The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-22
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.


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| The greater part of the afternoon ses-
sion was devoted to the consideration of
the majority report in the Steele Couch
contest case from Bedford County, but
the house adjourned without taking ac-
tion. The majority report claimed that
steele, Democrat, was entitled to the
seat, on the ground that he had received
A more votes than his opponent.
| The minority mem bers of the commit
tee made complaint because they were
not given time to properly prepare the
minority report.
There were also petitions from Hay
wood County, favoring no-fence law;
from Maury County, favoring a law
/ making seduction under the promise of
marriage q felony; from Maury, favor
ing the extension of the four-mile law,
| and from George Horn of Knox County,
| disa bled in n mining riot at Coal Creek,
asking pension.
| NEW BILLS.
By Mr.. Williamson: To amend the
| coal oil inspection law, striking out APP
proved standard oil and inserting APP
proved Tennessee test oil.
BY Mr.. Milligan: To punish persons
| trading in registered certificates by
making it a misdemeanor.
! BY Mr.. Bean: To pay Dan w. Shriver
of Bedford County, injured at Tracy
City, $500.
By Mr.. Akin: To provide for organi-
cation of corporations to deal in farm
lands, with power to subscribe to the
stock of turnpike companies.
BY Mr.. Keeney: To secure a fair and
honest count of ballots at all elections,
allowing each party to have a repre-
sentative present at the count and in
spect the ballots.
The sonata rnCn1ntinu m Trint n
evidence taken by the committee on
governors election was concurred in.
The following senate bills on third
reading were disposed of:
To authorize Cheatham County to
issue S., 900 in bonds to fund outstand-
ing Indebtedness. Passed.
To exempt to heads of families S35
worth of hay, fodder or oats. Passed.
To authorize the payment of a first
class pension to persons who had lost
one eye in actual service in the COnfed
crate army and had lost the other since
Passed.
Senate.
The feature of the proceedings in the
senate today was the debate over Mr..
Buffers bill providing for local option
in all cOrporatcd cities, towns and tax
ing districts, which was recommended
for rejection by the judiciary commit
tee. The bill provided that in small
towns the people should vote OH the
question of licensing saloons, and in
large cities the applicant for a license
should state the location of his pro-
posed saloon, and also file with his APP
plication petition signed by majority
of the voters of the ward in which it
was proposed to locate the saloon.
AS soon as the bill came up Mr..
Rhodes moved to postpone further con-
sideration until April 10. The motion
was tabled-yoas 20, nays 10.
The roll was then called on the pass. |
age Of the bill and resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Broderick, Butler, |
Caldwell, Freeman, McCarron, Scales, |
StovaIl, Taylor and Wealrley-9.
Nays-MessrS. BARTLETT, BBene, Bow
man, Canada, Cooper, Carson, Hodges, |
Smith, Thompson, Webb, Whitth Orne, |
Winburn, and Mr.. Speaker Pillow.
This effectually disposes of the bill, |
motion to reconsider being tabled.
Mr.. Bates introduced a resolu tion di-
recting the senate and house peniten-
tiary committees to appoint committee
to report whether the present plan and
contract can be altered or abandoned, or
new ones made SO as to build peniten
tiary for the amount originally cOntem
plated, and to report the value and
States title to the old penitentiary site
Adopted under a suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Butler introduced a resolu tion
providing that the actual expense of all
committees of investigation be paid out
of the State treasury, which was adopted
under suspension of the rules.
NEW BILLS.
BY Mr.. McCarron: To increase to
s., 900 the permanent school fund.
BY Mr.. Cooper: To regulate the busi-
ness of insurance other than life and
casualty insurance upon the assessment
plan.
Mr.. Buffers resolution providing for
a recess of the general assembly for
thirty-five days, commencing Februury
Is, and to appoint sub-com mmittees OF
nine to visit the various State institu-
tiOns, was amended so as to make the
recess from February 16 to April IL, to
make the membership from the senate
five on each committee, and to instruct
the agricultural committee to pay es"
pecial attention to the agricultural
schools and experiment stations. 10
was then adopted.
A message was received from the gov
ernor vetoing the bill to pay Isaac r.
Love of Unicoi County for the arrest of
certain murderers, on the ground that
it was nothing more than his duty to
do so.
The house bill to amend the pharmacy
law came up on third reading, and after
an explanation of the amendments by
Senator Scales, was made the special
order for tomorrow morning.
The senate bill to incorporate South
Fulton, Obion County, passed.
The bill to authorize Knoxville to
issue S400, 900 worth of waterworks
bonds was rejected.
The bill to amend the homestead laws
was tabled.
The bill to fix the compensation OF
the trustee of Shelby County for COLI
lecting the taxes of Memphis passed.
The bill to incorporate the Dyersburg
and Mississippi River Improvement
Company was recommitted to the cor
porations committee.
: The house bill to provide for the tenn
porary relief of taxpayers by extending
the time of payment of accrued costs
and penalties for 1894 to April !, passed.
The senate bill on the same subject was
tabled.
The senate bill to authorize Memphis
to issue 50, 900, 900 in bonds to fund out
standing bonds passed.
The senate bill to require railroads
intersecting each other to provide,
jointly, decent depots and waiting-rooms
for passengers was recon mitted to the
committee on railroads.
To make it unlawful to catch, trap or
kill partridges for the purpose of ship.
ping outside of the State, and making
it unlawful for any person or company
to receive the same for transportation
outside of the State. Passed with an
pr0vidiun that