The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-03-31
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE
SOME or THE MOST IMPORTANT
LARS ENACTED.

La WIS ENA CITED.
The number Of bills passed into
laws is 1O4-out of over 800 intro
duced. Many of those passed are
of no great interest or value. The
following we regard as the most i'm
portant:
L. THE ASSESSMENT LAw.-This
will be found to be an Improvement
on the law of 1878, and free from
its odious features. The full text of
the law is published on our first page
to-day.
2. THE Law ABoLIsH1NG THE Of
FIcE OF TAX COLLECTOR, and devolv-
ing the duty on the Trustee and af-
ter him on the Constable. This law
is well considered. and will save mo-
ney and secure the revenue better
than the old system.
8. THE JURY LAw.-This makes
Jury trials in civil cases optional,
and taxes the losing party with jury
costs.
4. THE WORK HOUSE BILL
This raises the grade of petit larce-
ny to $50 in value, and makes it a
misdemeanor punishable by fine and
Imprisonment, as other misdemean-
ors. Makes the convicted party pay
or work out the costs and fine in all
misdemeanor cases. The law will
save a great deal to the State, as it
will relieve the penitentiary of more
than half its convicts, and of the
costs of their conviction, and will
alse save much to the counties.
5. THE RAILROAD TAX BILL
The House amendment to this bill
we regard as very Objectionable and
injurious, but as the law stands it
will bring to the treasury nearly or
quite 100000.
6. LOST DEEDs.-It is now permit
ted by law to register the copy of
lost deed which has not been the
case heretofore.
Z. To ENCOURAGE Wool GROW
ING.-The passage of this law of
itself proves that a majority of the
members of the seth General As
sembly do not desire reelection. It
taxes dogs, of high or low degree,
one dollar each, and those of the fe-
male persuation five dollars, and
makes it a misdemeanor to keep
either without paying the tax on
them.
s. Treasury WARRANTs.-An
act causing the Comptroller to issue
his warrants in Is, Is, 5s, &C., for
ordinary current expenses. These
warrants, amounting to over half a
million annually, will, it is thought.
circulate as money, and be in this
way some relief.
8, To RELIEVE TAX PAYERS
The law suspending all penalties or
sales for the taxes of 1874 till No
vember, 1875. The necessity of this
law is much greater in Middle and
West Tennessee than in East Ten
nessee, but its effects will be felt
even here.
10. The FENCE HALL.-This
changes the hight of lawful fences to
four feet.
II. CORPORATIONS Num-
cipal Corporation law, providing for
the organization of municipal cor
porations by election and the certi-
ficate of the Secretary of State and |
the Private Corporation law, provid- /
ing for the organization of joint
stock companies of all kinds in an
easy way.
10. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
This law fixes the pay of County Su-
perintendent of public instruction |
at 81 for each certificate and 81 for |
each school in the county, if he Wis
its it twice.
IA. The law compelling judges
to give in charge to grand juries the
law in regard to discrimination.
Is. The increase of the jurisdic-
ton of Justices to $1,000 in civil
causes.
Is. MIGRANTS. - The Migrants
are to have hard time of it. 1t is
made q misdemeanor for any person
who, having no visible means of sub
sistonce, neglects to apply himself
or herself to an honest calling.
is defined as lettering
about saloons or dram shops, gamb-
ling houses, or houses of ill-fame, or
tramping or strolling through the
country without visible means of
The punishment prescribed
is no less than Eve dollars nor more
than twenty-five dollars, or imprison-
ment in the county work-house for
not less than ten days nor more than
twelve months. 1t is made the duty
of peace officers to arrest all such
persons and carry them before some
justice of the peace.
II. IT WILL PAY TO PAY UP.-
All persons owing taxes levied dur
ing the years 1884, are relieved of
the penalties fixed and prescribed in