Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-24
NASHVILLE.
Legislative Proceedings Important Ae-
tioR Of the State eaeher's As
socIatiOn-General Items.
Special 10 the Appeal


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oners to appoint deputies.
By Mr.. Lindsey, a bill to secure q
just Compensation for sherifts and con-
stables.
By Mr.. Williamson, bill to regulate
appeals from the Recorders Court Oi
Memphis.
By Mr.. Williamson, a bill extending
the law relative TO revenue collectors.
By Mr.. Kerr, bill to benefit musical
corporations in legal proceedings.
By Mr.. Latin, a bill TO regulate con-
tested elections.
BY Mr.. Maffit, bill to prevent frauds
in elections, by providing punishment
for those who impose on voters that can
not read.
By Mr.. Jeup, bill to authorize rail
road companies TO change their gauge.
By Mr.. Cummings, bill to regulate
the pay of district-attorneys, so as not
| to exceed one thousand dollars a quarter
for prosecuting felOnies.
By Mr.. Hughes, a bill to regulate the
salaries of clerks, not allowing over four
thousand dollars.
Petitions from various counties to be
supplied with copies of the revised code.
BY MIR. Trousdale, petition to repeal
the law requiring insurance companies
from other States to deposit twenty
thousand dollars.
SENATE
Mr.. Hughes offered 6 resolution direct
ing the State Railroad Commissioner TO
defer the sale of the Manchester and
McMinnville railroad until the first of
May next.
The following new bills were referred !:
By Mr.. Hughes: To exempt from tax
alton the property of soldiers of the war
of 1872.
BY Mr.. Smithson: To amend the reg
istration laws; also, to regulate the
proceedings for the sale of land for
taxes.
By Mr.. Warren: To define the duties
of judges, clerks and grand jurors.
By Mr.. Tillman: To prevent unjust
discrimination of railroad freights.
BY Mr.. Robertson: To amend the lien
laws.
Senate bills on third reading:
Allowing manufactures to sell their
products without a license. Rejected.
Repeating the act allowing agricultu-
raj societies to distribute prizes. Passed.
Several Intellectual efforts being made
to amend the repeal act, giving to ag
ricultural societies permission to have
prize lotteries, the House adjourned till
Monday, twenty-seyenth. The propo-
sition was strenuously opposed by
Messrs. Kerr, Hink and others, but ulti-
mately prevailed, despite the strong ar
gument on the other side.
STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
In the State Teachers Association DR..
..fF.ar,I raurl,sffnv, H.
Legislature to render plain the right to
tax by districts for school purposes.
a. P. Yancy said that in order to Sc
cure the establishment of a successful
free-school system the prejudices of the
people must be removed. He offered
the following suggestions: To make it
the duty of tax assessors to get
the scholastic population and pre-
sent the same TO the County
Commissioners; TO increase the State
poll-tax TO one dollar; levy a small prop
erty tax; keep as a separate fund what
is paid by the colored population; have
no free schools, but let the public fund
be paid to the regular schools in the
shape of tuition; give to each county
the right TO increase its public fund
to whatever amount it sees pTOper.
Mr.. Caldwell read a lengthy pap er
from Joseph Nelson, an old teacher at
Brownsville, upon the importance of
education and the necessity now exist
ing for the establishment of a practical
public school system.
Ex-Governor Brown presented the
following:
have discretion to organize schools in
A. in of
than three months during the wear,
according TO the amount of taxes levied
for school purposes by the county, the
term to be extended in proportion to the
funds derived from the State or other
sources.
In support of his resolution Governor
Brown said that he was anxious that all
class of children least able to help them
selves should be reached. He wished to
get the matter of schools started on
however a small scale in each county in
the State. Too many public men in
the State are disposed TO shrink from
this school question on account of the
taxation necessary. If the State was
in a healthy condition financially, l
would favor a grand State system of
free schools, but the thought of such a
ELtD l6 AOL duNlcfADlC a. DICSCuka
Mr. Richards thought the proper way
10 reduce our taxes was to get more men
to come in and help us to pay them
and he considered the best way to ac-
complish this end would be to establish
free schools, and thus induce immigra-
ton within our borders.
Dr. Elliott said that at last Tennessee
is determined TO be educated; that in
this State the old maxim is reversed, and
that it should be, Eastward the star of
empire takes its way"
Mr.. Coulter said that the Comptroll-
er's report showed that East Tennessee
was decreasing and not increasing in
material resources.
Mr.. Edmondson presented the follow
ing:
ResOlUed, That we most respectfully
suggest the passage by the Legislature
of common school law providing for a
State tax sufficient to meet the educa-
tional requirements, and giving to the
counties the right to add to the amounts
provided by the State.
Ex-Governor Brown offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That ii is expedient that the
school fund of the State, together with
its accumulated interest, should be fund
ed, along with all the other debts and
liabilities Of the State, the interest to be
paid semi-annually, a separate account
to be kept, and the proceeds annually
paid out to the different counties, ac-
cording to their scholastic population.
Adopted.
The Memorial Committee presented
the following:
De9n1s.of rnhut tho Aar,aarsr1
mittee be instructed to memorabilia the
Legislature in favor of a system of pub
lie free schools, with the following alI-
thOrities: A State board Of education, a
State superintendent, a comfy board
of education, a district school COM
missioner, with the usual powers
granted to such authorities, and that the
Memorial Committee be instructed to
memOrialize the Legislature to provide
the following means to carry out and
maintain the public free schools of
the State, tO-wit: The proceeds of
State and the interest thereon,
which shall be funded in the
bonds Of the State at the rate of six per
cent. per annum; also TO levy State
pOll-tax Of one dollar on all persons
subject to such tax, and that the COM
mittee memorable the Legislature to
enact such several laws IS shall author
ize the Courts of Chancery to incorPo-
rate school districts, as towns, for the
purposes Of taxation for school purposes.
Adopted as given above.
The election Of officers resulted as fol-
lows:
President-Judge Samuel Watson.
observation-disclosures Nicholson,
T. 7. Eaton, ]. A. Richardson, N. w.
"a Connell, w. A. Smith, r. w. Hum
phreys, j. n. Coulter, A. B. Haynes.
Corresponding Secretary-Dr. j. B.