The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-08-14

two weeks later. Tie GOvernGr has
received numerous letters from lese
gentlemen asking that their constitu-
ents be allowed more time I" consider
the questions that Will come up and
give them instructions.
The proclamation il as follows:
GoYcrnOr-s- Proclamation.
STATE OF TENNE lsEE, J
Executive DEP AItTNI ENT.
NASHVILLE, AUG. Z, 1891.
To the nrnIbcrs of the Forty seventh
General Assembly of the State OF Ten
| nessec;
Whereas, it has been made manifest
hat the public welfare require i'm
mediate Legislation upon several mat
| tors of general interest, which are oil
such nature as TO create extraordinary
occasion for the assembling Of the Legis-
| tature of the State.
| Governor of the State of Tennessee, by
virtue OF the power and authority vested
| in mo by section 8, article Ill, OF The
Constitution of the Stat, by this pro
clamation do convene the FOrty-soventh
General Assembly of Tennessee i'll eX-
traOrdinAry session in the Capitol al
Nashville, on Monday, the 3lst day OF
| August, 1891, at the hour of II O'Clock.
noon, for the purpose OF considering ano
acting upon the following matters, to-
wit:
/. To pass such statutes as will enable
the Executive to- comply with the re-
quirements of the Constitution, "tnat
hs shall execute the laws" and to this
end to create and place at his disposal
such force, civil or military, or both, as
will be sufficient tor that purpose.
2. To enact, amend or repeal such
laws with reference to the penltentlary
! of the State, as shall be deemed promo
| tive of the public good, as the leasing,
working and safe-keeping OF the con-
yicts; the removal, rebuilding and en-
| Iargement of the State prison, the con-
| sideratiOn of measures that will reduce
| the contact and competition OF CONVEX
with free labor to the minimum ana
cOnduce at the same time to the humane
| treatment of the conVlcts, ana also Lhe
policy of increasing and defining more
| fullV the powers of prison inspectors
| are matters that will be especially com
mended to the attention of the General
Assembly.
3. To pass statutes TO modify, amend
| or add to the system OF criminal laws
| and procedure in this State.
The passage of laws prohibiting Inc
| use of script or its equivalent by per
| sons or corporations in payment OF tnell
debts, providing penalty Tor VIOLATION
| of same, and laws that will punish with
| penaltieS any interference with State
| cOnvicts will be commended TO the
attention of the Legislature under tAlS
| general head.
1 TO mass statutes, to add to, amend
! or repeal the registration and election
| laws of the STATE, and especially 10 70
peal or amend chapter ZZ3 OF the acts O.
| 1891. c.
| ;. To pass an act dividing the State
| into representative, hOteriaI and sena
| LOrial districts, and apportlonlng Kepre
| SentatiVos and Senators among Snes'
districts as required by the CONSTITUTION
s. TO amend the act of the last session
of the Legislature, dividing the Stat'
| into Congressional districts, especial!
| so as to include SequatchIe County IL
some Congressional district.
7 TO pass statutes making SucI
changes in judicial circuits and Chan
cery courts divisions, and the tlIue O
holding courts therein As shall D.
deemed proper and necessary by tn
General Assembly. -, ..;,,
of the legislature establishing a Law
court at Cumberland Gap i'll Clalborn
County, so as to provide Tor paying TN
expenses incident 10 tie creation o
| said court.
9, 70 consider and if deemed expedl
ent 70 make an appropriation to defIa
tho expenses of making tennessee OK
nihit At the Worlds Columbian EN
position, to be held at Chicago.
10 70 pass such laws Tor the ei
commencement and benefit of the mllitl
Of the State as the public welfare ut
II 10 amend the existing revenue an
be deemed. nee esoary ana proper /
viaw of anY Increased eNponulthre, Z
Increased revenues Of the State, tht
! may result from the legislation Oh III
extra session of the General AsSelilpi,
p To make ali necessary appTopIi'
| tious to def1ay the expenses OF IN
militia III the late troubles at BrlceVlli
and Coal Creek and OF this eXtraord
nary session of the General AssehlplN
aud or other necessary purposes.
| " hAT9Ot L
set my hand and caused Tn
(5EALf great seal OF the State 10 L
(@1 afiixed this 7th day of Angus
Nv the Governor, JOHN p. BUCHANAl
G. A. MILLER, Secretary: OF State
The first section of the proclan.i
tion contemplates empowering u
Governor to take pr 1mpt ana eile'
/. tive action in a crisis like that Whlc
recentIy occurred at Bricevllle an
Coal Creek. 1t is not settled lac
however, that the Legislature las u
power to do this.
The objects of the second ana thll
sections are apparent. The lourt
contemplates especially the correcIlG
J OF the error in the election law MAJ
ing it applicable to counties with
Uv0tilg population of $4,000" whe
il was Intended by the trainers 10 a.
ply to counties with population"
The fifth section calls on the Gene
al Assembly to perform duty Whle
it's members refused to perform at u
raOuIar session. The sixth asks tn
Se1uatchie County, which was owe
looked and left out in the cold Whe
the reappOrtiOnment OF the cohSre
sionaI districts were MADE, oe give
a place in some respectable cohsIe
that the Legislature should CORE
the error by which Cumberland III
Scott counties were put in the san
Chaucery district and both given u
same dates for holding court. II
piUhth ia inserted because the Ia
I,eTisIotIIre established a law cou
NJ cumberland Gap and made
D,ovisious for expenses The MN
section needs no explanation. II
uuestion was discussed at the regul
session, when the Legislators we
fresh from the people, ana deieaIe
} and nothing has transplren slhce
make IL a new or fit subject to
, included in the call. The Govern
vieIded to a pressure by the CONNIE
ci.I Club al Nashville and te
3 mineral land speculatOrsi and made
s mistake i'll doing so.
8 The military companies oil Mel
phis contemplate the construction
Joint armory and the formation
.. battalion, and desire to be exempt
from State taxation on their buildin
The tenth section is inserted in ORD
So that the Legislature may have
opportunity of passing on the matt
OF taxing armOries built by militia
companies and their friends.
The eleventh and twelfth sectlo
mean that the Legislature Will ha
a chance to make provisions Tor q
fraving the expenses of the rece
military expedition to East Tenness
and the expense Of the extra sesslo
a Sudden Deaths.
J Heart disease is by far the most fl
ouent cause of sudden death, whi
in three out OF four cases is unsuspet
w ed. The symptoms are not general
=, understood. These are: habit of lyi
~ on right side, short breath, pain
he distress in side, back or shoulder:
regular pulse, asthma, weak and hu
gry spells, wind on stomach, swelli
of ankles or dropsy, oppression d
cough and -smothering. DIR. Miles
t,,1.I- ~, rf HiGaac fraa