Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-24

taking and carrying away the personal
property of another of value over 80
and under S25, and grand larceny shall
consist in the feloniouss taking away
the personal property Of another Of
s25 and upwards; that the larceny of
personal property OF the value Of 80
and under shall De declared high
misdemeanor and shall be punished
| by fne Of not less than $50 nor moro
than $3.50, at the discretion of the jury
/ trying the same and by imprisonment
In the county Jail where convicted,
not less than one nor more than five
years at the discretion of the Jury try
ing the same, and that any person so
convicted shall be compelled to work
on the public highways in the county
where convicted, during the whcie
period for which he was sentenced,
except when physically unable from
sickness, and until he pay all the cost
which accrued in the prosecution of
the cause, and also the fine adjudged
against him, and that he be allowed
75 cents for each day he may labor
upon such highways And when any
person has been convicted of any Of
tense and has been fined and sentenced
to confinement in jail for any period
of time, he shall be compelled to work
upon the public highways of said
county during the period for which he
was sentenced, and until he works out
the fine and cost adjudged against him,
at 20 cents per day, and to this end
Resolved, That this convention re-
commend that a law be passed creating
the Office of
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC ROADS
in each county to be filed by appoint
ment of the several County Courts,
and that persons sent to the county jail
as punishment, or for failure to Sc
cure the fine and cost adjudged against
him, be placed under the control Of
such Superintendent, under such re-
strictions as may be directed by law,
and that such persons be compelled to
labor upon such highways, under the
direction and control of the Superin-
tendent, until he is discharged accord
ing to law. And when any one county
may feel unable to pay salary sutfi
clent to support a superintendent for
taking charge of such prisoners and
working them upon the highways, that
two or more counties may join in en-
plOying Superintendent, and may
place the prisoners of their several
counties under his direction and con-
troll on such terms as they may agree
upon. The resolution was passed.
SALARY FOR ATToREY GENERALS.
Attorney General Mcknight offered
the following:
Resolved, That the Attorney Gen.
erals of the different judicial circuits
for the prosecution of all felonies be
allowed stated salary of $500 per
annum, to be paid quarterly out of
the State Treasury, upon the warrant
of the Controller.
That for the prosecution of misde-
meanors, he be allowed the same fee
as the law now provides in cases of
conviction, and that in no case of ac-
quital of misdemeanor, in which the
county has the cost to pay, shall be
entitled to any fee, and that all laws
in conflict with this resolution be re-
pealed.
The resolution was not adopted.
CONTINUANCEs.
Attorney General Morgan offered
the following, which was adopted;
Resolved, That we respectfully re-
commend the repeal of section sos
of the Code which gives defendants
zone continuance upon affidavit that
that there IS too great an excitement
to his prejudice to core to trial at the
first term at which the case was triA-
| ble." and that this c-snse of continu-
ance, like all others, should be left to
the sound discretion CT the court.
sEvERANCEs.
Judge Flipeu offered the following:
Resolved, That the act of the Leg
islature granting severances to defen-
dants on their simple application, be
repealed, as the statute greatly increas-
es the costs to the State and county,
and is never necessary to an innocent
person.
Adopted.
ADDRESS.
The following named persons were
appointed a committee on address, in
pursuance with the resolution to that
effect on Wednesday: Judges Rice,
Fite and Hickerson.
On motion of Attorney General Nor
gan, committee consisting of Judges
McLemore, Flippen and HOgle was
appointed for the purpose of laying
before the next legislature the result
of the labOrs of the convention.
THANKS.
On motion of Attorney General Nor
gan a vote of thanks was returned
Judge Guild, Chairman of the Con-
vention, and Attorney General Hacker,
Secretary, for the efficient manner in
which those gentlemen had discharged
their duties, and also to the reporters
of the city press for the manner in
which the proceedings of the conven-
ton have been reported.
ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE.
The business before the convention
having been disposed of and motion
been made to adjourn sine de, Judge
Guild arose and after thanking the
convention for the honor conferred
upon him in calling him to the chair
and in the complimentary resolution
just adopted, said he was satisfied that
the convention had not adopted sim
gle proposition which was not of
most important character and that if
the measures of reform suggested be
carried out by the Legislature. an an
nual saving of at least 500, 600 would
be saved and the liberties of the peo-
pie better secured.
He then declared the convention
adjourned.
GRANGER Andrew johnson to q
representative of the Knoxville Press
and Herald says: "The history Of the
world will demonstrate that in all
national emergencies, when political
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