Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-09

ana nraW pay; and provides that WheT
there are two or more Justices in an
civil district tney shall attend alternate
y; aud makes twO-thirds of the justice
entitled to attend quorum; and give
his quorum all the powers and jurisGiC
ton now possessed by the quarterl.
courts.
Mr. Gibson is taking the right ste
Tor reform; aud, although Republican
10 politics, he is none the less earnest il
his motives and energetic in his effort
to secure measures that are calculated t
save the country useless expense. He
an able man, and ws prominent Stat
senator two years since.
NEW BILLS.
The new bills introduced were as fol
lows:
By Mr.. Gates: To establish conven
dODal rate of interest.
| By Mr.. Walker: To authorize the SALE
Of academy property under certain cir
cumstsnces.
By MIR. Leeper. To change the line
between the counties of Jefferson and
Hamblin.
| By Mr.. LedgerwOOd: To allow Knox
county an additional notary public.
By Mr.. Pond: TO repeal an act estab-
| fishing constitutional rate of interest.
By Mr.. Ledgerwood: To change the
time Of holding the criminal court ol
Knox county.
By Mr.. Ledgerwood: To provide for
the counter-signsture of license by the
clerks Of the circuit courts.
By Mr.. Gibson: To more effeetually
secure the revenue received by clerks
and justices.
By Mr.. Gates: To regulate the fees
and commissions of the CLERKS Uf the
several courts.
By Mr.. Gibson: To abolish the quo
rum courts and devOlye their powers
upon the chairman.
By Mr. Gibson: To lesson the term of
the quarterly courts and the number of
its justices. 1t abolishes the January
and July terms, and substi utes April
and. October; it provides for only one
justice from other civil districts, and
two from the cOunty-seat.
By Mr.. Bell: To repeal code section
By Mr.. Neal: To enable aliens to
acquire and convey real estate.
BY Mr.. Parker: To extend the juris-
diction Uf justices of the peace to any
amount in confession of judgment.
By Mr.. East: To enlarge the remedy
of fOrcible detainer ard other purposes
By Mr. East: To define the powers of
married women over their own property
By Mr.. East: Rela i've to tax-col-
lectors, to give them a remedy where
they have had to make up deficit Of
dues.
BY Mr.. Porter: To regulate the vote
Oi interest.
BY Mr.. Giers: To dispense with trial
by jury, except when demanded by
parties Iitigaut.
By MIR. East: To define what proper
ty is by the constitution exempt from
taxation, and what the legislature does
exempt and what it taxes.
By Mr. COOper: 20 repeal code Sec
ton 3l37, aud o re-enact 50 much OF
code section 1852 ss was therein re-
pealed.
By Mr., Adams: To purchase New
Madrid bend, next to Lake cJua'y, from
the Stale of Kentucky.
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Cum nings offered a resolution
the Jewish rabbi among
those invited to open the daily sessions
with prayer. Lies over.
By Mr.. Mstbes: To provide for the
election Of cOmpGrO Ter and treasurer
on the ninth.
By Mr.. Morgan: To proceed with the
election of these Offices on the twelfth
By Mr.. Garienhire: To print thirty
five copies of the governors mess 'ge.
NEW MADRID BEND.
To-day Mr.. Adams, of Lake county,
introduced a bill to purchase the section
of land known as New Madrid" from
the State of Kentucky, for a sum ON
which the interest at six per cent shall
not exceed the amount of revenue annu-
ally derived from the territory. The ter
ritOTy referred to adjoins ana is imme-
diately west Of Lake county, Tennessee,
and entirely separated from Fulton
county, Kentucky, of which it is part.
Egress aud ingress to the territory caE
only be had through Tennessee. The
area of land composing this cut off is
about third OF the size of Lake county.
the soil is fertile, and the plantations
entirely above high water. Owing to
the isolation of the land from Kentucky,
and its connection with Tennessee, the
inhabitants wish to berOme citizens of
Tennessee. The land is bounded by the
Mississippi river on the north, west and
south, and by Lake county, Tennessee, /
on the east. It is one hundred and sixty
miles north OF Memphis. The proposed
purchase would be advantageous to Ten
nessee, and especially to Memphis.
THE COMPTROLLER INvEsTIGA ALTON.
This afternoon the comm ttee at once
organized to investigate the cOmptrOl-
lelship matter. 1t is evident that a
full investigation will be made, and in
no sense will it be partisan, TOR while
there are but six Radicals in the house,
three of the seven committeeman are
Radicals. The committee is composed
OF DR. Noblett, who offered the TesOlu
tiOn, Messsrs Cummins, Lea, Barnard
(RadicalJ, Brooks (RadicaD, Gibson
Radical), aud GardeDhiTe. The invest.
igation may not be made until after the
election of comptroller.
THE SENATE.
The senate met aJ ten o'clock, and the
speaker announced the following stand
ing committees:
Finance, Ways and Means-Overton,
Wilson, MOsley, Butler, Polk
and Marye.
Ciaims-RagIand, Trotter, Jordan,
Hodges, Ellis and Jones.
Education and Common Schools
Marye, Mosley, Turiey, Alden, Butler
and Polk.
Judiciary-Quarles, Logan, Blizzard,
Aden, Marye, Smith, Marchbanks and
Wade.
Internal Improvements-PO Tur-
ley, Blizzard, Buchanan, Smith and
Alden.
Military Affairs-Jones, Qusrles, Will
son, Jordan, Overton and Wade.
New Counties and County Lines
Marchbauks, Turley, Ellis, Hodges,
Polk and Butler.
Penitentiary - Buchanan, TrOtter,
Jones, Haynes, Enmert and Mostly.
Banks-Logan, Wilson, Smith, Wade
and Marye.
Federal Relations - Blizzard, Polk,
Turley, Quarles, Marchbanks and Ellis.
Public Roads Ordan, MOsley, Boyd,
Ellis and Jones.
enrolled Bills - Alden, Morgan,
Marehbanks, Turley, Butler and ROdg-
ers
Public Grounds and Buildings Crot-
ter, MaTye, Tarley, Haynes, Butler and
Wilson.
Charitable Institutions-Boyd, Bu-
chanan, Ellis, Turley, Hodges and Rag
land.
Agriculture, Manufactures and Miu-
ing-WilsOn, MOsley, Hodges, Haynes,
Emmert and Polk.
Tippling Houses and Tippling-Hodg
es, Jones Haynes, Jordan, TrOtter and
Ellis.
Public Printing Wade, Overton.
Ellis Turley and Snith.
Commerce Haynes, Buchanan,
Troiter, Smith, Marye ami Quarles.
immigr ton furley, jones, EN-