The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-19
LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNS
soLoNs RETURN TO THEIR
HOMES AFTER MOST SIREN
Uous SESSION.
Some Things Done And Some IN
done In The Closing Hours.

closing OF the session were similar to
those witnessed during the same per
Tod OF previous Legislatures, prac
tically ali of Monday being devoted
to the consideration of conference re
ports, passing bills which were not
reached earlier and to which there
was little opposition, much of the time
of the day of both the Senate and the
House being in recess in order to
enable the Clerks to enroll bills for
transmission to the Governor, says
the Nashville American.
But one general law of note was
! added during the day to these which
have heretofore been passed, and
that was the bill to create a State
Reformatory for the correction of ju-
venile offenders. The bill passed the
House by just the constitutional vote
required and was Immediately en-
rolled and sent to the Governor, by
whom il was approved. The bill car
ries an appropriation Of $4,000
Conference committees on the
GAINESVILLE charter bill and the gen.
eral revenue bill and amendments to
the mining inspection law of 1903
reached agreements, the reports were
made the action of the two houses
and the bills became laws. The Sen
ate receded from many of the amend
ments to the revenue bill, the saloon
tax at LaFollette being reduced to-
$780, and the telephone taxes put
back to the figure that they were in
the original bill A compromise was
reached on the GAINESVILLE charter
bill, and that municipality will not be
subjected to the inconvenience of do
ing b1sfness without a charter
For the second time the House re-
jected the bill to create State Good
Roads Commission to frame a general
law for submission to the next Legis-
lature The House also rejected the
bills to create a Geological Commits
sion and a State Free Library Com
The members were in no
humor to create new offices or APP
propriate additional funds and it was
only by the hardest sort of work that
fifty votes were mustered for the State |
bill
Governor Patterson vetoed four bills |
during the day. One provided for a
new school district in Sullivan coun-
ty; another increased the Sheriff's
fees for boarding prisoners from 40
cents to so cents per day, the bank
ink bill, and the third provided addi-
tional compensation for the Attorney
General of the State in cases of es-
cheats and revenue.
The immigration Commission, as
appointed consisted of John Thomp-
son, Davidson County; H. c. Burnett,
2. C. Patton, Hamilton; F. C.
Guthrie, Davidson; Michael Savage,
Momer L. Higgs, Weak
ey; l. F. Peters, Shelby; W. l.. Leath-
,rwood, Knox; r. l.. Burch, E. A.
lindsey and w. L. Dudley, Davidson
In the Senate, Speaker Toilet dur
ng. the morning session was present
ID a silver service by his colleagues,
nd Chief Clerk Ed Thomas, a gold
watch. Other presentations were also
made.
In the course of the day, Senator
Weber offered the following resolu-
ion, which, however, was declared
ut of order:
Whereas, the editor of the Mem
his CommercialAppeal, newspa-
er published in the City of Memphis,
enn., is now under an indictment,
harged with publishing certain scan
alous and libelous charges against
,e members Of the Senate, and
Whereas, said editor has failed to
ppear before the bar of this Senate,
J required by resolution now, there
ire, be 1t
Resolved, that a nolle PROSE- be
ltered in this cause, and the defen-
mt be permitted to go hence and
n no more, and that the State OF
ennessee be taxed with the costs in
is cause"
In the House Representative Gordon
fered resolution commencing the
ork OF James I. Finney Of the Amer
an, and Joseph r. Wilson, Of the
amer, in reporting the sessions of
9 House. The resolution was amend
to include r. J. q. Miller and 9th.
press representatives and unani.
Dusty adopted - -