The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-31
SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.OO Per Year.


! mis,ionerS to represent Tennessee at tie Paris
exposition; requiring reports from dealers in
illuminating oils; making Federal Decoration
day a legal holiday; to amend the Jarvis law so
as TO provide that clerks OF criminal and circuit
courts and sheriffS be allowed certain fees; to
prevent the accumulation of costs In felony
trials
The house bill relieving justices OF the peace
from making bond biennialIy and providing that
one bond will suffice for the entire term passed.
The bill to allow public school teachers to sell
books or maps when they are authors of sans
passed.
In the house Mr.. Neil presented resolution
providing for a constitutional amendment to
quire supreme court sessions to be held only a.
Nashville, while Mr.. Wilson offered a resolu-
tion proposing constitutional amendment au-
thorizing supplemental tax for school pur-
poses.
Mr. Hurt presented a petition from Obion
county citizens opposing a change of line be-
tween Obion and Lake counties.
Bills were introduced providing for the crea-
tion OF the twenty third oterial district out OF
the counties of Rhea AMI Meigs to prevent
sleeping car companies charging more than $3.50
for berths between points in Tennessee for six
hours.
The house passed the senate bill providing
that where interlocking switches are used at
crossings of railroad tracks, the engineer is not
required to come to full stop.
The house also passed bill apprOpriating
money to pay claims against the State incurred
by mObiliZing volunteers.
MARCH %.
Only twenty seven days of the present session
of the general assembly remain, and if all i'm
pOrtant matters receive mature consideration,
the assembly will necessarily have to side track
important matters and proceed at once 10 devote
its time to measures that must be passed AL
ready some are whispering extra session. The
revenue bill has been introduced in both houses
In the house it has been made special order for
Monday, and in the senate special order for
Tuesday. This measure viii cause great
wrangle. The assessment bill has not been in
troduced The bill to redistrict the State has
not been introduced. No action has been taken
on the bill to reorganze the bureau of agrlcui-
ture. More than 700 bills have been introduced.
The house calendar is crowded with bills which
are up to their third reading. Members appear
willing to work, but much of their attention is
distracted by matters local in nature.
In the senate the vehicle for orators was the
bill giving corporations organized prior to the
general Incorporation act of 1875 privilege to
avail themselves of the provisions of the latter
act. The bill was drawn at the suggestion of
Secretary of State Morgan and its stated purpose
is to make all corporations in the State operate
under the law of 1875 and thereby bring about
uniformity in acts governing corporation. OPP
ponentS OF the bill affect to see great danger in
it, and claim it was introduced for the benefit of
the Nashville Gas Company the charter of
which contains certain provisions and limita-
tions. After the bill had been warmly discussed
it passed, and a motion to reconsider was tabled.
Speech making in the house was over Mr.
Greer's bill amending the Estes law so as to
permit county officials to employ additional as
sistants to make out tax books when needed.
AS soon as the bill was taken up Mr.. Craig Of
fered an amendment increasing salaries of all
county officers in counties under twenty thou
sand people. The opponents of the Estes law
made vigoro IS fight for the bill and amend
ment. They contended that the present law
and the Jarvis law worked against clerks in
smaller counties while officials in larger coun-
ties received fat salaries. Craig's amendment
was eventually adOpted-43 to 40, but under the
call for the previous question the bill was re-
jected-yeas 49, nays 56.
The senate tabled a bill providing penalties
for giving away cigarettes or cigarette Papers.
The object of this bill is to a defect In the
present cigarette law.
Mr.. Boyd introduced bill to legalize primary
elections, and Mr.. Chambers a bill placing a
privilege tax of 500 applications for filing of
charter of foreign corporations having fixed
capital stock, and S25 for filing charters of
foreign benevolent associations.
The report on the bureau of labor showed
balance in the Office of s397.16.
The senate bill making contracts payable in
any legal tender passed after some debate, with
an amendment that it be not applicable to the
discharge of contracts already made.
Mr. Kinney's bill combining all laws relating
to coal oil inspection in one act passed.
MARCH "a
The senate TO-DAY passed bills abolishing the
criminal cOUrt Of pIavnOfh nd fhp
criminal court of Knox and Sewer counties. The
house later passed the Knox court bill as it came
from the senate. The judicial reform committee
introduced number of bills in both houses.
One bill is to abolish the nineteenth judicial cir
cult, composed of the counties of Hickman,
Dickson, Cheatham and Wilson, and presided
over by Judge Grigsby. Anothsr bill is to
abolish the criminal court of Montgomery couE-
ty, and provides that the act shall take effect
thirty days after final adjournment OF the pres
ent general assembly. Judge Tyler presides
over this court, the State paying $1,25O and
Montgomery county the same amount of the
judges salary. Another bill is to abolish the
third judicial circuit, composed of Blount, Lou
don. Roane, Morgan, Fentress and Scott cOun-
ties, presided over by Judge s. A Rogers of
Loudon county Another bill is to abolish the
twelfth chancery division, composed OF Sullivan,
Hawkins, Hamblen, Granger Claiborne and
Hancock counties II. G. Kyle being the chan
celIer.
Another bill introduced by the committee pro-
vides for the aboltshment of the Offices OF at
torney general and assistant attorney general
from Knox county, attorney general OF the third
judicial circuit, attorney general of Montgomery
county and attorney general of the nineteenth
judicial circuit. The bill provides that the at
torney general OF the criminal court of the
eleventh judicial circuit shall perform the duties
of that office in the circuit courts of counties
that compose that circuit-Madison, Chester,
Henderson, Decatur, Perry and Ben
ton. Another bill provides that Sullivan, Haw-
kins. Hancock, Granger and Hamblin be at
tached to the first chancery division; Claiborne
county to the second division; Montgomery
county to the eighth division.
Facts for Farmers.