Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Another Proposition Before the Legi--
Iature 10 settle the State Debt
Five Bills on the subject 10 be
Considered By the Senate
Oh Saturday.
4 Number OF Bills Passed to Third
RenGing In Both Houses, Including
Amendments to the TaXlng-i'is-
!riCt Bill In The House
The Public School
Btu, Etc.


Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, February G-Senats-Mr;
Morris introduced . bill 70 compromise and
adjust The State debt by funding II INTO new
bonds at the rate Of Fifty cents on the dollar
OF old bends, IN denominations Of one tloU-
sand dollars, with 81 graded interest OF louI
and Eve per cent. Tor the mex ten years ana
then six per cent. TO maturity; also providing
for the issuance of warrants or treasury notes
Of suaIt determinations, to be exchanged Tor
new bonds st the pleasure of the holder
The senate Will meet III committee OF the
whole cn Saturday and discuss the i've bids
providing for the settlement Of tbe debt
The following house bills were passed
to a third reading: To extend tie
time IN which TO collect lakes win an
amendment by the senate substituting
tie first Monday IN May instead
Of the first Monday in March as the time for
fnal settlements Of county trustees 10
regulate the salary of the superintendent OF
public instruction, with the senate amend
ment inserting nineteen hundred and ninety
| FIVE dollars IL the caption.
The house bill to repeal the laws requiring
| butchers and huoksters TO ply priv, ege-taN
vas tabled.
| Senate bills to prevent the wanj0n killing
of stock so amend section OF 2y3 OF the code,
! ia relation to hens on land Of judgments and
/ DEGREES obtained IN any court OF record; 10
provide for the compensate OF sheritts and
! other officers executing wrlts OF attachment,
/ we're passed On third reading.
! Tae following is the full text Of the bill TO
{ amend subsection 10 Of section ~ Of the act
to establish and maintain uniform system
Of public instruction, passed It's thlId reading
in the senate Tuesday:
SECTION /. Be Il enacted by the General
assembly Of the State Of Tennessee, That
| subsection 10 Of section 20 of an act entitled
AN act TO establish amt maintain d uni form
system Of public schools passed March %.
1s-rf.~r gaFtF de I'll
! as 20 read: That 1t shall be the DUTY OF the
district directors 20 draw upon the county
! trustee ID favor o. the teachers OF their dis
! tricts for any school money due sucd teachers
IN the hands OF the trustee Tor Distribution N
their diStricts-said orders shall state the
number Of children for which SAID teacher Is
! entitled 10 draw pay, which order sinai, De
approved by the county superintendent,
! Sec ,. Be II Jtrthe- enacted, That tae
county trustee shall be allowed I'VE per cent,
. on all school money collected 10y Am from
the taxpayers Of his county and pald ont oy
him upon the orieIs-o of school dIt-e o's, AID
to a commission OF one per cent. oy him ttonl
the State treasurer or ether sources and PAD
cut according 10 law.
Il Sec ,. Be Il further enacted, That the
( / clerks OF District directors shall not receive
more than Two cents per capita Tor nla seryI
! ces 10 taxing the census OF the children ID
! nIs district between tine ages OF SIX ano
! lwentg-one years aud Tor uaAlng his Iepcr
? thereof 10 the county superintendent 2HC
! ! county trustee, which sum shall be PAID o.
J the county trustee upon the order OF IN
{ / county superintendent, out Of tie iunCs du,
q / sand district: provided, that the county su
% pgriuteudeut shall Eyt draw any order j
J.. favor OF any district clerk VINO falia 10 max
f. his report Of the scholastic population O. m
. district within the tlae prescribed 10y law
II and SAID two cents pen capitU snail be q tul
T. compensation for all his services as such Ger
Tor one year.
Sc. l. BE It further enacted. That person
! living on each side of q county line and no
convenient TO a pubhc school IN their respeo
tive districts or counties TIay form tnemselve
" into q school district jointly, the children
! EACH county drawing their respective pr
rata OF puUiIc school money; provided tina
the school directors Of the school districts ac
( Joining said county line may agree as to III
49,. number of scholars taken from each count
- ! to form said district.
- ! Sec ,. Be tt TinTAeT enacted, That secti0
- of SAID act be so amended as to reac
l. THAT the State superintendent shalt De
>, person o. literary and scientific attainment
: | and of skill aud experience III the arr
: | teaching, and who shat. be nominated by In
- | governor and confirmed by the senate.
I HGuse-Mr Holman introduced oil
give perpetual use Of the hermitage premls'
n to Sarah York Jackson and neIrs.
- The senate bill authorizing bankl1: INST
Il ! passed third reading.
- Inc house bill granting iUrther time
- complete unfinished railroads passed TIL.
reading, with amendments, excepting u
!, Mississippi River railway, and provlcIn
= that nothing in lie Dill should be so CO!
- strued as 10 prevent any person or perso
I, from completing that road by January
~ 1880
~ Mr. Leagues bill amending the law or
- ! vidiug for the Taxing-DIstrIct passed thl
| reading, as did also the house bill reducI
! the salary OF the superintendent Of the 20
| Dital from three to two thousand dollars.
The house held its first night session, b
I'd | transacted but little business; hardly enoul
, to pay for gas.
Associated Press Dispatch.
NASHVILLE, February 26.-At the meetu
Of the Nationa! agricultural congress, Pr
I.apton, OF Vanderbilt university, read an {
say on Chemistry and Agriculture al
J0na than Pensm, OF Chicago on The
u. huenCe Of the Press on Agriculture and
re the Development OF Civilization. Inc
10 officers were re elected. The next meeh
eG Will be held at Atlanta Georgia, August 70
~ - next.
ed THE rumor seems well founded that a nut
nj | Der OF prominent citizens OF Baltimore Ia
ed | resolved to erect a rlOuUmeDt TO the memo
on | Of the late Dr.. J. W. Bail, dlscoVore- OF Il
ot | wonderful remedy, Dr.. Bulls cough syrup
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