The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-24
TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS
NASHVILLE, March IA.

| mittee. The bill, he sad had been agreed upon
with the exception of the clause relating to the
| privilege tax on railroads, on which the COM
| mittee was equally divided.
The report of the special committee to exam
| inc the office of the board of pension commits
| sioners was submitted. The report shows that
| there had been filed 1854 applications for PEN
| Sions, and that there are now $40 men on the
| pension roll, who draw total of SOS, $50. One
hundred and thirty y-eight pensioners have died
/ since the organization of the board in 1891,
| leaving 1,237 applications now pending before
| the board. The committee found that at least
| 500 of the ,237 applicants should be pensioned.
| The committee recommends that the pension
| appropriation be increased TO 100000 annually.
The house bill requiring street railroad COM
panies to furnish seats for passengers was
| tabled
bill was introduced creating a State text
| book commission and providing for uniform
series of text books.
Nearly all members of the house were present
| at the opening of the session. A large number
of letters from bankers, opposing the bill
doubling liabilities of stockholders in State
banks, was read.
member OF the house called attention to the
| fact that so far the comptroller's report
shows there are thirty-five counties from which
| no back taxes have been received since the Office
Of back tax attorney was abolished. This
NOulu luuICaLe lHdt lno DdCK TAX attorneys III
those counties have failed to settle. The list of
counties involved is as follows: Anderson,
Bradley, Chester, Clay, Coffee, Crockett, Dyer,
FentresS, Gibson, Harden, Houston, Hum
phreys, James. Jefferson, johnson, Knox,
Lewis, Macon, McMinn, McNairy, Marion,
Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Moore, Nor
gan, Pickett, Putnam, Rhea, Smith, Van Buren,
Warren, Wayne, White and Wilson,
Among the new bills introduced in the house
hot fharn aha haIl hn N
registration in civil districts cities Of $500
people; creating the office of court Stenographer
in each judicial circuit; repeating all garnish
ment laws; exempting all employees $50; making
ten hours days work; authorizing circuit
court clerks to perfect titles TO lands sold by
back tax attorneys; prohibiting school officers
or teachers from acting as agents for book pub
fishers or school furniture makers; providing
for tearing down the old penitentiary; making
the second Thursday in May Confederate
Decoration Day and State holiday.
The re solution requesting the president to ap-
point Gen. Wheeler major general was tabled.
The bill repeating the general assignment act
of 1891 was rejected.
The legislature in Joint convention today
elected Theodore f. King of Dyersburg, comp
troller E. +. Craig of Pulaski, treasurer; and
John W. Gates of Jackson, p. w. Crouch of
Nashville, d. G. Brown of Sparta, James T.
Harle and j. G. Stewart of Knoxville land reg
listers.
The senate, after some debate, refused to re-
fer the revenue bill to the finance, ways and
means committee, but decided, 16 to IL, to con-
slider it in committee of the whole
The senate passed the house bill giving me-
chanics a lien on public works for services or
materials furnished, and the senate bill pre-
venting stock from running at large in David
son, Knox and Shelby counties
Bills were introduced providing for the pay
ment OF board for defendants in criminal cases,
and the boarding OF iuries at the expense OF the
counties.
MIR. Gilmore introduced bill releasing rail-
ways from liability for accidents caused by fail
nre to sound bells or blow whistles.
Among a large number of bills introduced in
the house was one by Mr.. Webb appropriating
$4,000 for exhibit at the Buffalo exposition.
Other house bills were appropriating 25,774.9S
to pay war claims; protecting quail for two
years.
The bill regulating telephone rates was tabled,
was the bill regulating the selling and giving
away of narcotics.
The bill including in the public school cur
riculum the constitution of the State passed.
The senate bill restricting justices of the
peace to their own districts was taken up and
substitute offered providing that the act should
only apply to counties OF 5o,557 or over. An
ton to 5000 was adopted. The house finally
declined 10 adopt the substitute and again
tabled the bill.
Mr.. TOwry'S bill to repeal the law making the
Dortch law co-extensive with the registration
act was tabled. The bill prohibiting public
officers from receiving free passes or franking |
privileges was tabled. Another bill on the same |
subject was also tabled.
The bill preventing Misrepresentation on the |
part of life insurance agents was passed.
The senate committee railroads reported |
for rejection bills compelling sleeping car COM |
panies to keep the upper berth closed when un- |
occupied and to make charge of one dollar |
per berth.
The-biIl to allow through trains to ignore the |
law i'll reference to stopping at every station |
where the interlocking switch is in operation |
was recommended for passage.
MARCH l6.
The general assembly was in an economical |
frame of mind today. and as a result the coal
oil inspectors and the three principal executive |
officers OF the State suffered. The senate passed
the house coal oil inspection bill, with Mr..
Seay's amendment, and the house concurred in
the slight change made. The salaries under this
bill will be as follows. Nashville and Memphis,
81, ,2oO per annum; Knoxville and Chattanooga,
$500; jackson and Clarksville, $500; in cities of
600 and under 5000, $500, and in all other cities
SlO0, provided the fees amount to that much.
All excess fees 60 into the State treasury.
The house devoted the greater part Of its time
to discussing the bill introduced by Mr.. john
son of Smith fixing the salaries of the secre-
tary of state, comptroller and treasurer at
s. 800 each per annum, and finally substituted
and passed Mr.. Matthews bill, which places
these officers salaries at s., 500 for secretary of
state and s., 900 each for comptroller ana treas
urer. The latter also gets $500 as insurance
commissioner.
The committee which investigated the State
board of health presented its report in both
houses The work of the board was compli-
mented. The committee favors restricting the
boards meetings to two each year; wants the
law so changed as to give the board power TO
employ live stock member of the board at $50
per month"; favors the abolition of the place OF
State veterinarian and the employment OF 4
whenever needed.
In the senate Mr.. Morgan introduced a bill
prohibiting the playing OF cards or any other
game for any purposes in any room or house in
which liquor is sold by retail, and Mr.. Chambliss
a bill appropriating money to satisfy claims
growing out of the enlistment of troops in the
ate war
The house bill requiring the commissioner OF
agriculture to give bond passed.
The bill providing for jury commissioners in
each county was made the special order for the
24th instant.
Mr.. NOr1eet INTRODUCED a resolution author-
Zing the attorney general to proceed against
back tax attorneys in counties where no settle
nent has been made.
Among the new bills introduced were these:
Authorizing county courts to issue bonds to
build macadamZed county roads; regulating
employment Of children; prohibiting limited
ickets from being sold ON railroads except at
reduced rates.
MARCH II.
GOV. McAIipin vetoed the street railway .elec.
.ric lighting bill today on the ground that it