The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-26
THE LEGISLATURE.
SIXTIETH DAY.

over lueiF territory, IUeln IIOIU civil
districts and counties, failed-ayes Al, noes %,
not constitutional majority.
| The senate resolution providing that counties
| and cities shall not incur Indebtedness of over
| 10 per cent. of the taxable valuation of their
property adopted 80 10 IA.
| The senate resolution providing that cities,
towns ETC., shall have authority to levy special
| assessments for improvements in particular
parts of their territory was adopted, 81 to II.
! The house resolution providing for exempting
industrial enterprises, manufactures, ETC., from
| county and municipal taxation for ten years by
county courts or city legislative bodies was
| adopted 63 to Q.
| The house resolution proposing a consttu-
tional amepdment by means OF which amend
ments to the constitution may be more easily
made, failed, receiving A votes for to AZ against
SIXTY-FIRST DAY.
| The house went on record againS. the dog law
! when it passed the Bashaw bill, reversing its
| action of "A few days ago, when a dog law failed
| for want Of a constitutional majority. The
| senate has also passed dog law, and the
| friends of dog legislation must now get the
| Bashaw law through the senate, the house
will not accept the same bill. 1t barely secured
a constitutional majority, several members alb
! senting themselves from the floor in order not
| to have to go on record.
| The house also passed the senate road bill.
| 1t is 4 practical re-enactment of the law OF
| 1891, and is much shorter and simpler than the
! bill passed by the house earlier in the session.
| In the senate the report Of the agricultural
committee was submitted. The committee made
no recommendation in its report except OF some
| correction in regard to the sale OF fertilizers.
! The committee was of the opinion that farmers
| were being imposed upon by the sale of worth
| less material.
Both houses agreed to the conference COM
| mttees report on the general primary election
| law.
| SIXTY-SFCOND DAY
The feature of the legislative proceedings was
| the fight in the senate over the terminal bill, by
| which it is sought to so amend the act creating
| the Louisville q Nashville Terminal Company
| of Nashville to let the Tennessee Central
Railroad enjoy the benefits and advantages of the
| terminals upon its paying the same rates OF
rental as the railroads now holding contracts
| with the company. On final vO-e the bill failed
| for want of a constitutional majority, but mo-
| tiOn to reconsider was entered.
| The house disposed of a number of constitu-
| tional amendment bills and passed the penalty
| insurance bill.
! The bill TO amend the constitution so as to
| give the general assembly authority to enact
| local road and stock laws passed. as did the
amendment to leave the establishment of in
ferior courts to the general ssembly. The bills
! seeking to amend the constitution so that the
| secretary of State, comptroller and treasurer
may be elected by popular vote was also passed,
but there was adverse action on the bill to
amend the constitution SO as to locate the Su-
preme court at Nashville.
The house adopted resolution to print the
evidence in the Peeler investigation in the jour
nails.
SIXTY-THIRD DAY.
| The bill imposing a penalty on insurance COM
panies for failing to promptly pay losses, which
passed the house yesterday, today received the
sanction of the senate.
The Southern Appalachian forest reserve bill
amandpd a
limit the reserve in Tennessee to a strip twenty
miles wide along the North Carolina line The
house later concurred in the senate amendment
The senate passed the house bill prOvidin! for
tax on railway cars belonging to nonresident
corporations other than railway companies.
The senate also passed bills permitting the
prison commissioners to hire out convicts to be
used in the construction of railroad from the
State mines at Brushy Mountain to Nashville,
and empowering the commissioners to sell GER
tain isolated portions OF the coal lands.
The Bashaw dog law. passed by the house,
was amended by the senate by substituting the
Tillman bill. which passed the senate before
but tabled by the house. The senate did
not consider the Bashaw bill so effective as the
Tillman bill, and for that reason declined to re-
cede from its former action.
The house passed the bill to extend the pro-
visions of the Dortch election law to wards and
districts in counties OF Il, 900 and over.
The senate nOn-cOncurred in the house amend
ments to the road bill, and conferences will be
necessary.
FOURTH DAY.
The senate agreed to the conference report on
the road law, and then took up the legislative
and miscellaneous appropriation bill.
There some objection to the item in the
bill of expenses for railroad fare for the inyesti
cation committees that visited the State peni-
tentiary and the various State institutions.
Senator Tillman asserting that the members of
these committees had not paid railroad fare,
but the item was allowed to stand.
Amendments to the appropriation bill were
adopted as follows: Appropriating $500 for
Improvements and repairs at the West Tennes-
see insane asylum; $4,000 for an addition to the
central hospital for the insane, together with
s., 900 for improvements and repairs at same;
$500 to make up deficit at the Soldiers Home;
SlS,O8O for an addition to the Tennessee blind
school and to equip same; S14,355 to make up
deficit at the Tennessee industrial school, to
buy land and building used by small girls and
to construct a crematory. Appropriations for
insurance at the various institutions were
stricken out, as was an appropriation OF $500
to purchase building for colored blind chill
dren.
The house refused to concur In the senate
amendments to the dog law, thus killing all
hope of dog legislation at this session.
SIXTY-FIFTH DAY.
The house again refused to agree to the senate
amendments 10 the dog law, although the con-
ferees sent in an unanimous recommendation to
that effect. Another conference committee was
appointed, with the result that the senate
yielded and the Bashaw bill, passed by the
house, was accepted.
Most OF the time of the two houses was de-
voted to the consideration of county line bills,
charter bills and amendments to existing city
charters.
The special committee to investigate the
books and accounts of the comptroller's Office
reported but the report was not read. 1t shows
the condition OF the States finances to be ex-
ceIlent and contains nothing OF a sensational
pas9Ge.