The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-17
SIXTY-FIRST DAY.

The action of the senate in adopting
Mr.. Hancock's amendment to the gen.
eral appropriation bill, and then fail
ing to pass the bill as amended, leaves
the matter in a serious shape. Un-
less the senate reconsiders its action
there will be no money with which to
run the State government. Chairman
Cox, of the finance, ways and means
committee, which prepared the ap-
preparation bill, says the senate tackled
on so many amendments that it is i'm
material to him whether the bill now
passe sat all, but if it does not pass
the old act must be passed. That act
expired in March.
The appropriations wherein changes
were made are as follows: The judges
of the Supreme Court were each al
lowed $500, and the judges of the
Chancery Court of Appeals $500 for
clerical assistance, and the expense of
the two courts increased from $4,000
to $4,000; expenses of the States at
tOrney-general increase from $500 to
$4,000; salaries of chancellors de-
creased from $685. 600 to $5O,00O; one
assistant attorney general, $1,000, was
added; the salary of the private secre-
tary of the governor was increased
from 81 500 to 81 800; the expenses for
publishing the treasurer's quarterly
report in newspapers was cut from
$1,000 to $500; the office expenses of
1000 allowed the secretary of state
in 1901 was cut out and the comptrOll-
er's salary was raised from SO 500 to
$4,000; the expenses and clerk hire of
the funding board were reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000, so as to cut out $500
for keeping coupon record. The
salary of the clerk of the superintend-
ent of public instruction was increased
from $1,000 to 81 200 and the expenses
for printing, expressage, ETC., for this
Office were increased from $4,000 to
$4,000, and the superintendent tray
cling expenses were increased from
$1,000 to $1,59O. The National Guard
was allowed $4,000 per year, but the
senate adopted an amendment in
creasing the amount to $25,O 600. An
additional $4,000 was given the COM
missioner of agriculture for institute
work.
The travelling and Office expenses of
the labor commissioner were in
creased from 81 900 to $4,000.
The item of expenses for the rail-
road commissioners allowed was the
same as two years ago, but Mr.. Cox
offered an amendment that the COM
missioners should not be paid any ho-
tel bills in their home towns, and this
was adopted.
The librarian was allowed 50 900 for
expenses instead of $1,000 and the
salary of the assistant was increased
from $500 to $500.
Under the head of office of superin-
tendent of capitol the expenses of wa
ter, fuel, light, ice and blank books
was reduced from $4,000 to $4,000
The bill provides for a separate porter
for the governor at a salary of $3.50
per pear.
Insane Hospital Reduction.
The per capita appropriation for
each of the insane hospitals was
placed at $130, a reduction of $40 per
patient per annum.
There was a fight over this, but the
committee was sustained.
The appropriation for pensions was
increased from 100000 for the next
two years to 100000.
Office expenses of the secretary of
state were made $1,800 instead of
5000.
An appropriation of $72J per an
mum for a stenograpner in the Office
of the secretary of state was allowed.
A motion to reconsider the action
of the senate in raising the salary of
the comptroller from $4,000 to $4,000
per annum was tabled, thus finally dis
posing of the matter.
Mr.. Hancock offered an amendment
providing that the act Of 1901 be sub
Stituted for the present bill as amend
ed. The amendment was adopted,
thus displacing the committee bill, but
under a call for the previous question
the bill failed for want of a constitu-
tional majority.
The senate also reconsidered its ac-
tion and passed the new bill.
There was a flow of bills in both
branches of the legislature, but out
side of the action on the general ap-
preparation bill, nothing of a general
nature was transacted.
RAM