Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-31
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE ACCOM-
PLISHED.
A Resume of the Bills which the
General Assembly Have Made Laws.
From the Nashville Banner.

otherwise known as the dog law. This
repeal was hurried through, in conse-
queDce of the decision of the Supreme
Court, declaring the dog law unconsti-
tutional.
The bill repeating the conventional
interest law, aud making the legal rate
of interest SIX per cent, was one of the
important measures passed during the
session.
An act to be entitled AN act to de-
clare the terms on which foreign cor
porations organized for mining or man
ufacturing purposes may carry on their
business, and purchase, hold and con-
yey real and personal property in this
State" This act was passed allowing
all corporations to carry on business
under the laws of Tennessee, and was
especially for the benefit of the South
ern States Coal, Iron and Mining Com
pany," which proposes to invest one
half million of dollars In the coal re-
gions of Tennessee.
To deprive the State of the power
to borrow money, and to repeal section
q of the act passed March 1, 1869, en-
titled an act to amend the revenue
laws of the State.
To abolish the Office of County
Judge of Sumner county, and to au-
thorize the Justices of the County
Court to elect chairman thereof. A
bill similar to this, relating to David
son county failed to pass.
To create the county of Halves from
the counties of Carroll, Henderson,
Benton aud Decatur. 4 bill to create
the new county of Wisdom from the
counties of Lake, Lauderdale and 9TH
er counties failed to pass.
To change the time of the sessions
of the Supreme Court, and to make it
meet at Nashville in December, Jack
son in April, aud Knoxville in Sep
TENDER.
10 grant to the purchasers of rail-
roads under mortgage all the rights,
powers and privileges under the char
ter of the road so sold
To declare the mode and manner of
valuing the property of telegraph
companies for taxation, and of taxing
sleeping cars. This bill provides for
the taxing of telegraph companies sim
liar to the mode of taxing railroads
under an act passed March 10th, 1875.
To authorize municipal corporations
to settle their Indebtedness by issuing
new bonds at the rate of fifty cents on
the dollar.
An act to amend an act entitled IAN
act declaring the mode and manner OF
valuing the property of a railroad com
pany for taxation" passed March 20,
1879, and to adjust the rights of the
State and railroads in Tennessee I'M
der the decision of the Supreme Court,
| holding that the 11th section of said
act is unconstitutional. This bill sim
ply provides for assessors to be ap-
pointed to value the roads, for the
benefit of the different counties through
which the railroads run.
For the relief of counties wherein
the court houses and county records
have been burned, and especially for
the relief of Cooke county. This pro-
/ vides that all records, ETC., shall be re-
placed.
To prohibit the sale of Intoxicating
| liquors within four miles Of any insti-
| tuition of learning. This does not ap-
ply to incorporated towns.
To extend the time in which to col
lect the State and county taxes assessed
for the year 1876, until October 20.
1877, and municipal taxes until April
| 1st.
/ To exempt teachers of common
! schools from road and jury service.
To establish the salaries of State of.
/ fcers. This reduces the salaries OF
! the following State officers: Governor
/ from 81 900 to $1,000; Supreme Court
Judges from $1,000 to $500; Judges
/ of inferior courts and all special judges
( from $500 to $1,000 This bill, after
it receives the official sign ture of
/ the Governor, goes into effect after the
next general county election.
To amend an act passed June II,
1870, entitled an act regulating the
elective franchise in accordance with
/ Section 4 of Article l of the State Con-
stitution. This proJides that candi-
dates for Office can vote in any ward or
district in their county.
| 10 give the Chaucellors of the State
concurrent jurisdiction with the Cir
cult Court Judges in granting writs of
certiorari and supersedeas removing
causes from Justices Courts to Circuit
| Courts.
To repeal so much of the act to more
cheapiy collect State, county and mu-
nicipal revenue as relates to the col
lection of municipal revenue and to al
/ low corporations Of less than 5000 in
/ habitants to collect and disburse their
/ own revenue.
/ To place Memphis In the hands of a
/ receiver on application of creditors
! and when mandamus to the amount of
$3.50 900 shall have been sued out,
/ 1873, OOO being at present sued out
To abolish the Law Court of Nash
vile, to go into effect at the next cleo
| ton, in 1873. To define lawful fences.
making plank or rail fence four. feet
high and stone fence 81 feet high or
an earth bank of equal height to con-
stitute the same. To punish all guar
dians who shall unlawfully appropriate
to their own use funds Of trust.
10 provide for an arbitration COM
mission at jackson and at Nashville.
To repeal section IL of an act passed
March II, 1873, to fund the past due
bonds and coupons of the State and to
sustain the credit thereof, which pro-
vides that bonds falling due between
1874 and 1894 may be funded at the
option of the State.
A resolution was passed authorizing
the back school tax nc hitherto appor-
toned to be distributed among the
counties of the State. The appropria-
tons were cut down about 10000 for
current expenses for the next two
years.
BILLS THAT DID NOT PASS.
Tramps throughout the country will
rejoice that the bill to confer Cd Re-
corders of municipal corporations the
power to punish and imprison tramps,
failed to pass. About twenty local OPP
ton bills failed, these being lost sight
of in the general anxiety to secure the