Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-06
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by the County Courts. Lies over.
By Mr.. Coulter: Appointing joint
committee to investigate and report
what amount of State bonds had been
loaned to each Of the railroads in the
State; and under what circumstances,
authority and restrictions sold; at what
prices and under what circumstances,
and through what influences was the
issuance Of these bonds obtained; at
what date were they authorized
to be issued, and also what
were the dates of their actual issuance;
which of the roads were completed at
the date Of the sale by the railroad
commissioners; ability of companies to
complete such Of the roads as were un-
finished, and what annual profit or loss
to the State by the running of these
roads by the State through the agency
of receivers. Lies over.
New Bills Referred:
By Mr.. Richardson: To facilitate the
Election of revenue.
BY Mr.. White: To give Magistrates
exclusive jurisdiction over misdemeanor
cases.
By Mr.. Smithson: To authorize At
torneys to appeal from judgm,yt re-
stricting them from the rolls of .ne Su-
preme Court.
BY Mr.. SmIthson: Authorizing rela-
tors in cases of writs of hd6eds corpus to
appeal to the Supreme Court.
By Mr.. Potter: To provide against the
evils arising from the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors by giving such persons as
are injured by such sale the right to sue
the person selling liquor, and the owner
of the building in which it is sold
The bill to take effect on and after the
fourth day of July, 1873.
BY Mr.. SmithsOn: Authorizing the
issuance Of writs of replevin upon TAX
ing the proper oath.
BY Mr.. Smithson: To authorize
County Courts to order executions
against guardians or sureties on account
of money due their wards.
By Mr.. White: Directing County
Courts to take possession of the jails Of
the State, and to elect jaiIors in April
next.
Tho Senate rejected the House bill to
increase Magistrates fees; also, the bill
to secure bOarding-hOuse keepers by
giving a lien on baggage.
The Senate bill to grant to the city
of Memphis the Memphis Hospital
Grounds, came up on third reading.
Mr.. Jones offered an amendment,
providing for the granting of certain
grounds belonging TO the State, known
as the Lunatic Asylum Grounds, and q
portion of the Hermitage grounds, to
the city of Nashville, for public purposes.
Mr.. Richardson, Chairman pro tenn,
ruled the amendment out of order.
The decision of the Chair was appealed
from, when the appeal was sustained
and the amendment rejected.
Mr.. Mcconnell (Blount) offered an
amendment providing that the ground
in question shall he used exclusively for
public hospital purposes, or otherwise re-
vert to the State. Agreed to.
Mr.. Jones offered an amendment pro-
viding that Memphis shall, within one
year after the act goes into effect, begin
the erection of a building, or buildings,
for a public hospital, TO be completed
within three years from the twenty-sec-
ond of February, 1873.
An amendment was offered to this
amendment striking out the Limitation
as to the time in which the building was
to be completed.
Mr.. Hughes moved to postpone the
further consideration Of the bill to the
first of March, 1873, at eleven o'clock.
Mr.. Lacey hRped the friends Of the
bill would oppose its postponement.
The motion 70 postpone was lost.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Jones,
as amended, was adopted.
The question then recurring was
upon the passage of the bill as amended,
and it was passed on the third reading
by the following vote: Yeas, Allison,
Coulter, James, Leake, Mckenzie,
Mcconnell, Trousdale, Melton, Rich
ards, Robertson, Smithson, Snipes,
White, Lacey-l4; nays, Brandon,
Hamilton, Hughes, Jones, Mccall,
Mardy, Morgan, Patton, Warren-9.
The following Senate bills passed the
I0lr0 reaul0g:
A bill to regulate appeal bonds in un-
written obligations for debtor. Passed,
By Mr.. Allen: To permit the people
of Grundy county to remove their coun-
ty seat. This was rejected because in
the petition sections 80 and 81 Of the
Code were not complied with, and i'll
did not limit and define liens on pro-
perty.
In the House Mr.. Eckel presented a
petition from the citizens of Jefferson,
asking the passage of law leaving to
vote of the civil districts the question
OF tippling.
New bills referred:
BY Mr.. Turner: For the benefit of
widows.
By Mr.. Steger: For the release of the
States interest in the Clarksville, Edge
field and Russelville turnpike road.
BY Mr.. Beck: Directing sheriffs, JUS
tices and constables to require persons
exercising privileges to refuse license
under suspicion, and TO show 10y what
authority they exercise the same
BY Mr.. Brooks: To equalize testimony
where the State is party, and amenda-
tory to sections of the code.
BY Mr.. Brown: To more perfectly
tDNlOu
BY Mr.. Couch: To repeal section of
the Code.
BY Mr.. Eckel: To require defendants
who rely upon the plea of insanity to
sustain the plea by evidence.
By Mr.. Leech: To repeal an act,
passed December IA, 1871, TO protect and
encourage manufactures.
By Mr.. Orr: To amend section 2 of an
act to amend the usury laws so as TO
make the same apply only to promis-
sorry notes.
By Mr.. Snyder: To amend section
l472 of the Code, exempting property
held for educational purposes to the
amount of five thousand dollars.
The following Senate bills were on
second reading: To allow parties de-
fendant, under certain circumstances,
TO sever as to themselves. Rejected.
To amend the law in regard TO the re-
ports of State officers. Passed. A bill
requiring County Courts to publish all
appropriations. Rejected. A bill reg
ulating the assignment of homestead
and dover in lands; this bill is In lieu
of the one making the homestead a part
OF the dover. Adopted and passed.
The following Senate bills were or