The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-02-01
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
TWELFTH DAY.

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The bill to prohibit co-education of the races,
introduced for the purpose OF preventing CO.
education at Maryville College, was the subject
of lively debate in the senate, and incidentally
served to bring in bill from Mr.. Peake pre-
venting the teaching of colored persons by
whires in any school. college or university in
the State. The original bill passed with only
one vote in opposition, and that on the ground
that the effect of the measure would probably
be to break contract.
The senate concurred in the house amendment
to the postage stamp resolutions; also the house
resolution in regard to the election OF United
States senator's; and adopted the resolution to
burn the $3.50, 900 of Cancelled notes OF the Bank
OF Tennessee.
Bills were introduced in the house to prohibit
the insurance of children under Is years of age,
and to make the sale of Oleomargarine or other
imitation butter privilege.
During the debate in the senate on the CO -edu-
cation bill Mr.. Davis said the trustees of Mary
Vile College were willing to return the $4,000,
with interest, donated to the college by the
Freedman's bureau. If the bill passes the
house this course will probably be followed,
and the issue which has been a disturbing fac
tor in the college for years will be removed
Only one negro, it is said, attended the college
last year.
THIRTEENTH DAY.
In the senate Mr.. Peak withdrew his bill
preventing white persons from teachiug negroes
and Introduced a new bill preventing them from
teaching negroes in the public schools. This
will not affect such Institutions as Fisk Uni
veYsity, Roger Williams, etc.
The bill providing for the enumeration OF the
State for the purpose of redistricting was
that the enumerators be appointed by the gov
ernOr. The bill passed.
In the house bills were introduced as follows:
To require children between 8 and Is years of
age to attend the public schools; to regulate
the laying out and working OF public roads: to
encourage the of wide tires for vehicles to
give conductors of passenger trains police pow
ers; to permit husband and wife to testify in all
civil and criminal cases.
A pure food bill introduced in both houses
has stirred up the mercantile community of the
State and letters, kilograms, ETC., are pouring
in upon the members asking them to defeat the
measure. Several merchants have come to
fight the bill. 1t provides that baking powder
containing alum shall be declared impure and
ruled out.
FOURTEENTH DAY.
The senate passed the anti-cigarette bill by
vote of 80 to 3. The bill is the same as the one
declared constitutional by the supreme court of
the United States, but which has since been
held unconstitutional by Judge Sneed of Knox
vile, the ground of an irregularity of the
signing of the measure by the speaker pro tenn.
of the house.
The senate rejected the bill requiring the
floating of the United States flag every
schoolhouse in the State, the vote being % to IL.
There was a hot debate over the bill, but it was
rejected because of the expense.
bill was introduced in the senate imposing
a penalty upon any person or corporation whose
employees a strike, who shall advertise
for or secure other laborers without informing
them of the existence OF the strike. The bill
really applies to any sort OF false pretcnses in
advertising for laborers.
Bills were introduced in both houses providing
for State entomologist and giving the Uni
yersity of Tennessee the appointing power.
Resolutions were adopted by the house to
provide for a committee to investigate whether
chairs and desks for the assembly can be made
at the penitentary or at the Industrial school;
to investigate whether the capitol can be lighted
by the pententiary electric light plant.
New house bills OF Importance were to repeal
the no-fence law; to appropriate 81 900 for pOr-
trait of Gen. Robert e Lee; to force insurance
companies failing to pay losses within sixty
days to pay 25 per cent additional to the amount
of the claim; to amend the constitution so as to
elect secretary of state, comptroller and treas
urer by popular vote, and for the permanent
sitting of the supreme court at Nashville; to
make women eligible attorneys at law and
also as notaries public.
Gen. Stephen d. Lee addressed the senate in
the interests of the Vicksburg National Park,
and later REPRESENTATIVE Norman introduced a
bill for commissioners to fix the positions OF
Tennessee troops at Veksburg, and approprat-
ing $500 for their expenses.
FIFTEENTH DAY.
Bills were introduced in the senate to create a
board of law examiners; to provide for the
transportation of Tennessee volunteers from
the place of their discharge and appropriatlng
$40, 900 for their expenses and entertainment; to
make conductors of passenger trains police Of
fcers; to make the commissioner of agriculture
give bond; to donate lands for the establish
ment of soldiers home at Johnson City; to
give consent by the State to the acquisition by
the United States of such lands as may be
needed for the establishment of a national for
est reserve.
The following bills were disposed Of on third
reading: To fix the compensation OF supreme
court judges at $1,000 per year, rejected to in
crease the salary of the governor to $1,000 per
year, rejected; to prohibit the dumping of saw
dust into streams to the injury of fish, rejected;
to prohibit capital punishment in cases OF muir
der in the first degree, rejected.
Bills were introduced in the house to repeal
so much OF the Australian ballot law as makes
1t applicable to towns of 500 Inhabitants and
over; to establish and define a lawful fence; to
provide for the election of twenty-one justices
of the peace for the city of Nashville.
The senate resolution to cancel the notes OF
SIXTEENTH DAY.
The senate puts its seal OF disapproval upon
the bill to extend the provisions OF the four
mile liquor law to towns of 1000 Inhabitants.
The house passed the bill preventing co-educa-
tion Of the races, after statement from Mr..
Piper that its passage would affect S107, 900 of
the $3.50, 900 endowment of Maryville College and
also deprive that institution of several scholar
ships, all of which had been given with the ex-
press understanding that no colored pupils be
admitted.
The house also passed the senate bill against
the cigarette, and cigarette papers, with only
seven dissenting votes.
The house has bill extending the four mile
law to towns OF 5000 Inhabitants, but the action
of the senate probably seals its fate when it
comes up in the former body.
Bills were introduced in the house to repeal
the State tax book law and to abolish the State
board of equaliZers.
To protect quail; to appropriate SIS, 900 for an
additional building at the East Tennessee hos
wire fence one of the lawful fences Of the State;
to make it unlawful to substitute any drug or
medicine in filling physicians prescriptions and
providing heavy penalties; TO require separate
street cars for whites and blacks; to require
separate sleeping cars for whites and blacks.
Confederate Crosses Presented.
The birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee
was observed at Nashville last week
by presentation of crosses of honor to
members of John c. Brown and Frank
Cheatham bivouacs by VIM. B. Bate
Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy.
Gen. George w. Gordon of Memphis,
delivered an address