Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-25
UNION AND AMERICAN.
SINE DIE.
Adjournment of the 39th Gen
eTal Assembly.
What Was Done at the Wind
Up of the Session.
Cane Presentations to Speakers
Paine and Bond
SINE DIE.


sENATE
WEDNESDAY, March 24-The Speake
called the Senate to order at 9 A. NJ, al
the members present.
THANKS TO SPEAKER PAINE.
Mr.. Ellis offered the following, whicl
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that our thanks are due anC
hereby rendered to Thos. n. Paine, Speak
er of The Senate, for the able and efficien
manner in which he has presided over The
deliberations Of this body, prompt in at
tendance upon his official duties, presiding
with dignity and firmness, quick in percep
tion-his impartial rulings have detieC
criticism-his candOr has challenged admi.
ration, and his courteous demeanOr has re-
fected honor and credit upon an honorable
position.
THANKS TO THE OFFICERS OF THE SEN
ATE.
Alr. Hodges offered a resolution Of thank:
TO .no. E. Helms, Principal Clerk, G.. L
Ridley, Assistant Clerk, Miss Emily Pey-
ton, Engrossing Clerk, and to the officers
and employees Of the Senate. Unanimous
ly adopted.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
1ir. Logan, from the committee Of con
ference on the appropriation bill, reported
as follows: That the House recede from its
amendment striking out $3.50 for ThOmp-
son & Steger's Code for the Senate; all the
clerks Of the Senate be allowed s. per day,
and the mileage Of the members Of the
House who were upon the committees visit
ing Knoxville and Memphis be stricken
ont and expenses inserted. The report was
adopted.
HOUSE Bills or THIRD HEADING.
For the benefit Of Franklin Academy al
JaclzsbOrO. Passed.
To amend the charter Of the town q
Mason. Passed.
To change the name Of PortersTille and
extend its boundaries. Passed.
To repeal the law allowing county courts
10 change county lines. Passed.
To repeal section Of an act passed Jan,
10, 1888. Passed.
To change tie boundary line between
the counties OF RO4Ee ana LOudOn, Passed
To allow the town Of Erin to elect Z
Justice Of the Peace. Passed.
For the sale Of the school lands in Hardin
county. Passed.
For the contraction and extension Of cor.
p0ratiOGs. Passed.
Making it a misdemeanOr for County
Court clerks to fail, or refuse to record the
name Of Justices Of the Peace in voting
upon any appropriation Of county money.
Passed.
Relative to the collection Of judgments
In favor Of the State. Passed.
To change the time Of holding the
Chancery Court in the 9th Division.
Passed.
THE SHELBY DELEGATION.
Mr.. Quarles, from the special joint CON-
mittee appointed to Investigate the charges
made BIZ the NelJ Orleans Times against
the Shelby county delegation, reported that
they had sent repeated communications TO
The editors and prOprietOrs Of that paper
asking that some evidence, or some shadow
of evidence. be furnished the committee by
which they could proceed to investigate,
and up to the hour of making their report
they had failed TO do so. At
ter waiting for some weeks, and finding
out that, instead of bringing forward
proof, or furnishing the least clue to proof,
as was promised in the Times, provided the
General Assembly would give the commit
tee sspOwer 10 send for persons and papers, p
the committee deemed it unnecessary to
delay their report any longer. Leaving the
Calumny ard the CulminatOrs to receive the
condemnation Of all honorable men, they
begged to be discharged from any further
consideration of the matter.
The report was adopted and the commit
tee discharged.
HOUSE AMENDMENTS.
House amendments TO Senate bill TO
create the Office Of Assistant Reporter,
striking out all after the enacting clause,
and inserting in substance a restoration OF
the copy right to the State Reporter, was
uOn-c0rcuued in.
House amendment to. Senate bill to
amend the act 10 establish a uniform sys-
TEN Of public schools was ConCurred in.
CANE PRESENTATION TO TIE SPEAKER.
Mr.. BLIZZARD, on behalf Of himself and
brother Senators, presented Speaker Paine
with an elegant gold-headed cane, bearing
the inscription: "FrOm the Senate OF the
3gth General Assembly Of Tennessee to
Thomas IL. Paine, Speaker, as token Of
esteem
The Speaker said in response: Gen tie
men Of the Senate-In accepting this token
Of your regard for me, language falteTs and
words prove Unavailing when l undertake
10 acknowledge the high value which l
place upon il, not so much for its intrinsic
worth, but because feel il is & testimonial
Of the appreciation on the part Of my
brother Senators Of my efforts TO discharge
with impartiality my official duty. Il
should be to me a mementO calling TO mind
the names and faces Of those with whom l
have been so pleasantly associated as Seua-
.o7s Of Tennessee, and over whose delibeTa-
lions l had the high honor TO preside; and,
as it may support my tOttering steps down
the declining path Of life, / shall remember
with pleasure the support its donors have
ever given me in The preservation Of order
and deCOrum as their presiling officer. To
YOU, sir, whom your fellow Senators have
selected to present this beautiful cane,
tender my thanks for the compliments you
paid me, and through you [ desire to &c
knowledge to the entire Senate my warm
est thanks for the kindness and courtesy
have eve. received at the hands Of the
Senate.
Mr.. Emmert said:
AIr. Speaker: Il may be appropriate for
me 10 say a few words to the Senators
present. We have been associated To-
gether for seventy-dve days in the discharge
Of our official duties. ! belong to that po-
litical party that has only one other mem
Der in this body; but if a stranger had been
here and witnessed our proceedings, he
could not have told who were Democrats
or who We're Republicans. l shall always
remember with grateful feelings the c0ur-
tesy and kindness with which ] have been
treated by every member Of this body, be-
lieving as ] do that they have been actu-
ated 10y the desire 10 promote the welfare
and prosperity Of the people Of the great