The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-02-25
THE LEGISLATURE
FIRST HALF SESSION
May Not Be Able to Override Veto
of Interest Bill.

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Members of the Sixty-second Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ten
nessee have in the main made a yer.
commendable record in the first hal
of the session of 1921. The repea
of the cigarette law, which may no
be received with unanimous appro
val, is a means of increasing tie rev
enues, while the cutting off of the re
cess junketing committees is rea
saving of money to the State. /
seems that this was principally thu
work of the Senate. The House
wanted seven members for each com
mittee and Senate five. The House
disagreed and sent the bill back tt
the Senate The Senate not only de-
clined to entertain the proposition
but adjourned without action ant
5 the House had to do the same thing
That removed an old eyesore from
the legislative proceedings.
ASSESSMENT ACI.
During the session of the Legisla-
ture many acts were placed on the
statute books and many measures
which were not thought best were
killed Among the measures passed
which will prove popular was an act
calling for a revision of all property
in Tennessee at it's present value and
not at inflated values of 1920. A law
was also passed which postpones the
payments of all taxes until May l.
This act was done for the benefit OF
the farmers of the State and will
prove of much value to them. The
repeal of the dog law by the House
has caused a great deal Of comment
but those who know how and under
what conditions it was repealed ia
vor the movement. 1t was agreed in
the House that the law be repealed as
to the State and then any county
wanting the law could introduce To-
cal bill making it apply to his coun-
ty. However, the bill calling for the
repeal of the dog law has never yet
passed the Senate but will come up
following the recess.
HOUSE DIDN'T HAVE CHANCE.
Two important bills which were
killed in the Senate and which the
House never had a chance at were
the bill to abolish pool rooms and
the killing of the Graham -Bratton
Sunday law. However, the followers
of the Graham -Bratton bill claim
that their bill has not yet been killed
and they will bring 1t up in the
House and pass it and then bring up
the legal question charging that
Speaker pro tenn Bryan's ruling on
the bill in the Senate was incorrect.
1t is claimed by followers of the bill
that in the event the bill gets back to
the Senate Mr.. Speaker Bonds ruling
will be different from Mr.. Bryans.
Now that the first half of the ses-
sion is behind them members of both
houses have turned their attention
to important legislation which will
como up after the recess.
PER CENT INTEREST.
The most important of this will be
Al. inh
by both houses but was vetoed by
Gov. Taylor Exponents of this bill
claim that the lew is such good one
it will pass over the Governors veto
and that Uncle ALI was merely play
ing politics when he vetoed it. Those
opposed to the bill claim 1t will never
pass over the Governors veto and in
this they will be Joined by some
Democrats. Anyhow it is serious
question as to whether this act will
ever become law.
Another act which passed both
houses and wac vetoed by the Gov
ernor is the law providing for an ad-
ditional expense for the A ttorney
General. There aTe many who think
this can be passed over the veto while
others claim that the bill will be
killed in the House for the reason it
barely passed in that body before.
There are others who argue that now
the bill calling for an increase in the
various judges salaries has been kill
ed, if the judges were refused raise
hen the attorneys general should be
.reated the same.
Another bill which was vetoed by
he Governor and which veto was
sustained was the appropriation of
$1,000 for Adjt.-Gen. Sweeney for
services rendered as head of the State
Police. Another law which passed
10th houses but which will receive
he Governors veto, is the one rails [
ng the salary of the Superintendent
# Banks and his examiners. This
Measure barely passed the House and s