The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-12
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
TwENTY-sEvENTH DAY.

The more important bills introduced were:
BY Mr.. Fields To prohibit all officers and
| stockholders Oh turnpike companies from being
overseers or road commissioners for any district.
By Mr.. Fields: To require all turnpike COM
panies to register their charters on or before
By Mr. Beck: To make it a felony to make or
enter false satisfaction and discharge OF any
or deed reserving vendors lien or any other
liens on real estate or personal property
BY Mr.. Farabough: To define good and law
BY Mr.. Perry: To fix the fees of officers watt
ing on the courts.
OF chapter 125 of the acts OF 1895 in regard 10
terms of Office of back tax attorneys, making 1t
BY Mr Mathews: To prevent the accumula-
tion of costs against the counties OF the state
in misdemeanOr cases.
The resolution from the joint committees on
fnance, ways aud means, asking that a commit
tee of seven -four from the house and three
from the senate) be appointed to sit during the
recess rec, lot the R purpose Of considering the Cad
Mr.. Wade'S joint resolution providing that the
assembly take recess from February to Feb
ruary II was taken up An amendment fixing
the time from February to February 10 was
adopted long debate ensued, and then, out
who want to attend the Inauguration at Wash
ington, the resolution was amended to read Feb
ruary 1S to March and adopted.
The senate bill to reduce the salaries of GER
tain State officials, beginning at the secretary OF
State, came up with a accommodation Tor re,
lection from the committee on finance, ways ana
means. There was long debate over the mo-
tiOn to concur in the committee report In the
end the committee Recommendation was con-
Cured in almost unanimously.
The following bills were disposed on third
reading:
To compel corporations to declare dividends
under certain circumstances. Tabled
To repeal the poll tax law. Rejected.
To amend the law relative to trespass. Re-
TO prevent the consolidation of railroad. teie-
graph and telephone companies. Tabled.
To make 1t a misdemeanor TO throw oead AMI
mails ON the streets or premises of another, etc.
Passed.
TO prevent the adulteration of foods, drinks,
etc. Failed for want of constitutional majority,
and a motion to reconsider entered.
10 reduce the salaries Of the members OF the
board of public works of Chattanooga. Senate
bill substituted and passed.
Senate.
Petitions were presented asking the extension
of the four-mile law to Union City, and pro-
testing against the abolishment of the charter
of Camden.
Among the new bills were these:
BY Mr. Ellis: To levy per cent. tax on in
comes from stocks and bonds which are not
BY Mr. Case: To prohibit mutual or assess
ment fre insurance companies from aotng GuSs
No policies exceeding $1,000 on any one FISK are
permissible.
etc, of wild turkeys, pheasants, quail and their
nests and eggs for two years and eight montnS-
BY Mr.. Gilmore: To further regulate the bus
mess of fire insurance companies.
BY Mr.. Gillhanl: To tx the fees OF sherihs.
constables and special deputies waiting on
courts at 81. 80 per day.
BY Mr.. Waddeli: To fix the time at forty days
within which clerks and masters snail nle WITH
the supreme court clerk transcripts OF records
in cases appealed from chancery courts to the
supreme court
House bills on third reading:
To provide for the Incorporation OF sunday
school associations. Senate bill substituted
and passed.
To make females eligible to the Office OF no.
tary public. Rejected, 10 to II, and motion to
reconsider entered.
Senate bills on third reading:
To allow persons in Tennessee to contract for
the rate of interest prevailing in other States
where the property involved is located In such
other State. Passed.
To regulate the fees Of officers taking deposit
tions in foreign or sister States. Passed.
To regulate the fees of coal oil inspectors.
Rejected on recommendation of finance, ways
and means committee, which will probably re-
port bill on this subject.
To provide for the establishment "nd In"in
ten2nce or ScnO0I IIDTarItS. 1dSS6u
The senate passed the house Dill making loo-
bying felony. An amendment was adopted
making 1t a felony for an assenlblyman 10 ac-
cept bribe to vote for or against any measure.
The vote on the passage OF the bill was 22sto ..
The house later accepted the senate amendment,
and then reeonsidered its action ON the ground
that the senate amendment was unconstltu-
ti0nal.