Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-14
TENNESSEE.

SpeclN 10 the Appeal
NASHVILLE, March l5.-In the house
Mr.. b. NJ. Tillman offered an amend
ment to the act authorizing county sub
scriptions to railroads, and to repeal
section ll45 Of the code.
The house began the consideration, as
the special order Of the day, the senate
funding hill on third reading, ana de
voted most OF the day to somewhat
excited discussion.
Various amendments We're proposed.
The following new bills were intro
duced in the senate:
BY Mr.. james: authorizing cities
with twenty thousand people TO issue
bonds to the amount Of one million dol
lars for the erection Of gas works.
BY Mr.. McKenna: To regulate the
fees of county officials So that sheTitfs,
iailers, revenue collectors, trustees and
attorneys-general shall for the first year
OF their official terms retain fees, com
missions, etc, not exceeding eight
thousand dollars, and pro rata fees for
the succeeding wears CT their terms.
BY Mr.. James. To regulate the pow
ers of municipal corporations.
BY Mr.. Tillman: TO prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors within four miles
OF schools and colleges.
The senate Joint resolution authOriz-
ing the governor to settle with the Min
eral Home railroad company was
adopted.
The following senate bills were on
third reading: To erect an additional
insane asylum, and appropriating sew
enty-five thousand dollars therefor, said
asvlum to be located in East Tennessee.
BY Mr.. Snipes: An amendment pro-
viding for the erection OF similar hos
pital, at the same cost, in West Ten
nessee.
BY Mr.. Allison: An amendment pro-
vidfng that the commissioners TO select
the sites of such institutions reside in
Middle Tennessee.
The amendments were agreed to and
the bill passed third reading 10y vote
Of Is to 8.
The senate bill to levy privilege tax,
embracing one hundred and Eve items,
came up on third reading, the first six
ty-five items being disposed of before
the adjournment
Amendments were freely applied in
some, and most deliberately discussed.
Speaker Lacey made an earnest and
able argument against tax for priyi-
lege on legitimate and useful mercan-
tile pursuits.
Mr. Snipes moved to reduce the tax
on mercantile privileges to one-haf the
present rate, but it.falled.
The minority report of Mr.. Brown, OF
the finance committee, on tie funding |
bill was presented in the house. Mr.. |
Brown opposed the passage of the bill 4
on the ground that it w2s an extreme /
whether or not The State |
would be liable for the Tor5ett issue.
A motion was made to consider it sec
ton by section, which Called by vote
of 81 ayes, % noes. !
Mr.. Cumins offered an amendment |
certain sO-called claims |
against the State, known as the Torbett |
issue, which Were not TO be funded.
Mr.. Houk stated that the amendment ]
was unnecessary, the bill as il stood |
amply extending such idea as was per- |
fectly satisfactory to those who were
most violently opposed TO the TOrbett
issue being redeemed.
Mr.. Elder wanted 10 know if Mr.. |
Cummins would support the bill if the
he proposed was adopted, to !
which Mr.. Cummins replied that he
would not support the Dill.
Mr.. Trousdale thought that the more
the bill was considered the more evident
il became that il had been carefully di- |
gested and perfected, and the best thing
the house could DO was to pass the bill
as a whole.
Mr.. Houk stated that while the origi-
nal bill stated only ywhat should be fund
ed, Mr.. Cummins's amendment stated
only what should not be funded, leav-
ing the gap down for the possibly untold
millions that have been issued at time
not known Of
Mr.. Cummins's amendment was re-
jected 10y forty-two 20 twenty-five.
Mr.. Cummins addressed the house at
length in opposition to the
bill, giving historical instances in sup
port of his position.
At the night session Elder Tate Lind |
sley spoke in support of the funding bill. /
Mr.. Nesbett in opposition. No result
had been reached at the time Of ad-
journment.