The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-02-08
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SEVENTEENTH DAY.

| SEVENTEENTH DAY.
The house passed the Deford bill, heretofore
| tabled, which repeals the act of last session di-
ylding Hardin county into eight civil districts
The bill, If it passes the senate, will give the
county seventeen districts, as OF old.
Among the new bills were the following: To
provide for elections on the questions OF incor-
poration of small towns on request Of ten quail
ifed voters; to cede jurisdiction to the United
States of the Soldiers Home site at johnson
City; to repeal the act to give unclaimed bodies
to medical colleges; to authorize the State in
surance commits sioner and chiefs of fire depart
| ments to investigate fires and prosecute fnce n
diaries; to appropriate ST, 900 to bring Tennessee
soldiers home from San Francisco.
The senate resolution providing for the dona
| ton OF the geological collection at the capitol
to the University of Tennessee, was nom con-
| Cured in.
| Senate bills on third reading were disposed OF
| as follows: To repeal tho act providing for the
redemption of the Bank of Tennessee notes, eff.
fective April l, passed; to repeal the act for the
| redemption of the Post notes OF the Bank OF
Tennessee, passed.
| EIGHTEENTH DAY.
Among the bills introduced in the senate was
| one amending the State pension laws so as TO
grant to all INDECENT and disabled Tennessee
| soldiers OF the war between the States, Confed-
| crate or Federal, over 20 years old, pension OF
| SS.33 per month"; regardless Of whether or not
| their disabilities are occaSOned from wounds or
| diseases contracted while in the service.
| The finance, ways and means committee
unanimously reported for rejection the bill ap-
prOpriating $4,000 to pay transportation ex-
penseS of returning Tennessee soldiers from
| San Francisco TO Nashville, and the judiciary
| committee reported against the abolition Of the
| court of chancery appeals
The house bill to provide for the taking of the
| census or male inhabitants OF the State for re-
diStrictinp CREATING the Office of
| State supervisor was attacked by Mr.. Cox in
vigorous speech and eventually tabled.
Bills third reading were disposed Of as
follows: TO repeal the act preventing magis-
trates from trying criminal cases unless the
prisoner pleads guilty, while the grand jury is
in session, passed; to exempt religious charita-
bic and literary institutions from the pro-
visions of the Inheritance tax law, passed.: to
abolish the court of chancery appeals, rejected;
to prohibit trapping or shooting game except
between October 1 and March l, failed for want
of constitutional majority; to establish bird
day. in the public schools, rejected; to compel
owners of land to clear streams of drift, tabled;
TO allow per cent interest where parties agree
to that rate, rejected; to make burglary capi-
tai crime, rejected; to improve the National
Guard by making the rules and regulation
governing the guard comply with the rules and
regulations of the regular army, passed; to ex-
empt members of the National e uard from poll
tax and road duty, rejected.
The following were among the new house
bills: To prohibit the adulteratiOn of foods and
foodstuffs; to define lawful fence and to pro-
tect land and stock owners; to allow counties
10 establish free ferries
These bills passed third reading: To
empt bequests to cha les and educational in
stitutions from inheritance tax; to prevent the
hauling of cotton i'll the Seed on which there is
a lien or mortgage, over highways at night; to
establish bird day." to be observed by the pub
lie schools, said day to be part of ArbOr Day.
The bill to prohibit hogs, sheep and goats
from running at large was tabled, and the bill
providing for a uniform course of study in the
public schools fail ed for want of a consttu-
tiOnal majority.
NINETEENTH DAY.
The house, by a vote of 70 TO 20, passed the
Pceler bill, which extends the provisions of the
four-mile law to cities of 5000 population pro-
vided majority of citizens vote for the abOli-
tiOn of township charter and reincorporation
under the new law.
The house also passed the bill providing for a
uniform course of study in the public schools
outside Of city school systems.
A bill was introduced to confine justices OF
the peace TO their own districts and prohibiting
them from doing business outside of the dis
trict from which they were elected or associa-
tiOn with justices in other districts for the pur
poses of doing business.
The four bills introduced by Mr.. Estes, being
the first bills introduced at the present session,
were referred to the finance, ways and means
committee which suggested number of amend
ments In order that the bills might be con-
sidered intelligently Mr.. Estes wanted them
printed with the amendments embodied in them,
and for that purpose called up the bills and
asked that the amendments be adopted. The
bills, together with the amendments, were Or
dered printed, but while the amendments will
be embodied in the bills they will not, tech
nically speaking, be part of them.
The following bills were disposed OF: To de-
fine the contract and property rights OF mar
ried women, rejected; to prevent certain dogs
from running at large, rejected; to repeal the
law relative to the disposal of certain unclaimed
dead bodies, rejected; making it a misde-
meanor to sander a woman, tabled.
TWENTIETH DAY.
The bill to prevent to sale of cocaine in the |
State except on a physicians prescription,
passed the house, 81 to 4.
Bills on third reading were disposed OF as
follows: To prohibit the netting of quail, |
passed; to cede land at johnson City for the |
United States Soldiers Home, passed; to allow |
the defendant in replevn suits to retain posses
sion of the property until the end of the Iitiga-
tion, passed.
In the house bills on third reading were dis |
posed of as follows To prevent proud female |
dogs running at large, passed; to make it a |
misdemeanor to keep a livery stable horse out |
longer than stated at time Of hire, passed; TO |
prevent the sale Of fireworks in certain cases, |
rejected; to allow street railway companies to |
run parcel cars, rejected; to increase tile PEN |
sion of certain disabled soldiers to SO per !
month passed; to authorize county court clerks |
to issue license to merchants quarterly, tabled; |
to repeal the election laws of 1891, tabled. to |
repeal the act authorizing the governor to ap- |
point election commissioners, tabled to require |
the United States. flag to bs displayed from all
public buildings, tabled,
Gold and Silver Mine.