The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-04-19
SIX HUNDRED NEW LAWS.

Legislature during the present term.
Fully six hundred new laws we're
added to the statutes Of Tennessee by
the Fifty-fifth General Assembly. This
exceeds the record Of all previous
General Assemblies, excepting the
Fiftv-third, which sat four years ago.
That body passed COL acts. But for
q liberal use of the veto power by the
Governor. the acts of this year would
have exceeded in number those of
1908. the largest to this date In the
history of the state
Two wears AGO the acts contained
543 chapters In 1901 the volume
contained 497 laws, and less during
almost every preceding Assembly.
More laws originated in the House
than in the Senate, but in general
laws of great Importance majority
IRE Senate bills The proportion Of
local or nrivste acts is exceptionally
large and would have been much
larger but for the massage Of the Cen
oral Education bill.
Sore imnortant bills passed we're:
Approprlating $95oOoO to Peabody
Colleee.
To make 1t felony to keen a place
whore betting on races is allowed.
To apnronriate $20,500 for James
town Exhibit.
Annronriatin. $4,000 for expert
ment station West Tennessee.
To appropriate $4,000 to purchase
Governors mansion.
Davidson County Laws.
The following laws are Of local APP
plication:
To extend corporate limits of Nash
Vile on Fillmore street and the Leb-
anon Pike.
To authorize Nashville to issue
100000 park bonds
To chanse corporate limits of city
in West Nashville.
To authorize Davidson County tc
Issue Jail and criminal court bonds.
To authorize Nashville to issue
100000 of waterworks and extension
bonds.
To repeal act authorizing Turn
pike Superintendent of Davidson
County to Hnnoint clerk
To authorize the apnointment Of ar
Assistant Superiniendc of Pike.
IN Davidson County.
Auditing property or Improvement
district act for the city of Nashville
To authorize Nashville to issue
S275000 of bonds to extend ligh
plant.
To amend charter Of Nashville 81
qs to make five members quorum O
the Board of Education.
To provide a primary election Law
for Davidson county.
To establish Beard of Education
of seven members for navi $50
County.
County.
To authorize city of Nashville t,
issue bonds for the extension of it
waterworks system.
To authorize counties to take pror
erty for public purposes and two 9th
err acts authorizing Davidson Count
to condemn lands for bridge aI
sproaches.
To authorize certain school chill
dren of the Eighth District to atten,
Seefried School.
To abolish the Davidson Count
Turnpike Board created by act O
1908.
To provide for collection of inter
est on county funds.
To amend the redistricting act @
Davidson County.
To change the line between tn
counties Of Wilson and Davidson.
To authorize Nashville to increas
appropriations over this budget.
To provide that certain fines 1
Nashville shall be paid to the 81
"iety for the prevention of cruelty
animals.
To provide for the payment of tn
Indebtedness of the Thirteenth SehoC
District of Davidson County.
To authorize City Judge of Nasf
Vile to succeed himself
To fix compensation of bonds t
certain departments of Nashville.
To change the line between tn
counties of Davidson and Cheathan
To authorize the extension Of tn
electric light plant of the city o
Nashville.
To extend corporate limits Of Nasl
vile so as to include road to M
Olivet.
ia amend the charter Of Nashville