The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-03

made ia 1920 were passed on pssk
I values Of real estate and personally
and II order 70 conform the assess
ments b the normal values Of prop
erty another complete assessment Is
TO be made by the state beard Of
equalization. This will give the tax
i payers Of Tennessee an opportunity
to correct unjust ASSESSMENTS Of
their property
\ Among the general bills passed
and signed By Gov. Taylor is that re-
I pealing an act of 1919 authorizing
the transfer to the circuit court Of
all cases filed in the chancery court
/ in which jury trials are requested.
BY this act the former practice of
having jury trials IN the chaneery
court is resumed.
Another general act is that per-
hitting the bringing in BIZ answers
filed in the chancery court in the
nature Of cross bills new parties to
the litigation pending. This Il 4
court procedure bill mainly Of in
terest to the bench and bar.
The primary election law Of 1917
has been amended so ais to legalize
primary elections held in emergencies
brought about by the death, resipna-
ton OF removal of any official who
is required to be elected in accordance
with the provisions Of that law.
Three laws have been passed for
the purpose of reducing the whole
sale thievery Of automobiles and
automobile accessories. It Is made
d felony for one to take the autorao-
bile Of another without the consent
Of the owner Of the machine. all
though the purpose Of the removal
Of the car Is not to steal it, but to
take a ajoy ride" in it and abondon
it at the end of the journey It ii
made crime punishable by imprison-
ment and fine for any one who buvs
an automobile, the motor or engine
on serial number of which has been
defaced and altered. to fail to noti-
fy the state highway department 81
the purchase Of such car and the
name of the party from whom It
was purchased. Many automobiles
are stolen, the numbers altered or
defaced and then are res0ld. AS
the numbers are the only sure
methods Of Identification of auto
mobiles, the purchaser Of such 4 car
must inform the state highway del
partment of the purchase In order
that the true owner Of the car NAV
be found and the culprit unprecedented
and punished. Dealers III second
hand accessories and parts Of auto
mobiles are required BY one of the
new laws to report the purchase Of
secondhand parts and accessories
to the municipal authorities in each
city where the dealers reside, and
these dealers are not allowed to sell
the secondhand parts 50 purchased
until after AS hours following the
notification Of the city authorities
that such Darts have been purchased
This law is designed to give owners
n stolen parts taken from automo-
biles an opportunity to recover the
stolen articles and trace the theft Of
same. This law IL modelled after the
nresent Pawn Brokers' Act.
The salary Of superintendent Of
banks has been raised from $4,000
to $4,000 and the assistants under
him have been given an increase In
pay. These appropriations do not
come from the state treasury. The
banks of the state pay the expenses
of the state banking department byl
assessment, and the passage Of this
law was requested by the State
Bankers Association.
The inheritance tax law Of 1919
was amended SO ais to exempt from
taxation all life insurance left by
any citizen Of Tennessee upon his
death. This law Is retroactive SO as
to exempt from taxation life insur-
ance Of anyone dying prior to the
massage Of this act unless the tax on
same has been paid already.
A very important act passed Just
before the legislative recess ID that
extending the time for paying state
and county taxes for 1920 until May
/. 1921 Under this law. no penal
ties accrue on these taxes until MAY
i, but, on account of the states Eli
nancial condition, it is hoped that
those who can pay their taxes now,
or at any time before May | will do
20 Az soon as possible, as the money
is needed verv badly.
The act of 1919 exempting county
bonds from taxation has been amend y
ed SO as To cure Il technical defect In
that law and make certain the pur-
pose Of the 1919 legislature that
county bonds are not subject to tax
alton when that fact is stated on the
face Of the bond.
Another law has been passed re-
curing installation Of wash and bath
rooms at coal mines. This Is a.
sanitary measure for the conven-
fence Of coal miners.
The above acts have been signed
by the governor. He vetoed the bill
increasing the salary Of attorneys
general 5000 per annun, and. that
of their assistants $500 per annuni,
but this law was passed BIZ both
Houses over his veto.
The local bills affecting Coving-
ton and Upton county passed thus
far are as follows:
The salary Of the clerk and mas
ter of the chancery court of Upton
county has been placed at one thous-
and $4,000 dollars per annum BY
special act passed for that purpose.
In response to petition signed
BY nearly all Of the citizens Of the
town Of Randolph, the charter of
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