The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-03-06
Legislature Notes.

Legislature NOCcss
Mr.. Morris pool bill, to allow pool
selling on all races or chartered tracks,
was defeated last Saturday. This is one
good thing the present legislature has
done.
The bill of Senator Clear, to cut down
fees OF county officials, failed 10 pass
After a great deal of evolutionary
flourish in the House, the bill
to prevent railroad Discrimination, was
defeated in the House. Mr.. Polk, see
ing the same fate staring his Senate bill
in the face, withdrew it from the calen-
dar.
The bill to require railroad companies
to provide separate cars or compart-
lnents for white and colOred passengers,
has passed the final reading in the
The bill allows colOred nurses
tO'be admitted to the coach for the
whites.
MIR. Niels bill to extend the curricu-
lum of the common schools and com
pelling the teacher to give instruction
in algebra, elementary philosophy,
geometry, book keeping, physiology,
and civil government free of
extra charge was rejected by the House.
A bill to protect the reception OF free
passes over the lines of public. carriers
by members of the General Assembly,
Circuit and Supreme Judges, was re-
jecteQ Ia the Senate,
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Hale to
repel the Lea election law. The text of
Congressman having passed the neceS-
sity for two election boxes no longer eX-
listed, Opposition was made to imme-
tiiate consideration Of the bill chiefly
by Messrs. Davis and L. Bun Carson.
fheY were voted down by large ma
joriLy. MIR. Hale showed how the dire
calamity impending over Tennessee
voters had been aVerted, and that the
double election is now an extra expense.
Mr.. Davis motion to table the bal was
l.. Hl al
rhe bill was Then passed
Wednesday.
The Senate did some good work We'd
nesday. OF the twenty-five bills on third
reading, fourteen We're Ie, ected and
eleven passed, showing a wholesome re-
sUraint of the law-naking faculty.
Many of the bills which succeeded III
passing were local measures.
Among the important measures
adopted were the bills compelling in
surance companies to appraise losses on
the policy valuation OF the property,
and Senator P0Ik's bill 20 make The sale
Of cigarettes 4 privilege, with tax OF
500 yearly.
House bill ON third reading-To make
it misdemeanor to haul seed cotton
between the hours of sunset and sun
rise, except by person on his own
premises, and pres ofibing penalty OF a
line of not more than $50 and discretion
airy Imprisonment not to exceed eleven
mon hs and Venty-nine days, rejected.
Senate bills on third reading-To per-
NIT religious associations to issue bonds
for the purpose of building church
houses on real estate owned by them.
Passed. To regulate the practice OF
pharmacy in the State. Rejected. To
compel insurance companies TO pay the
damages by fire on insured buildings
on the basis of the policy valuation OF
the propertyIby making such valuation
a
property. Passed. Reconsidered
Amended to compel insurance compa-
MES to refund the difference in Ehe
premium on the policy valuation and
the premium on the amount paid Tor the
| loss by fire. Passed.
The following Senate bills;came up or
| third reading; To Increase the salaries
of Supreme Judges to $500 year; re-
jected. To increase the salary ofjudges
| and chanCellOrS to $500; rejected. IL
amend the law relating to marriage re-
| leases; rejected. To authorize counties
| To fund railroad debt; passed unanI
mOusly. To repeal State tax on rea
estate sales; rejected. To declare term:
on which foreign building ana , ioat
associations can do business in Ten
nessee, making them subject to thu
| same restrictions as insurance compa
uies, Esssed. To declare terms upoI
which foreign mining association can dC
business in the State, making the same
rate the town of Rutherford, in Gibson
Cunnty; passed: To perfect land titles
passed. TO charter stock-yards an(
packing companies, compelling them t.
remove dead animals; passed.
Mr.. Folks bill 10 declare cigratte
selling privilege and fix tax of $50
thereon. to be paid quarterly as othe
privilege taEes, was passed,
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr., Myers bill giving a laborer priO
lien on railway and construction com
panies was read and Mr.. Myers spok
IN explanation of the bill. The histOr.
of the late lamented Decatur, Chesa
peake IL New Orleans Railway was re
nearsed. MIR. Myers said that when
ever the public sees construction com
paw boosting a railroad, it may be
it's last dollar that there is dirty frauC
behind it. His bill, he said, would no
interfere with solvent companies, "bu
it Just knocks the mischief out OF thes
companies that are nothing but bun
come and full of wind" The who'll
impSrt or his bill, he said, was to ex
tend the provision of section 271S o
NIiIIiken & VertreSs' Code to the dal
laborers, allowing them to go behln'
the mortgages. Mr.. Brown ENDORSED
the sentiments and views of Mr.. Myers
Mr. Collins depicted The hardships o
the daily labOrers and the rapaolous IN
Justice of construction companies, I'm
bill was passed without dissenting
vote. ~
Other bills on third reading were: T.
change the line between Lewis ant
Lawrence counties, rejected; to regulat
the signals of approaching and depart
ing trains, passed; to compel railwa,
companies to post warnings at the cross
ings of public roads, tabled; to enabl
municipal corporations to collect bacl
taxes as done by the counties by mean
of omnibus bills for the purpose of saw
ing costs, RaSaed.
Other bills on third reading were
To compile in one act the laws relating
to the corporation OF Wartrace, passed
to ;make the employment of minor
without the consent of guardians a mis-
demeanor, mmitted; to extend tn
charter of Lynchburg, passed; TO re
uuire the public advertisement as sucl
Of all wares manufactured by convicts
rejected; to extend to the next of XII
the right to bring action in certain lega
cases, rejected.