The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-25
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
EIGHTH DAY.

| EIGHTH DAY.
| The features of the general assembly today
were the ballot for United States senator, tie
adoption by the senate OF a resolution to give
each member S. worth of postage stamps. and
| the introduction Of resolution providing for
] amendments to the constitution. The ballot fer
| senator was as follows: Senate: Carmack, 70;
| Thomas N. Burkett, 3. House: Carmack, 20;
| Burket, q. Total; Carmack, 80; Burket, "a.
The stamp resolution, which had been tabi ed
| in the senate the previous day, was passed by
| vote of 10 to Is.
The resolution to amend the constitution was
introduced by Representative johnson. 1t pro-
vides that the term OF Office of the governor
shall be four years, and he is made ineligible for
more than two terms out or three; that the sec
| rotary of state, comptroller and treasurer snail
be elected for terms of four years, and by popu-
lar vote; that the terms of office of trustee and
sheriff shall be four years; that all elections
shall take place on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November.
The senate concurred in the resolutions re-
questing the navy department to name one OF
the new battleehips Tennessee; to ascertain the
cost of painting portraits OF Generals Lee.
Jackson, Forrest and President Davis for the
library.
The more important new senate bills were: To
require locomotive engineers to blow the whis-
tie at stated intervals for a quarter of mile
before reaching crossing; to prohibit CO. edu-
cation of whites and blacks; to prevent lobby
ing and lobbyists by making every attorney,
agent or other person appearing in the interest
of legislation to record his name and that OF his
employer in a book in the secretary of states
Office and later on submitting to that officer
schedule of his expenses.
In the house the more important bills were:
To make the highest grade of pensions to old
soldiers S25 instead OF SIS; TO provide that the
Jarvis criminal costs law not apply to counties
of less than 10000 population; to abolish the
State railroad commission; TO provide for the
election of delegates to a constitutional con-
Vention the first Thursday in next October, the
convention to meet the first Monday in Novem-
Der, 1901; to require the display of the United
States flag on all public school Buildings.
NINTH DAY.
In the senate Greer introduced bill to abol-
ish capital punishment for murder, substituting
Imprisonment for life, while Caldwell sent up
one making burglary, robbery, ETC., OF an occu-
pied house punishable by death. Cochran in
troduced bill closing all saloons at pm, and
forcing them to remain closed until pm.
In the house the flow OF bills continued, among
the propositions presented being measures to
legaiZe per cent interest contracts; to protect
life and property from overcharged electric or
telephone wires; to prevent hogs, goats and
sheep from running at large; TO prohibit the
sale of impure foods and prescribing heavy fines
and imprisonment for violation thereof; to
make it a felony to buy or sell offer to sell
buy votes to prohibit sowing of johnson grass
in Tennessee; to provide Tor local option in
towns of 500 and under.
TENTH DAY.
The senate passed the bill cedIng to Virginia
the northern half of Main street in Bristol The
bill will have to pass the Tennessee and Vir-
ginia legislatures and be ratified by congress
before it becomes operative.
The house tabled the senate resolution to fur
nish each member with s. worth of stamps.
The house adopted a resolution of sympathy
with Kentucky in the loss of Gov. GOebel, and
denouncing his assassination.
The senate passed the bills repeating the acts
for the redemption pr the notes of the Bank OF
Tennessee.
Among the new senate bills were these: To
exempt national guardsmen from the payment
of road tax, road duty and jury service; to
make fraternal orders having an insurance
feature amenable to the same regulations as in
cOrporated life insurance companies, forcing
them to report to the insurance commissioner.
In the house bills were introduced to make it
q misdemeanor to permit dog to enter the
premises of another; to make common carriers
responsible for goods until delivered; to require
parties acquitted of crime on the grounds of in
sanity to be placed in asylums; to amend the
criminal costs law not permit more than
three witnesses in misdemeanor cases; to pro-
mines; to prevent the sale of cider Sunday
on election days; to make 1t a felony to carry
pistol, and providing heavy penalties for viola
ton thereof.
eleventh DAY.
After considerable discussion and the tabling
of several amendments the senate adopted a
resolution providing for a recess OF the general
assembly from February until March IL.
The senate cOncurred in the house resolution
denouncing the assassination of Gov. Goebel
and sympathizing with the people of Kentucky
in his loss.
The house reconsidered its action OF yesterday
and voted each member So worth OF postage
stamps The vote 81 to Al.
In the house the principal bills were: To
place delinquent poll lists in cOnstables hands
not later than July 10 instead of March 10, as al
present; to make it q misdemeanor to obstruct
running streams by trees or logs; to make the
tax for public libraries in towns of not over TO-
600 not more than cents per hundred instead of
1 cent; to make the owners OF shcep-killing
dogs liable for double damage, half to go to
the school fund to provide for local option in
incorporated towns, majority to decide.
The house tabled a resolution declaring
against compulsory education as infringe
ment upon personal liberty.