The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-03
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURES.
NASHVILLE, February 2

NASHVILLE, February 81.
The general assembly rec pnvened today afte'
the recess, with practically all the member
present An effort was at once made to have
another recess. in order to give the special com
mitiee on reform o. Judiciary and the committed
examining the Offices OF comptroller and treas
urer further time Senator Gilmore asked thai
the committee on education also be given an ex-
tension. The senate after some debate, adopted
the resolution for recess until March IA, buI
the house sat down on it after considerable
wrangling.
During the debate in the house the sta.emeni
was made that the educational committee hao
discovered gross corruption in one Of the States
Institutions located in Nashville, and for thai
reason it was necessary TO have further time tC
get at the bottom OF the whole thing.
The sub committee on charitable institution;
submitted their report to the house. The com
mittee recommends appropriations of $500 FOL
repairing fences and Sl5) for laundry range al
the East Tennessee hospital for the insane. As
TO the Western hospital it is recommended thai
| three trustees be residents of Hardeman county;
that The number of parents be increased by 81
whites and p coiOred, making total or $40.
They find $50 per annum paid to the chairman
of the board of trustees in addition TO his pei
diem and mileage, which is declared contrary &c
Law, and tits recommended that the law be com.
piled with.
AT the central hospital it is recommended thai
the number OF patients be increased by % whites
and 10 eolored, making the to.at 426. Two a
the auditing committee reside outside of David.
son county, which is contrary to law.
The committee finds Lelween $500 and 5000
paid to the treasurer of each institution bien-
n-ally for light duties. The office is considered
needless, and it is recommended that it be abol-
ished and the duties performed by the superin'
tendent. who should be require to give $1,000
additional bond. IL is recommended that The
per capita appropriation be placed at Sl40 pei
annum; that the trustees be prohibited from
furnishing anything for maintenance; that
county paying patients be admitted at $40 per
annum.
The Tennessee Industrial school is spoken OF
in the highest terms. An appropriation OF
s., 900 for insurance, 5000 for electric light and
gas plants, $500 for bath tubs and the present
per capita is recommended.
For the school for deaf and dumb it is recon-
mended that S165 per capita and 500 for general
repairs be appropriated.
The school for the blind needs better heating
apparatus and repainting. and its recommended
that $4,000 be appropriated for needed repairs
and SI75 per capita.
The Confederate soldiers home fund is in bet
ter condition than ever before, and it is recon-
uANhNSO ehaS tlAC SeltAS vi 80 sOVe
per annum be made; that old soldiers turned
out heretofore be invited to return and live ODE
dent to the present management, which is pro-
nounced OF the best.
AR. johnson of Chester said if The recon-
dRndations OF the committee were adopted it
would save SIS, 600 in maintenance.
4 large number OF new bills were introduced
in 10th houses, but many of them were of no
gtnaral Importance.
FEBRUARY q.
CGe senate today passed the bill prohibiting
justices OF the peace from holding court outside
Of the civil districts from which they are
elected. The squares are also prohibited from
aSsociating themselves In the trial of eases with
justices Of other districts.
The house tabled bill regulating telephone
rates.
Mr.. Morgan introduced a bill in the senate
providing that county courts select election
commissioners instead of the governor.
Representative Bradley introduced a bill to
prevent any person from pointing firearms at
another.
Representative Kinney introduced a bill pro-
viding for a State board of law examiners to
regulate admission to the bar.
FEBRUARY %.
Immediately after the house adjourned this
afternoon the Democratic joint caucus met and
elected the following land registers: John w.
Gates. Jackson, Western district; T. Fl. Crouch,
Nashville, Middle district; ID. G. Brown, East
ern district; I. j. Knox, OcOee district; j. O..
Stewart, Knoxville district.
The senate held but one session today, but at
the sitting tabled the bill making the keeping of
crap room felony and passed the trading
stamp bill The vote on the crap bill was 20 TO
II. The trading stamp bill places tax of $500
on the companies IN each county.
for the consideration of important felony cases
was tabled. The object of this bill was to cali
grand juries together in cases Of murder, GRIM
inal assault, ETC., in order to prevent mob viO-
lence.
The bill to pay jurors every thirty days passed,
as did the bill requiring the commissioner of
agriculture to pay all fees the State treasurer
and the latter TO pay all expenses of the agri-
cultural bureau in same manner as expenses of
other State officers are paid.
The house committee on public printing has
recommended for passage a bill requiring all
state officers to receive bids for all printing
over SIS in amount, and to let contracts to low
est bidders. All printing must Lear The union
label.
The house patched up the senate recess reso-
luton and then rejected it because an amend
ment had been tackled on preventing special
committeeman from receiving compensation
during recess.
The bill requiring the commissioner of agTi-
culture TO give $780, coo bond passed, but the
bill making Imprisonment of not less than three
nor more than six months mandatory in pistol
carrying cases was defeated.
FEBRUARY "A.
The features in the general assembly today
were Gov. MeMillin's veto of the Memphis bill
allowing the county trustee to collect city taxes
at an increased salary; the speech OF Senator
to granting of pardOnS during the last two ad
bill in the house, and the amending of several
local bond bills in the house so as to prevent
bonds being made payable in gold.
The senate passed ha1se bills prohibiting JUS
tices OF the peace from trying criminal and mis-
demeanor cases except when defendant pleads
guilty when grand !uries are in session; bill
prohibiting preferences in assignments; bill
constituting prison commissioners an advisory
pardon board; bill permitting street car cOmpa-
MES to operate parcel cars; bill allowing only
two peremptory challenges in misdemeanor
cases.
Among new house bills were those providing
for establishing agricultural schools and expert
ment stations for each of the grand divisions OF
the State requiring county court clerks to iu-
sure all public buildings; providing that license
20 practice law shall only be granted by the
preme court; creating boards of jury commits
sioners for each county.
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