The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
Legislative.
NARHvILLR, April =.

NOacllOh was taken tO-uHi Oh III
motion to reconsider the vote ON Tia
1908 proposition. Opinions are di
yersifed, though the general senti
mcnt is that the Lill is killed. TIL
friends of State credit, honor an,
prosperity are feeling rather blue
while the regulators on the othe
hand rejoice. d.
The House passed on its thirc
reading Wiltse's bill regarding turn
pixies.
The Normal School I'LL will be re
considered.
The Senate bill 10 prevent discrim
nation by railway companies among
passengers who pay for iirst-clas.
passage passed third reading by {
vote of Is TO ].
The House bill TO prevent the run
ming Of freight trains ON Sunday wa,
rejected Oh its third reading.
The House hill to provide for an
immediate court Of appeals for each
of the three grand divisions Of the
State passed third reading by Il vote
Of l3 TO s.
NASHVILLE, April 4.
SENATE.-lIouse bills to grant Ger
tain privileges as to lands held by for
eign corporations; to increase the list
of articles exempt for heads of fam
lilies, and to permit holders of Tenncs-
see bonds to register the same passed
third reading.
The State debt bill was allowed to
go oyer until tomorrow by common
consent. No additional proposition
has as yet been received from the
bondholders the result of a settle
ment looks dubious.
HOUSE. Senate bill providing that
no one shall fish in the State, except
by hook and line, passed the third
reading.
House bills to lessen the amount Of
bonds in criminal cases; TO amend
the criminal cases; to amend the Grim
inal laws of the State, and to equal
ize the license on theaterS and opera
houses, charging from fifteen to II
hundred dollars per quarter i'll accor-
dance with the population.
The governor signed the bills to
give couuty judges control owe pub
lie roads and bridges; to authorize
counties to fund their debts in bonds
at a lower rate of interest than they
now bear; to prevent the sale, giving
ordeliyery Of liquors to minors with
out written consent Of pareuts or
guardians, under penalty of not less
than SO nor more han 5000; to al
low turnpike companies to remove
~toll-gates to within two miles of coun-
ty towns; and eXempting vendors Of
cut meats in towns of less than one
thousand inhabitants from taxation.
Both houses adopted a resolution
to adjourn at noon Thursday.
NAsnvuLE,A April 5.
SrSArE-House bill appropriating SI0,-
Geo per annuln Tor the establishment OF a
State normal college passed third reading.
The motion to reconsider the vote rrlca-
ting house bill on the 1905 measure was ta-
ken up and curried. The question was lH-
ken on the passage Of the bill. Mr.. Smith,
of Fentress voted aye, believing that a
more unsatisfactory measure would be sui
90. Inn-l M, ,nt. -.,,l n,ng ~ /
noes II. Great applausc.)
The vote was as follows: Ayes-Barrctt,
Bell, Brown, Uason. Duggan, Castor, Hud-
dleston, Matthews, Perkins, Rankin, Smith,
Of Fentress, Smith, OF Shelby Wats3n-l3.
Noes-Alcxander, Bib, Carter, Coleman,
Hill, Mccullough, Hagiand, Small
man, Taylor, TiIImon, Dir, Speaker Morgan
-l2.
Mr.. Smiths action was received with vo-
c]iterous applause, which was taken up out
side the chamber and re.cchOed. There is
great rejoicing over the passage Of the bill
among the dcbt-payers.
1t is thought that the house will probably !
not have a quorum tomorrow. Neither the
or appropriation hi is have been
housE.-Sonatc bill to reduce the COM
pensatiou Of county trustees for collecting
and discussing the school fund passed third
During the pending of Scnate assessment
bill at II 80 Il. m, it vas announced that
had passed the 1908 bill. This
statement threw the house into confusion.
The State-credit members Npplauded and
general disorder fol'owcd, and the house was
lcmoralizcJ. Finding that no business
cou d be transacted it adjourned to ? p. m.