The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-12

tigating committees, and their terms of
service at the expense of the State, was
the subject of prolonged discussion in
which Senators Cox, Senter, Turner,
Holiday, Baskerville, Mansfield, Neal
and Huffaker participated. Efforts to
reach an agreement failed, and finally,
upon motion of Mr.. Cummings, the
resolution and all amendments were
tabled. The Senate adjourned until II
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
In the Senate.
An important bill introduced in the
Senate at Monday mornings session
was one by Senator Mckinney fixing
the salaries of Supreme Court judges,
judges of the Court of Civil Appeals and
those of Criminal and Circuit Courts.
The measure provides that salaries of
Supreme judges shall be $4,000 per an
mum, of judges of the Court of Civil
Appeals $4,000, and of Circuit and
Criminal Court judges So, 600.
A bill introduced by Senator Howse
seeks to amend the law prohibiting pub
lie school act, by making it apply to
Henderson County.
By Mr.. Greer (by request t)-To repeal
the act of 1907 providing for system
of internal improvements in the State.
BY Senator Parham-To amend the
fish and game law.
By Mr.. McKinney-To authorize Nc
Kepzie to issue bonds for improving
bstreets.
By Senator Turnef-To amend the
act regulating the practice of optometry
SO as to define what the practice is.
By Senator Howse-To authorize and
regulate private institutions for the in
sane and other persons of unsound
mind, inebriates, dipsomaniacs and
drug habitues.
BY Senator Howse-to amend the act
prohibiting prize fighting, or sparring,
so as to permit scientific boxing exhibit
tions in regularly chartered athletic or
gymnasium clubs. Such exhibitions are
limited to eight rounds and the gloves
used shall weigh not less than six
ounces.
By Mr. Howse-To amend the pure
food and drugs act of 1907 50 as to pro-
vide that before grand juries shall take
cognizance of the act the person or firm
charged with violating it shall appear
before the chief pure food and drugs in
spector to show cause why he or they
should not be prosecuted.
By Mr.. Kelley-To regulate the IL
censing of persons, firms and corpora
tions in cities of more than rs, 900 pop
ulation conducting business for in
stalling any wires or electrical appara-
tus, and to provide for a board of cleo
trical examiners and supervisors.
ELECTION LAW BILLS.
During the referring of house bills on
second reading to committees, Repre-
sentative Dixon was recognized when
the election bills were reached. He was
not in favor of passing the bill on sec
ond reading.
Mr.. Dixon stated that the three bills
were of the utmost importance to the
people of the State and should be con-
sidered in the most conservative and
careful manner He did not know
what his position on the primary bill
would be. Representative Dixon moved
that all action on the three election bills
be postponed until March Is.
Representative Chestnut made mo-
ton to table the motion of Mr.. Dixon
postponing action on the bills. The
roll was called and the motion was
tabled by the vote of 80 to 33.
Representative Hall stated that the |
primary election bill had been passed
on second reading The other two cleo
tlon bills should have come up, but
they had been in the hands of the print
er, he stated. Mr. Hall moved that
the two bills creating State and county
election commissioners be passed on
second reading and be referred to the
committee on election.
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