The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-01-11

Ct officials and require the punishment
of criminals to be made with prompt
ness. In cases where rewards are offer
ed by the Governor for the capture of
escaped criminals from the County Jails,
if the counties were required to pay the
reward, It would secure the Instruction
of safe prisons aud more watchfulness on
tn. part Of the keepers.
THE INFERIOR C5URTs.
There are thirty-six Judges of the in
ferIor courts of Tennessee In the
neighborrng State of kentucky, with
population greater than our own, with
the same character of people, there are
twenty four. Compared with the other
adjoining States the Inequality Is "gainsC
US IN a greater degree. SOM ing is
doubtless due to the errors OF our sys-
ten Still, it Is clear that the inferior
courts of the State are too numerous for
the amount of business now on their
buckets. Durin.g the past year | caused
circular letters to be addressed to the
clerks of these courts for the purp, s.
of ascertainIng the number of causes
tried within twelve months with tn E num-
Der ami character of those d0cketed
and unfisprscd IF. About one third of
the clerks responded to these inquiries,
and facts sufficiently numerous we're
eIicited to show that a number of co rtS
can be abolished without detrment to
tue public service.
The stat menis made by the clerks
will be placed before you.
COST OF LITIGATION.
Citizens Of the State comp ain that the
st O! litigation is 80 considerable that
they are in many cases deferred from as
sorting their rights in the courts of the
Strife; the complaint is a well founded
Que, and | know of no more acceptable
service to the public than the correction
OF thus evil; costs paid BY Ifigants in tue
courts of Tennessee are Gftv per c Mt In
excess of the cost paid by citizens OF
several of the adjoining States for the
same ser ice, and are unreasonable and
excessive aud ought to he reduced.
FEES AND PREREQUISITES.
I.renew the following recommends
ton made in nv message to the - n
General Assembly: Much com plant il
made b. the taxpayers of the State at the
amount of fees and perquisitas received
by many off ehOiders IN Tennessee The
compensation Of all public servants
should be reasonable, but no place
shOull haze attached to it such an in
cone as will justify the employment of
corrupt means in O5tlInIng 1t, and re-
comm nd the passage of general Jaw
limiting the incomes of all officials TO a
certain amount, and prOyiGin that all
fees in excess of the prescribed limit
shall be pa d inrO the public treasury
LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.
Modern legislation has quadrupled the
ho II 81 ,F 2 no
Houses of the General Assembly for pre-
pairing the indexes for the journals and
for copying and preparing the same for
the printer, without reason for this in
creased expe. diture The old standard
Of compensation was a l'bera! one, and |
recommend a return to it.
SHOOTS FOR THE BLIND AND DEAF AND
DUMB.
The annual appropriation of FIVE thou
sand dollars TO each Of these schools is
no longer necessary; the per capita al
lOwance of two hundred dollars pr an
mum to the pupils of the State is ample
for the suppsrc Of these SCHOOLS
IMMIGRATION.
submit the report of the Commission
: er of Immigration. The resources and
I
| immigrant and to the capitalist have been
/ generally and very intelligently adver-
! tised during the past two yeaTs, resulting
/ in the investment Of large am1uuL OF
money IN our Safe; many i'm migrants
/ have been induced to come to the State;
they are gen rally people of substance,
who have been attracted bv is fertile
soil and genial climate. The people have
| co-operated with the State officials in en-
: couraging immigration, and their Own
peaceful and hospit table disposition has
I furnished the argument and the induce
| mpnt to come to Tennessee.
recommend the repeal Of the act ap
| prnpriatIng two thousand d,.lars to the
Bureau of linn grafton, and the passage
Of an ACT requiring the Commissioner OF
| Agriculture, Statistics and ines To per
torn the duties of COmmis Toner Of I'm
migration, without additional c Impensa,
ton.
CONVENTIONAL INTEREST.
I recommend the repeal Of the Ia v
aHth0rizin. conventional rate # inter
et AZ nigh as ten per cent; the law has
failed to meet a single promise of it's
friends, and its repeal l. very generally
demanded by the people Of the State.
THE PENITESTIARY.
The act OF the Legislature, approx d
Narch % 1875, provided for lease oil
the State prison and labor of the con.
Victs for a period of five years if the
highest ii offered was "sarisfaot1ry to
tn Governor and Inspectors Notice
of the proposed lease was duly made
and proposals invited. Only three bids
were made; these were pronounced uu.
satisfactory, and the whole subject re
mitted to the General Assembly.
transmit the report of the Governor and
inspectors, with detailed statement OF
their action Subsequently | eztende1
the lease with the pr sent lessees, for the
period Of eight months, for q rental ot
ten thousand one hundred and eighty
one dol lars and seventy five cents $50,
I8I75). for eight hundred $500 con
victs, and for any larger number the
rent shall be proportionailv increased
Said lease can be vacated By either nI
the contracting parties at any time on
giving thirty days notice in writing a
cppv.of the lease Is herewith transmit.
ted.
The present system Of employing CON
vict labor is wrong; but am uos certain
that the general ser timeut of the people
of Tennessee Is not in favor of it. The
taxpayers have been so heavily UUrdened
IN the past with taxes levied support
this institution, that there Is danger that
they will acquiesce ia any police how
ever mistaken or mischievOus it may be