o'clock.
A minority report had been read during
the morning, and signed by Mr.. Jesse &.
Brown, ofthe committee on Finance, Ways
and Means. Mr.. Brown opposed the pas
sage of the bill on several grounds; among
others, on the ground that it was in ex-
treme uncertainty whether or not the State
would be liable for the Torbett issue.
A motion was made to consider it section
by section, which failed by vote of 80
ayes, 20 noes.
Mr.. Cummins offered an amendment
enumerating certain so called claims against
the State, the Torbett issue among them.
which we're not to be funded. --als
Mr.. Houk stated that the amendment
was unnecessary; that he, for one, as Re-
publican, was assuredly not disposed to
shoulder any Confederate war debt, but the
bill as it stood amply excluded any such
idea, and was perfectly satisfactory to those
who were most violently opposed to the
Torbett issue being redeemed.
Mr.. Elder wanted to know if Mr.. Cum
minis would support the bill if the amend
ment he proposed was adopted, to which
Mr.. Cummins replied that he would not
support the bill.
Mr.. Trousdale thought that the more the
bill was considered the more evident it be-
cane that it had been carefully digested
and perfected, and the best thing that the
House could do would be to vote for the
bill as q whole.
Mr.. Houk stated that while the original
bill set forth only what should be funded,
Mr.. Cummings amendment stated only
what should not be funded, leaving the gap
down for the possibly untold millions that
may have been issued at a time not known
of. Pending further discussion, the House
adjourned until 2:30 P. N.
Afternoon Session.
Mr.. Cummings proposed amendment was
considered at some length. Messrs. Cum
mings and Elder arguing for and against it
respectively.
1t was finally rejected by the following
vote:
Ayes-Mesrs. Beck, Brooks, Brown,
Cummings, Haynes, Head, Hughes, Hyder,
Jamison, Jeup, Kerr, Latin, G. W. Martin,
Mulverhill, Noblitt, Overton, Preston, B.
NJ. Tillman, Turner, West, Wester, Viii
lisns and Young-23.
Noes-Messrs. Allison, Blevins, Board,
j. r. Bond, Carnes, Cottrell, Couch, Den
ny, Duncan, Ecke |, Elder, Ferguson, Frier-
son, Harris, Houk, Feeble, Leach, Linds-
ley, Magill, Jesse Martin, Mofit, Il. r.
Moore, McCollum, McCampbell, McFar-
land, Mcleod, Orr, Patton, Peake, Pear
son, Perkins, Riggs, Russell, Rutledge,
Steger, Tate, Trousdale, Washington, VII
son, Wood, Worley and Speaker Nc
Gaughey-42.
A great many amendments were here Of
fered to the bill, none of them by friends OF
the bill, but many Of them by those OPP
posed to it, who offered their amendments
to cucumber it, if possible.
Mr.. McAdoo offered an amendment pro-
viding for paying the Secretary of State and
Comptroller so cents each Gnstead Of Is
cents as provided in the original billy for
registering bonds to be funded. Adopted.
Mr.. B. NJ. Tillman offered an amendment
making the rate of interest Of the proposed