Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-12
Business transacted by the Legislature
Yesterday Bill to License Physl-
oians-The Railroad Tax.
The Preferred Creditor Clause OF the
Funding Bill RepeaIed-6OTernOr
POrte's IuauguratiOH-The
Little Rock Read.
The West Tennessee Insane Asylum
New School LaW-HObbs aud his
Friends WaRted-LOuisiana
still In the hOuse.

Special TO the Appeal
NASHVILLE, January Il.-In the GEN.
ate tue following new bills OF import
ance Were prfsented:
Be- 1fr. OFertou: To lessen the num-
igtsfa1Sr r'<~~---n ges IN criminal cases.
By Mr.. Butler: To empower counties
to create a sinking fund, levying a tax
not to exceed ten cents, the object OF the
sinking fund being to pay the county in
dehtedness.
By Mr.. Ellis: To provide for the estab-
lishment of a State board Of physicians,
to issue licenses to physicians, etc., at
Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis.
Mr.. Hodges offered an amendment to
the railroad tax bill, including telegraph
lines and sleeping-cars. Agreed to and
referred.
The bill repeating that part of the
funding bill making holdeIs of State
bonds peiered creditors came up on its
third reading, through the finance COM
mittee, which recommended the adop-
ton of the amendment. The bill was
adopted unanimously, and Mr. Hodges
moved to reconsider it. On motion Of
Mr.. Smith, the motion TO reconsider was
tabled, thus fixing the status Of the
amendment without a possibility of the
State Teceding from its action.
The two houses met and counted the
vote for governor, and then appointed a
committee to wait on Governor Porter
to ascertain the time for his inaugura-
ton. H
In the house Mr.. Brooks offered a
resolution requesting the Tennessee
Laem bers of COM gTe5s TO use their infiu-
ence to secure the passage Of bill to
pay all United States bonds in legal
tenders.
4 resolution by Mr.. Harris relative to
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad
bonds was adopted.
Mr.. Peters moved the appointment of
a committee to consider that part of the
governors me ss8ge relative TO the loca-
ton of the " est Tennessee insane asy-
lum.
A number OF new bills were intro
duced:
BY Mr.. Bernard To make constables
collectors of revenue.
BY Mr.. Brooks: To repeal an act vest
ing the changing of county lines to cOun-
ty courts.
By Mr.. Orr: To amend an act estab-
fishing uniform public school system.
The bill provides for State superinten-
dent, district school superintendent, and
makes the county clerk er-OficiO super
intendeut for his county, 1hese are all
of the important bills offered.
The two houses met in convention and
counted the vote for governor, which
was: Porter, $40, ,56l; Maynard, 55,S47;
Brooks, 222.
When the house re. assembled Mr..
Cummins offered the following resOlu-
tiCn, which was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, IL has been Represented 10 this
house by the committee to investigate alleged
corruptions connected with the sale and pur
chase OF the cumptrolleTship, aud that w. a.
Hobbs has been duly subppnaed to at END as
a witness before said committee, and refuses
TO obey said subpoena, and TO attend as such
witness
NJ therefore 0 dered 6u the house, Tn the
speaker issue an attachment to the door keep
er, as sergeant alarms eX off1cio, command
ing hiIn TO arrest said w. w. Hobbs, and
bring MIN be ore the hou instanter, 20 be
uealt with according TO the will of this
house.
A like order for the arrest of William
NJ. Duncan, well known citizen and
banker of this city, was presented by
Mr.. Noblett, of Lincoln, and unanimous
ly adopted.
Mr.. Lea said Mr.. Duncan had been
summoned, but pleaded sickness and
had left for Louisville, Kentucky.
Mr.. Cummins said the affair was too
serious to admit OF delay, and offered a
motion 10 send officers iu quest of Hobbs
and Duncan. Adopted.
The affair has created much gossip.
HOBBS was sent for Saturday, but would
not obey the summons. Il is rumored
that he has fled the country. Duncan's
friends say he was called TO Louisville
on business, but will return Wednesday.
The committee have examined DR..
Morrow, State treasurer; Thomas Sean
Ion, Ooe OF the penitentiary lessees,
and H M'Adoo, of Waverly, member
of the last legislature. The investiga-
ton is taking a wider range than many
thou Sht it would, and much may be re-
vealed
Tie house failed to adopt the senate
Joint resolution relative to Louisiana, on
the ground that it had not fully cOnsid-
cred the matter. Mr.. Neal. q member
from Meigs, made strong speech in fa-
vor of the resolution. He was Fed
eral soldier during the war.