The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-04-05

lation 20 lawful fences.
To repeal section IL of an act passed
March IT, 2873, entitled "An act to fund
the past due bonds and coupons of the
State and to sustain the credit thereof
To amend the ru'es of chancery prae-
tice and diminished the costs of iitIga-
ton in all the courts of Tennessee, hav.
ing equitable or chancery jurisdiction,
and in the Supreme Court.
To amend an act Approved March 13,
1873, to punish executors, administra
tore, guardians and trustees for convert
ing trust funds to their own use and
failing TO pay over trust funds.
To provide for an arbitration commits
sion at Nashville.
To deprive the State of Tennessee of
she power to borrow money, and to re-
peal section 2l of an act passed March
/, 1869, entitled "An act to amend the
revenue laws of the State.
Giving the Chancellors of this State
concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit
Court judges in granting writs of GER
tiorari and supersedeas removing causes
from justices courts to the circuit
court
To repeal an act, entitled "An act to
amend the criminal laws of the State
passed March %, 1872
To repeal SO much of the act, entitled
"An act to more cheaply collect the
State, county and municipal revenue
passed March %, 1875, as relates to
municipal revenue, and to provide for
the collection of manicipal revenue.
To amend an act, entitled "An act to
authorizs the appointment of importers
Of Illuminating oils and fluids"
To provide special commission of
arbitration fer the hearing and trial Of
causes pending in the Supreme Court
To amend the law in relation to the
consolidation of railways
To amend all laws for the assessment
of property. To prevent unjust diserimi-
nations against way freights by railmay
companies.
To repeal all laws requiring auction
eers to pay privilege tax.
To amend the code, article xi. chapter
I6, title enrolment.
TO allow personal representative to
cue in case of injury to real property.
To real the 80 per cent. privilege tax,
To repeal an act to improve public
roads, approved March 25, 1878.
To repeal al laws imposing a tax on
marriage license.
To abolish the common law doctrine
which requires estates OF freehold to
support contingent remainder.
To provide for the lease and manage
rpent of the penitohsiary,
To repeal an act passed Nay II, IS Ga
entitled IAN act to amend the criminal
laws OF the State
TO increase the jurisdiction of the
chancery courts
To relieve the surotias Of delinquent
tax collectors, clerks Of the county, cir
cult aud chaucsry courts and privilege
tax collectors
To Bpportion the rent OF land on the
death Of tenant for life.
70 repeal the fax on drnmmers.
To require judges TO charge in felony
cases without request of defendant.
To repeal the forty cent tax law.
To provide State and county revenue
This net provides for tax of 10 cents
on each sIOO worth of property for State
purposes and allows the counties to levy
tax of not more than 40 cents. The
school tax remains as before.
The ience law requires a lawful
crooked rail fence to be five feet, high.
The law to prevent unjust discrimina-
tions against way freights by railroad
companies requires that the rate for way
freight per mil shall be the same for all
distances; that no more shall be charged
than the charter of the company allows
and that a list of charges shall be kept
posted in every depot in the State 1t
does not affect trough freights, nor does
II prevent bu6 cOnpduleS from indklu =
special rates with manufacturing com
panies, coal companies, etc.
The law for the relief of the sureties
of delinqu ent tax collectors, clerks, etc.
relieves any surety from all further la
bility upon the payment by him of his
proportional part of the amount due
State or CO unity by such Delinquent as he
is surety for.
have left out all local and some gen.
eral laws for fear of making this com.
munication too long. l fear l have ali
ready trsspasssd too much upon your
time and space.
We have no local news Of special in.
terest Our farmers have been very busy
for the past " eek planting corn aud sew
eral have planted some cotton. "The
early bird" etc is their motto. We
we're glad to welcome your junior editor
among US the other day. Wish he could
have remained Ienger with us. Hope he
will meet with success throughou the
entire county. J. A. MANSON.