The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
ASSEMBLY
HAS WORK GALORE
BUT LITTLE Time
ONLY THIRTEEN DAYS MORE AZ
TER The RECESS rs OVER
FOR LAW-MAKING.
JUNKETING COMMITTEES OUT
Many Measures Of Great Importance
Are ng.-Appropriation Bills
Not Yet Passed.-Few Changes
Probable.

bly, reconvenes on April 19. after a six
weeks recess. it viii have including
the day upon which it reconvenes. ex-
actly thirteen more working days in
which TO dispose of the mountain Of
business with which it will be over
whelmed
Even without the retardment of I'm
portant and necessary legislation
caused BY the mutiny in the senate,
which left that body without a quorum
and unable 10 transact any business
for a solid week, the Legislature had
more than enough on its hands The
handicap entailed by the flibusterers
is practically certain to result In a
necessary failure to give consideration
to many measures that should be con-
sidered, even though morning, after
noon and night sessions probably will
by held by both houses after the re-
cess.
While there probably viii be few
changes in the revenues and assess
ment bills from their last enactment.
yet these measures. on passage, must
be considered section by section and
this requires time. The general ap-
preparations bill must be considered in
the same manner and, as the amend
ments offered to this bill invariably
are innumerable. its consideration
will take up a great deal Of time. Then
there are the reports of the various
Investigating committees TO be re-
ceived and acted upon, and sugges-
tions by these committees drawn up
properly for enactment into laws
But even aside from all this work,
there are scores of important general
measures in the hands OF committees
and pending in both branches OF the
legislature. Below are mentioned
some of these measures, which, should
be given careful consideration, and
large majority of which. probably,
Sl1Oulu btCblAC ID
Establishing board of trustees to
control the Tennessee state fair and
make it a. state institution This
measure is now in the hands Of a spe-
cial committee which will seek to so
amend it that it will have no opposi-
ton from any source.
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to give grand iuries the power to send
for witnesses, books and papers.
I Regulating contracts between en-
DlOvers and employees so that it snail
not be unlawful for any person to in
duce or invite laborers to join a union
or society.
Providing for the inspection OF
state banks and trust companies and
creating the office Of inspector of
such institutions. This bill, in effect,
makes the state comptroller state bank
examiner
Providing for a bureau to be known
as the state geological survey.
Increasing the salaries of supreme
Judges to $4,000 per annum, of judges
! of the court of civil appeals to $4,000
per annum, and of criminal and circuit
court Judges to $4,000 per annum.
! Creating state board Of finance,
composed of the governor, treasurer
and comptroller. which boards duty
shall be to make contracts for the
! hest rate of interest on deposits OF
state funds.
Creating of state highway depart
ment and a state highway commission
said commission to consist of pro-
lessor of civil engineering from the
/ University of Tennessee, professor
of the same from Vanderbilt uniVer-
sitv and one civilian. The bill ere
ates the office of tate highway engi-
neer whose salary shall be $4,000 per
year. The other members OF the COM
mission receive no compensation ex-
cent actual expenses incurred In the
discharge of their duties. This COM
mission is to exercise general super
vision over the building of all public !
highways, bridges. etc, in the state.
A tax of one-fourth of a mill on each
dollars worth of taxable property In
the state is provided for in order to
create a public highway fund, and this
fund is to be apportioned among the
various counties of the state in pro-
rortion to the ratio each county's tax
able property bears to the total tax
able property in the state The meas
ure also provides that counties having
less than s2,OOO,OO0 of taxable proper
tv shall refund onethird Of the cost
of highways. etc, built within said
county. and counties having more than
1000. 900 taxable property shall re-
fund one-half Of cost
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