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ACTS "TENNESSEE

EXTRAORDINARY SESSION.

ACTS

OF THE

STATE OF TENNESSEE,

PASSKD BI" THE BXIEAOEDUAET SESSION OF THE

FORTY- FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
1886.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

NASHVILLE, TENN. :

MAJtaHAIiL * BBCOB, PRINTERa TO IPE ST^Tp,

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PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, The regular session of the Forty-fourth
General Assembly ot Tennessee adjourned under con-
ditions which have worked a hardship in some depart-
ments of the public service, and if not remedied by
proper and needed legislative enactments, will further
and more seriously embarrass the State Government
in meeting necessary expenses, and likewise force a
suspension of certain public improvements, the early
completion of which demands additional legislation
to render available the public funds already invested,
and to secure to the public the benefits intended by
such improvements ; and.

Whereas, The Executive, however reluctant he
may be at anytime to exercise the power granted him
in certain cases by constitutional provision, has no
other alternative than to yield formal recognition of
the necessities thus forced unfortunately upon the
State, in that the General Assembly failed to pass
most important bills then pending in the Senatorial
branches, conspicuously among them those relating
to revenue and appropriations, as well as other desir-
able legislation, both local and general in character;
and,

Whereas, Without stating or commenting on the
cause which brought about the necessity, at this time,
of calling together our General Assembly in extraor-
dinary session, for it has become a part of the legis-
tive history of Tennessee, but the immediftte results

flowing therefrom being the legitimate subject-matter
for executive review and action, hence it is, that in
the light of clearly-defined convictions of official duty,
and under constitutional grant of authority, I do not
hesitate to meet the responsibilities directly resting,
upon me as Governor of Tennessee, growing out of
the embarrassment in which the public affairs of the
State are unhappily involved ; and while the public
requirements occasioning this necessity for an extra-
ordinary session of the General Assembly are chiefly
those relating to the passage of proper revenue and
appropriation bills, yet there are also some other mat-
ters of public importance to which the attention of
the Executive has been called by letters and petitions
from various sections of the State, some of which had
been considered and passed the House and two read-
ings in the Senate, when further action was rendered
impossible for the want of a constitutional quorum,
and of these some should also receive the attention of
the Legislature.

Therefore^ and by virtue of the power and authority
in me vested by Section 9 of Article III. of the Con-
stitution of the State of Tennessee, I, Wm. B. Bate,
Governor of the said State, do by this my proclama-
tion, convene the Forty-fourth General Assembly of
Tennessee, in extraordinary session, at the hoilr of
twelve o'clock m. on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of
May, A.D. 1885, and when assembled they will enter
upon the following specially stated legislative busi-
ness, to-wit :

First. To provide revenue for the State of Tennes-
see and the counties thereof, and to enact such laws,
original or amendatory, as will give better protection
to the State against fraud in the collection and dis-
bursement of her revenue.

Second. To make appropriations to defray the cur-
rent expenses of the State Government for the term
of two years ; to defray the expenses of the regular

sesBloQ of the Forty-fourth General Assembly ; to
provide for the interest on the public debt, and for
such appropriation of the public funds and payment
of public indebtedness as may have been or may be
authorized by the Legislature.

Third. To provide laws to further effectuate the
Funding Act of 1883, to the end that the powers and
duties of the " Funding Board, created by Act of
March 20, 1883, be so modified that said Board be
authorized and required to include in the face of the
new or settlement bond such interest as would have
accrued between July 1, 1883, and July 1, 1886, had
the same been funded under said Act of 1883 ; and
that the coupons on such new or settlement bond, up
to and inclusive of that of July, 1885, representing
said interest, be canceled ; and also to provide' for
retiring a part of the bonded indebtedness of the
State out of such surplus funds, if any, as may be in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Fourth. To enact such laws in addition to those
now in force as may be needed to enable taxing dis-
tricts to compromise or fund the debts of the extinct
municipalities to which they succeeded, and to pro-
vide the necessary means of accomplishing such com-
promising or funding by appropriation of present
revenue, or by additional levies.

Fifth. To enact laws to prevent the importation
and the spread of contageous pleuro-pneumonia or
other cattle plague in Tennessee, and for their prompt
and proper execution.

Sixth. To redistrict the State of Tennessee into
Judicial Circuits and Chancery Divisions, both or
either, or to consolidate the same ; provide for the
election of Judges or Chancellors, either or both ; for
holding the Courts therein, and to regulate appeals
from the Chancery Court to the Supreme Court.

Seventh. To substitute, alter, or amend existing laws

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relating to the public schools of the State and the
officers of the same.

Eighth, To amend the mechanics' lien laws.

Ninth, To further provide^ for the more efficient
management and regulation, together with the proper
discipline of the Main and Branch Prisons of the
State Penitentiary, and regulate salaries of officers of
same.

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Tenth. To preserve the purity of elections and pre-
vent illegal voting in cities, towns, taxing districts,
municipal corporations, and civil districts having a
voting population of one thousand or more, without
in any way impairing the right to the elective fran-
chise, or limiting the just and legal exercise thereof,
by the enactment of a just, impartial and well-guarded
registration law, or by other methods allowable under
the Constitution (Art. IV., Sec. 1) " to secure the
freedom of elections and the purity of the ballot-box."

Eleventh. To amend and consolidate into one Act
the charter of the city of Knoxville, Tennessee ; to
amend the charter of Columbia, Tennessee, and to
enact a law conferring upon municipal corporations
having a population of not less than ten thousand nor
more than forty thousand, by the Federal Census of
1880, power and authority to construct pavements
under certain definitely specified terms herein to be
provided.

Twelfth. To provide for the payment of all neces-
sary and proper expenses of the extraordinary session
of the Forty-fourth General Assembly hereby called.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and cause the great seal of
^* ®' ?" the State to be affixed. Done at Nash-
ville, Tennessee, May 16, A.D. 1885.

WM. B. BATE, Governor.
John Allison, Secretary of State.

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF TENNESSEE,

PASSED AT THE

Extraordinary Session of the 44th General Assembly,

WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD AT NASHVILLE, ON

MONDAY, THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF MAY,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

CHAPTER 1.

A Bill to be entitled "An Act to amend An Act entitled An Act to
repeal An Act entitled An Act to provide for the settlement of the
indebtedness of the extinct municipality, city of Memphis, and to
dispose of the funds already collected, or to be collected thereun-
der, it being Chapter 162 of the Acts of 1883.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That so much of Section 3 of
the Acts aforesaid as enacts that the taxes collected,
and to be collected, under the Act of April 6, 188i,
therein referred to, be devoted and appropriated ex-
clusively to paying the interest on the compromise
bonds of the said taxing district, be repealed, and in
lieu thereof it is enacted that the proceeds of said tax,
levied under Act of April 6, 1881, remaining unex-
pended, whether collected, or to be hereafter cdlected,
shall be exclusively used and appropriated by the Fire
and Police Commissioners of the taxing district

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Shelby Couat;J»/dr/the purpose of payment of bonds

For what pur- heretofore. igs^^'A, or hereafter to be issued, by the

taxing ^i§fcr.i^t, or for paying the interest on stich

conapi:!6iilwe bonds so issued, or for paying any obli-

gatr©n*©l*the city of Memphis that has been expressly

jiisurfifed by the taxing district, as in their discretion

••/•tl^y seem proper.

• •/•"*••* Sbc. 2. ie it further enacted^ That this Act take

•\ *•.•*•* effect from and after its* passage, the public welfare

*• '•*••* requiring it.

rassed June 5, 1885.

C. R. BERR 1 ,

Speaker of the Senate.
J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,

Approved June 6, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor,

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HAPTER 2.

A Bill to be entitled An Act to amend An Act entitled An Act to
empower municipal corporations and taxing districts to compro-
mise and fund their indebtedness, issue bonds for the amount so
funded, and to provide means for the payment of the same as com-
promised, being Chapter 170 of the Acts of 1883 ; and also to amend
An Act passed February 16, 1885, approved February 20,1885, enti-
tled An Act to Amend an Act entitled An Act to empower municipal
corporations and taxing districts to compromise and fund their
indebtedness, issue bonds for the amount so funded, and to provide
means for the payment of the same as compromised, the same
being Chapter l70 of the Acts of 1883, and to extend the provis-
ions of said Act to the 1st day of July, 1885. And to further pro-
vide for the compromise, settlement, and lunding of the indebted-
ness of municipal corporations and taxing districts, and issuing
bonds therefor, and to provide means for the payment of the same
as compromised.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Taxing diatxicti the State of Teunessee^ That all taxing districts in this

State are hereby authorized to compromise, adjust,

and settle their debts and the debts of the cxtiuet ^"/horflr *<>

..i... />i<iji 1 • settle debta.

municipalities of which they are successors as herein
provided.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted^ That any of said tax-
ing districts may compromise, settle, and fund said
indebtedness, upon such terms as may be agreed upon
between it and any creditor or holder of its indebt-
edness, and so much of the said Act, Chapter 170 of
the Acts of 1883, and so much of the Act passed Feb-
ruary 1<^, 1885, amendatory thereof, as prescribes and
limits the term upon which, and rates at which, such
compromise may be made, and the time within which
the same shall be made are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted^ That for the purpose
of auditing and funding said indebtedness, a Board
to be known as the Funding and Auditing Board is ^^ ^«'^
hereby created, to be composed of the three Fire and
Police Commissioners of srTch taxing district, and of
four resident citizens and tax-payers, to be appointed
by the Governor of the State. The. President of the
Fire and Police Commissioners shall be ex officio
Chairman, and the Secretary of the fire and Police
Commissioners shall be ex officio Secretary of said
Board. The members of said Board, before entering
upon their duties, shall severally take an oath of office oath and bond,
before the Judge of any Circuit Court, and shall sev-
erally give a special bond with sureties to the satis-
faction of such Judge for the faithful discharge of
their duties under this Act. The Secretary shall Keep ^ ^*
the bond, register, and other books of the Board, and
shall perform such other duties as shall be imposed
upon him by the Board. On any and all matters a
majority vote of the entire Board shall be necessary
to determine the same, and a majority of the Board
shall constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the ap- "v^aca^ciea
pointment to 'be made as aforesaid by the Governor
shall be likewise filled by the Governor. The Attor-
ney of the District shall act as legal adviser of said
Board. ' The Chairman of said Board shall receive a Salaries,
salary of $400, the Attorney thereof the sum of $400,
and the Secretary thereof $400, for their entire service
under this Act ; and the other members of the said
Board shall receive no compensation for any service
render,ed under this Act.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted^ That the decision of DeciBionof
said Board as to the validity of any indebtedness or ^*^ ^°*^'

alleged indebtedDess to be fanded shall be final and
conclonve npon tbe taxing district.

Sbc, 5. Se it further enacted^ That whenever any
bond, coupon, jndgment, or other indebtedness or
clium against the taxing district ia present-ed to be
compromised, settled, or funded, and whenever said
Board shall determine that sach claiia is just and
valid, the said Board may then agree with the holder
of sach claim as to the terms or rates at which the
same will be compromised, and as to the form and
terms of the bonds into which at the rate agreed upon
the same shall be fanded; and the said taxing district
is hereby invested with full power and autnority to
carry out and perform such agreement and compro-
mise, and shall issue in its corporate name a new
coupon bond in such form and terms, and bearing
such rate of interest not exceeding six per cent,
per annum as may be agreed upon between the
creditor and said Board. Said hoods shall be
signed by the President of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners, and by the Secretary of
said district. All evidences of indebtedness bo
compromised and funded shall be surrendered and
canceled; and the Secretary shall keep a complete
record of all transactions of the Board, and of the
bonds issued and outstanding under this Act.

Sbc. 6. Be it further enacted, That all the provis-
ions of said Act, Chapter 170 of the Acts of 1883, are
hereby adopted and re-enacted as a part of this Act,
except so far as the same may be repealed, amended,
or modified herein, or are inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That tbe acceptsmce and
consummation by any creditor of the compromise au-
thorized to be made by this Act shall of itself operate to
assign and transfer to said taxing district all his rights
to and claims against the uncollected taxes and other
assets whatever of said extinct municipality, with
the right in said taxing district to enforce the same,
either in its own name or in the name of the creditor,
the funds that may be realized therefrom to be piiid
iuto the designated depository of said district, and
being hereby devoted and appropriated exclusively to
the payment of the bonds and coupons issued or to be
iBsued either under this Act or under said Act of 188-3,
or under said Act of February 16th, 1885.

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, Thatthe Auditingaud

Funding Board hereby provided shall expire on the Board expirei.
first day of December, 1885, and that thereafter there
shall exist no further power to make compromises or
issue bonds as herein enacted.

8ec. 9. Be it further enacted j That all laws or parts
of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be
and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That this Act take
eifect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.

Passed June 5, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.
J. A. MAIf SON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 6, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 3.

An Act to effectuate the fiinding Act of 1883, Chapter 84, approved
March 28, 1883, and to provide for the prompt payment of the in-
terest coupons upon bonds funded and to be randed under said Act
by authorizing the Funding Board to borrow money therefor, and
to repeal Section 223 of Milliken & Vertrees' Code.

Whereas, The decision of the Supreme Court of
Tennessee declaring the State liable for post notes pteunbia
and bills of the denomination of one, two and three
dollars of the Bank of Tennessee increases the vol-
ume of indebtedness of the State at least $350,000 ;
and

Whereas, The extraordinary appropriations by the
General Assembly at its regular session in aid oi the
charitable institutions of the State to the amount of

$228,000, rendered neeeseary in the opinion of this
General Aesembly by the urgent needs of the unfort-
aaate insane of the State; and

Whereas, The Supreme Court of the United States
p,,jjy^y^ has recently, decided that the railroads of the State
are not liable for the State bonds issued in aid of the
railroads, thus unlocking Irom litigation from $12,-
000,000 to 115,000,000 of said bonds, and which may
reasonably be expected to be funded in a short time ;
and

"Whereas, The large and unexpected demands upon
the State may exhaust the funds of the Treasury and
Huns. cause a default in the payment of interest coupons

on the bonds funded, and which may be funded under
the State debt settlement or Funding Act of 1883,
herein before referred to, unless provision is made
therefor, and it being impossible now for want of time
to levy and collect or collect taxes to meet the de-
mands for the payment of interest coupons falling
due July 1, 1885, on bonds already funded under said
Act and interest due January 1, 1884, July 1, 1884,'
January 1, 1885, and July 1, 1885, on bonds not yet
funded; and

"Whereas, It is believed that the levy of thirty
State. cents on the one hundred dollars for State purposes

will, when collected, be ample to meet the said in-
terest, and to repay the moneys authorized to be bor-
rowed for said purposes by this Act ; therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That the Funding Board, cre-
ated under the Act of the General Assembly to fund
and settle the State debt passed March 15; 1883, being
Fundi Bowd Chapter 84 of said Acts of 1883, be and is hereby au-
antbor^ to thonzed and empowered to borrow such sum or sums
rrowmonBr. ^£ money in the name of the State as said Board
deem necessary to supplement the funds in the
e Treasury for the purpose of promptly paying
nterest due and to fall due upon the bonds funded
!r the said Act of 1883, and those which may
after be funded under said Act, falling due July
t85, and January 1, 1886; said money, when so
owed, to be specially set apart for the payment of
interest coupons herein designated, and for no
r purpose.

5C. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Funding
rd shall for all sums borrowed under the provis-
of this Act execute the note or notes of the

State, payable to the lender two years from date, and
may bear interest not exceeding the legal rate, and
shall be approved and signed by the Governor. Fro-
vipedy however, that the State shall, through the
Funding Board, have the right and privilege to re- ^^^^^ ^o pay at
deem and pay off said note or notes at its pleasure pleasure.
before the maturity of same out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That Section 223 of
Milliken & Vertrees' Code, and all laws and parts of
laws or parts ot laws in conflict with the provisions
of this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and
this Act take effect from and after its passage, the
public welfare requiring it.

Passed. June 9th, 1885. '

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.
J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved Juno 10, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 4.

A Bill to be entitled an Act to defray the current expenses of the
regular session of the Forty-fourth General Assembly, and to defiray
the current expenses of the State Government for the next two
years.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That to defray the current ex-
penses of the regular session of the Forty-fourth current ex-
(fteneral Assembly, and to defray the current expenses p^^^^s.
of the State Goviernment for two years, commencing

March 19, J88&, a^.d m^^ng U^voh 19, 1887, the fol-

Cbpitol ex-

Saprome Court
expenaefl.

Public printing

library ex-

Oommon
Schools.

State Normal
College.

Charitable in-
«titotion8.

CAPITOL EXPENSES.

Gas, fuel, water, etc 1,250 00

One porter for $45 per month 1,080 00

Two porters for $35 per month 1,680 00 '

Landscape gardener and day-watchraan,

$50 per month 1,200 00

One night-watchman, $40 per month 960 00

SUPREME COURT EXPENSES.

East, Middle and West Tennessee 8,000 00

Deficiency in payment of Judge Cooke's

salary 7,837 00

Railroad assessment 5,000 00

PUBLIC PRINTING.

Acts, Journals, messages, reports and pub-
lishing Treasurer's quarterly reports.... 8,000 00

(In addition to amount overdrawn to
April 1, 1885.)

LIBRARY EXPENSES.

Library expenses 500 08

Deficiency in last appropriation for library 45 40

COMMON SCHOOLS.

Superintendent Public Instruction, salary

at $2,000 4,000 00

Traveling expenses, $500 , 1,000 00

Clerk of Superintendent, $500 1,000 00

Interest on school fund 295,000 00

Interest on Spencer T. Hunt fund 1,693 12

STATE NORMAL COLLEGE.

Per annum, $10,000 20,000 00

Per annum for colored department, $3,300 6,600 00

CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.*!.

Hospital for Insane, Mid. Tenn. , $57,500

per annum $115,000 00

School for deaf and dum, Act March 1867,
per capita allowance $200 per annum,
number of pupils estimated at 100, pay-
able quarterly for two years, inclusive

of $3,600 heretofore appropriated, but

not drawn 40,000 00

School for deaf and damb colored popils,

$2^500 per annum 5,000 00

School for Blind, white and colored pupils.. 34,000 00

BUKBAU OF AG&ICULTUBB, STATISTICS, MINBS AKB IMMI-

GBATION.

Barcan of AgiK

Salary of Commissioner at f 2,500 per an- ^icli2^^

num $ 5,000 00

Expenses of Department at f 8,000 per

annum 16,000 00

Geologist salary as Inspector of Mines,
$600 per annum, to be paid out of
appropriation for Bureau 1,200 00

MISCBLLANBOUS ACCOUNTS.

Express charges on money from collecting

officers I 1,000 00

Tax aggregate 2,400 00 Accwmta.

Supreme Court Reports, printing and dis-
tributing 1 3,700 00

Publishing Governor's Proclamation 500 00

Publishing Acts in newspapers 312 31

Copying Acts for newspapers, and index-
ing Acts 150 Ofr

State Board of Health 6,000 00-

An additional appropriation to be ex-
pended only in case of epidemic, on
approval of the Governor 6,000 00-'

Amount expended for the arrest of John

H. Hide 110 Oa

Presidential Electors 730 0&

Public arms expense, and for protection

of public documents, S250 per annum... 500 00

Bibles and literature for convicts in Peni-
tentiary, f 500 per annum 1,000 00

Sbc. 2. Be it further enacted^ That the Comptrol-
ler of the Treasury issue his warrant to each member
of the House, and the officers of the same, for the
amounts stated to be due them in the following
schedule :

Names of
Representatives.

Aimison, Wm

Allen, J. M

Anderson, Jackson...-

Anderson, W. E

Barnhill,J. T

Beard, E.E

Bearden, M. D

Beddow, C. P

Beatty, Claiborne

JBinns, J. E

Blackburn, J. K. P

Bonner, T. J ;

3ritton, D. D

Brogan, T. J

Browder, 8. E

Brown, T. N

Browning, R. H

Bullock, W.P

Burke,F.A

Butler, R. R

'Carmack, E. W

Cold well, Ernest

€runk,H. C

.-Cockrill, M ,.

Oummings, J. H

Davis, T.H

Dobson, A. 8. N

Dulaney, N.T

Erwin, W. W

Evans, P. W

Evans, G. E

Farr, John C

Fielder, A. T

Fields, W. A

Fisk,A

Fowlkes, H. L

French, A. G

Gordon, W.W

Guthrie, C.H

Haggard, W. 1'

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384 16

343 84
396 00
300 00
313 44

354 40
410 72
374 24
362 08
389 28
364 00
317 60
316 64
432 00

315 04
320 16
309 28
300 00

316 64

355 04
415 20
425 12
342 24

373 60

374 24
32 00

359 52
37616

344 80

360 16
386 40
327 20
367 86
349 28

Naxbsof

: ^ IB

Hale, W.J ' 84 13 44 75 300 313 4*

Hancock, B. A 122 19 5275 300| 319 52

Hanna,J. A 3401 54 4075 SOOj 354 40

Harrell, J. C 542 86 7275 300. 386 72

Hajnes, Robert W 33fr 52 80 75: 300: 352 80

Hajnes, 8.H 464 74 24 75 300 374 24

Hodge, W.C 302 48 3275 300 348 32

Hodges, D.T 688 110 0875 300i 410 08

Idol, Willis 624 99 84 75 300* 899 84

Jaclaon,E.L 180 28 8075 300 328 80

Johneoo.T.B 52 8 3275 300-308 32

Johnson, J. W 75 300 300 00

Keeton,M. F '340 544075 300 35440

Lamb, A. B = 270 43 2075 300 343 20

LashlecJ.P 174 27 84 75 300 327 84

Lassiter, E. D 255 40 8075 300 340 80

Lewis, J. W 280 44 80 75 300 344 80

Lewis, T.AV 164 26 2475 300 326 24

Love, J. R 454 72 6475 300 372 64

McCanlev.J.J 166 26 5675 300 326 56

McElwee', S. A 368 58 8-<75 300 358 88

McEinner, J. R 26-^ 42 8875 300 342 88

MeSween, W. J 654 104 6475 300 404 64

Miller, J. L 228 36 4875 300 336 48

Morgan. J. D 378 60 48 75 300 360 48

Mnnford, A,H 124 19 84 75 300 319 84

Mnrrell, D. L 330 52 8075 300 352 80

Xeal, Tom W 408 65 2>'75 300 365 28

Reed, J- ^r 620 1»H2075 300 399 20

Redman, M.F 500 80 0075 300 380 00

Revelle, Ike K 368 58 8>' 75 300 358 88

Rogers, B.D 88 14 0875 300 314 08

Rnbm, John 75 300 300 00

Rushing, W. A 50 8 0075 300.308 00

Sanders, J. C '■ ISO 20 80 75 300 320 80

Shipley, J. T 526 841675 300.38416

8imit,8. A 686 109 76 75 300. 409 76

Skelton, L. L 200 32 00 75 300.332 00

Smith, R. A 770 123 20 75 300, 4:.3 20

Solomon, A. M ; 244 39 0475 300)339 04

Names of
Beprbsentatives.

Steele.J.W

SugK. N-R

Tayror, G. C

Thornburg, R

Trousdale, J. A

Tyler, A. J

Vaughn, E. R

Vernon, J. Vf

"Wade, W. W

WarBeld, C. P

"Warren, J. J

Weenis, Joseph

"Weistier, Edwin

■White, J. 11

"Willis, J. G

"Wooten, J. S

Taney, T.B

"Young, A. II

Young, J. M

0FFICBE8.

Manson, J. A., Speaker..

"Wade, K. B., Prin. Clerk

Crockett, C W, ,Assistant
Clerk

Kelley, "W. C, Journal
Clerk

Kennedy, Mrs. Alice, En-
grossing Clerk

Muliken, B. II., Engross,
ing Clerk

Ottarson, Mrs. P. N.,
Assistant Engrossing
Clerk

Brown, W. E., Bergeaut
at-aruis

Dulaney, N. T.,jr.,Assiet-
ant Sergeantat-arms

Bell, Charles, porter...

Harria, Frank, porter..

Reese, Philip, porter...

100
84
94
676
50
710
404
464
874
120
270
114
700
SO
16
120
680
140
540

300
300
300
300

2 40 7

3 40 7

300
300
300
300
30(1
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300

4;.o

460
460
210
450

300
226
225
225

•

OQ
4>

•

Officers.

•

08
ft

C4H

•

-3

^-H

•

-*-a

• vH

!Z5
3

Halley, C. A

18 00

Schwarz, Miss Kate,

Assistant Engrossing

Clerk

24 00

Sec. 3. Be it farther enacted^ That the Comptroller
of the Treasury issue his warrant to each member of
the Senate, and to each officer and employee of the
same for the amount stated to be due them in the fol-
lowing schedule:

Names qf Senators.

Atkins, J. C

Bagwell, Alex.....
Blackmore, J. W.

Brown J. W

Bryan, M.T

Case, H. B

Edmondson, J. P.

Farmer, J. H

Gaut, Jesse H

Keith, John Y....
Kercheval, T. A..

Lamb, J. B

Logan, S. T

Looney, A. M

Lyle, W. J

Martin, G.W

McBride, P. H...,
McDowell, J. H..

McElroy, A. J

Metcalf, Lewis

New, Jno. Coffee.
Phillips, Wm

374

230

6!)6

302
572
172
362
344

244
526
98
386
280
166
330
254
170
104
665

111

04
80
00
36

48
91

27
57
55

32
52
52

92
04

39
84
15
61
44
26
52
40
27.
16
106

04
16

68
7*i
80
56
80
64
20
64
40

75
75
75
75
75
75
51
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75

300
300
300
300
300
300
204
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300
300

03
O

860 04
336 80
308 00
411 36
300 00
348 32
295 52
327 52
357 92
355 04
300 00

339 04
384 16

315 68
361 76
344 80

326 56
352 80

340 64

327 20

316 64
406 40

Namxs of Senators.

77 28
9184
89 28
14 72
123 20
60 80
74 28
(>3 04
24 00
54 40

6 40

75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75

Ramsey, H.B 483

Rogers, J. P 574

Rowan, S.P 558

Shaver, W. R 92

Simerly, Jno. M 770

Smith, Warren 380

Smith, W. J 464

Stovall. A. W 894

Thomas, D.B 150

Wright, J. W 840

OFFICERS.

Berry, C. R., Speaker 40

Long, T. C, Principal

Clerk

Harris, J. A., Assistant

Clerk

Griffin, George W., Ser-

geant-at-arms

Tanner, T. C, Sergeant-

at-arms

Ewing, Caruthers, Ser-

geant-at-arms 72

Dromgoole, Miss W.A.,

Engrossing Clerk.... 75

Terry, Jno., porter 75

Terry, Jno., porter 3

Terry, Jno., porter, Com-
mittee services ) 10

Johnson, Jacob, Assistant

Sorter 69
nson, Jacob, Assistant

porter 8 3 3 00

Jonnson, James, Assistant Sergeant-at-arms... 18 00

Jones, R. H., Assistant Sergeant-at-arms 4 00

Gill, G., Assistant Sergeant-at-arms 18 00

Turner, James F., Assistant Sergeant-at-arms.. 18 00

Gee, M. M., Assistant Sergeant-at-arms 14 00

Hyde, Ed., Assistant Sergeant-at-arms.....' 18 00

IN^ichols, Edgar, Assistant Sergeant-at-arms... 4 00
Haniiin, P. J., Assistant Sergeant-at-arms 18 00

300
800
300
300
300
300
300
800
300
300

450

272

288

450

300

207

$377 28
39184
389 28
314 72
423 20
860 80
374 28
363 04
824 00
354 40

456 40

450 00

450 OO

272 00

28 00

288 OO

450 00

300 00

6 00

20 00
207 00

Chickering, C. B., Assistant Sergeant-at-arms.. 18 00

Tanner, T. C, Sergeant-at-arms 16 00

Tanner, T.*C., hack hire 1 50

Kline, Simon, Assistant Sergeant-at-arms 20 00

Capps, Robert, A ssistant Sergeant-arms 20 00

Watson, Assistant Sergeant-at-arms 20 00

Jordan, James, Assistant Sergeant-at-arms 20 00

George W. Griffin, Sergeant-at-arms, waiting

on I*enitentiary Investigating Committee... 13 86

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted^ That the Principal
Clerk of the House be directed to remain a sufficient
time after the adjournment of the General Assembly
to file properly the papers of the House with the Sec-
retary of State ; to recopy the Journals of the House
for the public printer, reading proof, superintending
the printing of the same, and making the indek to
the printed Journals, for which the sum of one
thousand dollars ($1,000) is hereby appropriated, and
the Comptroller shall issue his warrant for said
amount when the Clerk shall have performed these
duties and closed his business.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the assistant
clerk shall remain a sufficient time after jjadjourn-
ment and assist the Principal Clerk in recopying the
journals, and when said duty* shall have been per-
formed the Comptroller shall issue his warrant for
$200 to said Assistant Clerk for said services.

Sec 5J. Be it further enacted^ That the Principal
and Assistant Clerks of the Senate be directed to
remain a sufficient number of days, not exceeding
fifty days each, after the adjournment of the General
Assembly, to file properly the papers of the Senate
with the Secretary of State, and to copy the Journal
of the Senate for publication, for which service they
shall be allowed their usual per diem ($6.00), and for
said amounts the Comptroller shall issue his war-
rants to said Clerks when they shall have performed
these duties.

Sec 6. Be it further enacted. That as soon as the
Journal is copied the Principal Clerk shall remain a
sufficient time to superintend the printing of the
same, read the proof and prepare the index to the
Journal, for which services he shall be allowed $600,
and the Comptroller shall issue his warrant for said
amount to the Clerk when he shall have performed
these duties and closed his business.

Sbc. 7. Be it further enacted^ That the Comptroller
issue his warrants on the Treasurer in favor of the
following persons for the services and amounts indi-
cated : Charles H. Bell, porter, for two ^ays' extra
services before meeting, and ten days during recess
(12 days at $3 per day), $36; W. F. Anderson, three
days' services, $3.

Sbc. 8. Be it further enacted^ That the Comptroller
issue his warrant in favor of T. C. Long, Principal
Clerk, three days, $18; J. A. Harris, Assistant Clerk,
three days, $18; W. A. Dromgoole, Engrossing
Clerk, three days, $18, for service after the expiration
of the 75 days.

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted^ That the sum of $135,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the
commissioners appointed by the Act of April .^, 1885,
to re-run and mark the State line between Tennessee
■and North Carolina, be and the same is hereby ap-
propriated.

Sec 10. Be it further enacted^ That the Comptroller
draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of
Jesse West, Trustee of Macon County, for the sum
of $49.57, the same being the amount of an error
made by Comptroller Nolan against said Trustee in
settlement made with him the 24th day of January,
1882.

Sec 11. Be it further e^nacted, That the Comptroller
be and he is hereby dir^-ted to draw his warrant on
the State Treasury in favor of the persons and under
authority of the resolutions hereinafter mentioned,
to-wit :
House resolution No. 19, for porters, John

Rains and Ben Campbell, each $15 $ 30 00

Senate resolution No. 15, for messenger,

Robert M. Williams 12 00

Senate resolution No. 12, for postage to
Senators, through the Sergeant-at-arms,

for Senators 150 00

House resolution No. 24, for postage to
Representatives, through the Sergeant-
at-arms 475 00

House resolution No. 36, for C. A. Halley,

Assistant Clerk, organizing the House... 12 00

Senate resolution No. 10, for Jesse Wood,

porter of the Senate 24 00

House resolution No. 47, for Cherry, Mor-
row & Co., tor chest for Journals, etc . 8 10

House joint resolution No. 62, for Harding

Liffht Artillery Band Company 85 00

Weakley A Warren, 350 chairs 29 16

A. B. Payne A Co., paper and wire 1 80

W. F. Anderson, Mingo Elliott and Horn,

$4 each 12 00

David Bell, drayage 1 00

Senator Rogers, telegraphing 1 60

L. Bosenheim, Bro. A Co., flags and furnish-
ing 5 00

J. DauteU hauling cedar and tolls on pike. 3 20

Senate joint resolution No. 29, for A. J. Mc-
Whirter for Tennessee exhibit at New

Orleans Exposition 10,000 00

Senate joint resolution No. 37, for Treas-
urer of the State, for amount used by
the Treasurer in redemption of 127 $1,-

000 bonds 10,386 95

Senate joint resolution No. 30, for Oman &

Stewart for repairs on Jackson's tomb... 330 00
Senate joint resolution No. 5, for Kobert

Gibson 39 38

House joint resolution No. 82, for George

T. Williams 24 25

Benson k Co ^ 145 10

Weaklev k Warren 46 00

Phillips'* Buttorlf- 25 25

Bricrgg k Moore 225 00

C. P. Williams 21 25

Bell k Co., for repairs and furniture for the

Capitol 15 95

Sec. 12- Be it farther eonfrted^ That the Comptroller
issue his warrant upon the Treasurer for the sum of
one hundred and seventj-five (175) dollars in favor of

D. LoTeman k Co., for flag (State colors) purchased
by the State; and to N. Baxter, Jr., Clerk, etc., to pay
judgment by him obtained against the State in the
Chancery Court of Nashville, which was certified to
the Comptroller by the clerk of the court, three hun-
dred and twenty-nine dollars.

Sec. 13. Be it farther erta/ded^ That the Comptroller
issue his warrant on the Trea.'-urer to Thomas IL
Paine for six hundred (^W>) dollars, for expense aa
State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the
past two years.

Sec. 14- Be. it farther ena*ded, That the sum of fire

hundred (500) dollars is hereby appropriated to pay
the exjpenses of quarantine of diseased cattle at Jack-
son, Tenn.; the Comptroller is hereby authorized to
draw his warrant for the above amount, or so much
as may be needed thereof.

Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller
issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the
following persons, for the services and expenses indi-
cated :

1. House Committee to visit Louisville Reform
School ; John W. Steele, A. B. Lamb, E. R.
Vaughan, S. H. Haynes, JST. T. Dulaney, A.
J. Tyler, S. A. Sims, R. A. Smith, C. P.
Beddow and D. D. Britton, expenses, each...f 7 50

2. Committee to visit Knoxville charitable in-
stitutions : E. R. Vaughn, A. S. N. Dobson,
W. A. Rushing, John W. Steele, M. F. Red-
man, R. W. Haynes, S. A. McElwee, each... 12 50

Also, Senators H. B. Case, fl4; John P Ed-
mondson, chairman, J21 ; S. T. Logan, JIO ;
W. R. Shaver, $14; and $2.50 each to Dob-

and Redman additional 5 00

8. Code Committee : Senators M. T. Bryan, J.
W. Blackmore, A. W., Stovall and Repre-
sentatives E. W. Carmack, H. C. Crunk, Jno.
Ruhm, J. W, Vernon, A. H. Munford, each
ten days at $4, sitting during recess, each
$40; George Griffin, Sergeant-at-arms of

Senate, ten days during recess 40 00

4. Funding Boara Committee: Senators J. W.
Wright, H. B. Case and Representatives B.
D. Rogers, A. J. Tyler, J. M. Young, each
ten days, at $4, sitting during recess, each... 40 00
Be it further enacted. That the Comptroller issue
his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum of $10 in
favor of Phil Reese, porter, amount paid by him for
washing towels.

Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller draw
his warrant on the Treasurer in favor ot Thomas J.
Bonner for $44, and to J. A. Hanna for $44, for work
and postage for ten days during recess of the General
Assembly as special committee under House resolu-
tion No. — .

Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller
issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the
following named persons, for the services hereafter
indicated :

John Terry, for three days' service as porter

in the Senate, at $1 per day $ 3 00

Jesse Woods, for eight days' service as porter
in the Senate, during the last recess, at $2
per day 16 00

Benson & Co., for one curtain and pole in the

Senate chamber 4.. 12 25

Marshall & Bruce, for forty-four Codes (Milli-
ken & Vertrees) furnished the State at $7.50
each 330 00

Mike Irwin, water-closet porter, one hundred

days at $3 per day 300 00

John Irwin, porter, pumping water seventy-
five days at $— per day 78 00

The Xashville World, for advertising bids for
Capitol repairs, deficit in appropriation by
the Legislature of 1883 5 00

John L. Si](iith, architect 125 00

Sheriff Sparks, of Roane County, expense of

arresting prisoners in Texas 310 65

M. C. Holmes, of Gibson County, amount
paid Comptroller as State tax on petitions
for dower in County Court 170 00

Sec. 17. Be it further enacted. That the sum of
$6,800, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be
and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposo
of repairing and improving the Capitol building and
Capitol grounds; and the Treasurer, Adjutant-Gen-
eral and Secretary of State are hereby created a board
to devise and direct the work, and to issue warrants
for the payment of same on the Comptroller. The
Secretary of State shall be chairman of the Board, and
shall sign the warrants. The Adjutant-General shall
be the secretary of the Board, and shall keep the
minutes of the proceedings and the amount of the
expenditures.

Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller
issue his warrant on the State Treasurer for $50 in
favor of Drs. W. H. Jolly and S. B. Fowler for serv-
ices, certified by Judge I*)". W. McConnell, of the
Fifth Circuit, in the case of the State of Tennessee
vs. Frank Dennis, for the autopsy of the body of
Susan Dennis (together), $50. Also to Dr. W. C.
Cook for autopsy on body of Birdie Patterson, $25.

Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller

issue biB warrant on the Treasurer for the payment
of the interest due July 1, 1885, January 1, 1886,
July 1, 1886, January 1, 1887, on the bonds compris-
ing the State debt proper, as the same may be paya-
ble by statute.

Beg. 20. Be it further enacted, Tbatthe Comptroller
issue his warrant on the Treasurer for the payment
of the interest doe July 1, 1885, January 1, 1886,
July 1, 1886, January 1, 1887, on the bonds compris-
ing the railroad debt, as the same may be payable by
statute.

Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller
issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the
widow of ex-Preaident Polk, for the interest due J uly
1, 1885, January 1, 1886, July 1, 1886, and January
1, 1887, on the bonds of the State owned and held by
her on the first day of January, 1877, not exceeding
twenty-nine in number.

Sbo. 22. Be it farther enacted. That the Comptroller
issue his warrant on the Treasurer for the pavment
of interest due July 1, 188.5, January 1, 1886, July 1,
1886, and January 1, 1887, on bonds and certiticatea
of indebteilness he!d by charitable, literary or educa-
tional institutions in the State, as the same may be
due by existing laws.

Sbo. 23. Be it farther enacted. That the Comptroller

s jjjg warrant on the Treasurer for the sum of

to pay the balance due on account of the reward
d lor the arrest of Andy Taylor.
I. 24. Be it further enacted, Tnat the Comptroller
his warrant upon the Treasurer to the School
le Deaf and Dumb at Knoxviile for the foUow-
noants and the purposes named:

WHITE DEPARTMSMl'.

epairing porches, bath-rooms for boys and

»rpipe *3,000

eating aparatus for sitting and sleeping-

ms 4,000

COLORED DEPARTMENT.

laae of property, payable September 1,

5 »5,500

rs and fencing 1,000

Sbc. 25. Be it further enacted^ That the Comptroller
draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for the sum of
>523 to pay all charges in connection with the work
of the Penitentiary Investiffating Committee as per
itemized statement filed in the Comptroller's office.

Sec. 26. Be it further enacted ^ That the sum of
;^1,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is here-
by appropriated to be placed at the disposal of the
Comptroller for the purpose of paying costs, printing
and traveling expenses of counsel in going to and from
Washington for the purpose of trying the following
cases which have been appealed to the Supreme Court
of the United States: The two cases of the State of
Tennessee against Geo. K. Whitworth, trustee, etc.,
and the State of Tennessee against the Pullman
Southern Car Company.

Sec 27. Be it further enacted^ That the sum of $44,-
062 is hereby appropriated for the support of 235 pa-
tients in the East Tennessee Hospital for the Insane
from October 1, 1885, to December 31, 1886, that be-
ing the same rate for patients as provided for the Mid-
dle Tennessee Hospital for the Insane; and also,
$2,500 to pay the Superintendent of the East Tennessee
Hospital for the Insane for the same time at rate of
$2,000 per annum.

Sec 28. Be it further enwded^ That the Comptroller
issue his warrant to C. W. Crockett, for two days'
services at $4 per diem as Sergeant-at-arms during
the organization of the House.

Sec 29. Be it further enacted^ That the following
sums are hereby appropriated to pay Comptroller's
warrants, issued by order of the Governor for
rewards, and under Sections 5340, 5341 and 5342 of
Thompson k Steger's Code : Warrant No. 5,739, for
$150, issued for the arrest of Mattie Bohlen for murder
in Shelby County, and Warrant No. 5,740, issued to
G. T. O'Hoole for $79.75, for the arrest of Jesse
Wagner, Shelby County, for larceny, and $82.20 for
arrest of Redman and Williams, Shelby County, for
larceny; Warrant No. 5,741, for $35.90, issued to
T. J. Parr, Sheriff, for arrest of Joe Gruer, horse-
stealing, Gibson County ; and Warrant No. 5,921, for
$200, issued to J. F. Lfedbetter for arrest of Geo.
Mitchell, for murder, Warren County ; and Warrant
No. 5,966, for $100, issued to T. N.Dixon for expenses
of arrest of Andy Taylor, Loudon Countv; and
Warrant No. 6,124, for $250, issued to J. N." Morris

for arrest of Crockett Stark for murder, Shelby
County ; and Warrant No. 6,402, issued to W. D.
Cannon for arrest of Rives and Turner, for obtaining
money under false pretenses, Montgomery County,
for $421.75, and $1,005.25 to agents under Sections
5340, 1 and 2 of Thompson & Steger's Code, for
arrest of Mingo Brown, convicted of burlary and lar-
ceny, Davidson County ; and Warrants No. 6,631-2,
$300, issued to W. C. Davis for arrest of Willis Coles
and John McKeever, for murder, Shelby County:

Siic. 30. Be it further enacted^ That the Comptrol-
ler draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the
State, and the parties entitled to the fund mentioned
in and according to the provision of Chapter 120,
page 232 of the Acts of this General Assembly, ap-
proved April 9, 1885, said funding being $30,500.

Be it farther enacted^ That the Comptroller issue
his warrant to D. R. Hicks for the sum of $227.30,
for the arrest of O'Neal and Holland for larceny,
Knox County.

Sec. 31. Be it farther enacted^ That the Comptrol-
ler issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of C.
H. Bell, porter, and Frank Harris, porter, and Phillip
Reese, porter, for $9 each for three days' services after
close of regular session.

Be it farther enacted, That the Comptroller issue
his warrant* for three days' service each to the Prin-
cipal and Assistant Clerks of the House, for services
rendered after the seventy-five days had expired, at
the usual per diem of $6 per day.

Sec. 32. Be it farther enacted, That the Comptroller
issue his warrant to John P. Rogers, member of the
Penitentiary Committee, for ;$4 tor expenses on trip
to branch prisons.

Sec. 33. Be it farther enacted, That the Comptroller
draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of John
M. Simerly, former Sherift* of Carter County, Ten-
nessee, for the sum of $bh, as expenses incurred in
conveying Elisha Hunnicut from North Carolina to
Tennessee, under a requisition from the Governor of
Tennessee, said Hunnicut being indicted in Carter
County for murder in the first degree, and that the
Comptroller also issue his warrant on the Treasurer, in
favor of E. W. Hickman, for ;$12 for three days' serv-
ices in organizing the Senate.

Sec. 34. Be it farther enacted, That the Comptroller
issue his warrant to Hiram G. Little for the sum of

J5100, expenses iacurred by him as the agent of the
State in arresting in the State of Kentucky, and
bringing to this State, John Bowles, indicted for the
murder of Jacob Little. Said suna is hereby appro-
priated. That the Comptroller issue his warrant on
the Treasurer in favor of the following persons for
the following amounts: To John Rains for seventeen
days' services attending Funding Board New Issue
Committee, $n ; to John Terry, for washing towels,
1^3.75.

Sec. 35. Be it further enacted. That the Comptroller
is hereby directed to issue his warrant upon the Treas-
urer for the sum of JI500 to John M. Thatcher, Lee
L. Ayers and Simon Kline, detectives under the proc-
lamation of Gov. Bate for the apprehension and ar-
rest of Aimers Young, Charles Latham and Frank
Freeman, felons who murdered one J. L. Mont-
gomery, of the County of Obion.

Sec. 3K. Be it further enacted, That the sum of $bbO
be and the same is hereby appropriated for the pur-
pose of paying fees due clerks and trustees on land:
sales for taxes for 1882, and bought in by the State,,
and that the Comptroller draw his warrant on the
Treasurer in favor of the Clerks and Trustees for the
sums due them severally as aforesaid.

Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That this Act take
effect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requirinff it.

Passed June 8, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the Mouse of Representatives.
C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate,.

Approved June 9, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor^

e for the SUte of Ten-

SscTiON 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That the State tax on eTcry
one hundred dollare' worth of taxable property Bhall
be forty cents forthe year 1885, and for every suhse-
quent year thereafter, thirty centa of which shall be
for State pnrpoeea, and ten cents for school pnrpoaes.

Sbc. 2. Be it further enacted, That the several
County Courts of this State be, and they are hereby^
authorized and empowered to levy an annual County
tax on every one hundred dollars' worth of taxable
property, not exceeding the State tax, and exclusive
of the tax for public roads and schools, and interest
on county debts.

Sbc. 8. Be it further enacted. That all merchants
shall pay ad valorem tax upon the average capital
invested by them, of forty cents on each one hundred
dollare, thirty cents of which shall he for State pur-

Eoses, and ten cents for school purposes, and a privi-
!ge tax of twenty cents on each one hundred dollars^
worth of taxable property for State purposes; pro-
vided, that such privilege tax (without regard to the
leugth of time tney do business) shall in no case he
less than five dollars, which five dollars is to be paid
when the license is taken out, and in case of those
whose privilege tax amounts to more than five dol-
lars, the five dollars paid shall be a credit when the
balance of the tax is paid. And they shall pay a

f)rivilege tax of ten cents on each one hundred dol-
ars of their capital so invested for school purposes.

Sbc. 4. Be it further enacted. That the rate of taxa-
tion on the following privileges shall be as follows,
-)er annum (where me population is referred to, it
ihall be controlled by and refer to the Federal census
)f 1880) :

ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS.

In cities, towns and taxing districts of over
10,000 inhabitants, each, per annum $ 50 00

'.n cities, towns and taxing districte of 5,000 to
10,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 25 OO

III cities, towns and taxing districts of 8,000 to

5,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 15 00

In cities, towns and taxing districts of 1,000 to

3,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 10 00

In cities, towns and taxing districts of under

1,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 6 00

In counties outside of incorporated towns,

cities or taxing districts 6 00

Persons (other than artists and photographers
of this State) soliciting pictures to be en-
larfi^ed outside of this State, each, per an-
num 10 00

ARCHITECTS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS.

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Architects and civil engineers 10 00 ^^^" »o«iw«i».

AUCTIONEERS.

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 40,000

inhabitants or over, each, per annum 50 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 80,000 Aueikmtm.

to 40,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 40 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 20,000 to

30,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 35 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 10,000 to

20,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 25 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 5,000 to

10,000 inhaV>itant8, each, per annum 15 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of under

5,000 inhabitantHy each, per annum 10 00

AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, cH^SLSm

The same as charged other merchants,

BANKS AND BANKING.

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 40,000
inbabitantt^ or over, each, per annum 500 00

In citie**, taxing di'*triet« or towns of ^50,000 to
40,000 inbabi tan tft, each, per annnm 400 00

In cities), taxing di-irrict- or town.^ of 20,000 to
30,000 inhabitants*, each, p^^r annnm 350 OO

In cities, taxirrg di-tric-ts or town^ of lO/KKi to

20,000 inhahi^nt^, each, pf^rannam 250 00

In citie?*, taxin^r di^rrict^i or t^>wna of 5/)00 to

10/)f)^) inhab:tantii, ea^;h 150 00

In c^tied« taxing di-'trv-AA or town.^ of 5,000 in-
habitant.^, and nnder, ea/;h, p^T annnm 100 0(>

MisfiriMntf^

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BMken.

^iButohen.

BREWBRS.

In counties of 60,000 inhabitants or over, each,

per annum 100 00

In counties of less than 60,000 inhabitants
each, per annum 50 00

BROKERS.

(Other than real estate or merchandise, and not
paying tax as bankers.)
in cities, taxing districts or towns of 20,000

inhabitants or over, each, per annum 200 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 10,000 to

^ 20,00 inhabitants, each, per annum 100 00

In cities, taxinj^ districts or towns of less than

10,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 60 00

Real estate brokers and agents, 6 00, and one per
cent, on commissions, and they shall file a bond as
required of merchants. Brokers for commission on
merchandise, the same rate as charged other mer-
chants.

BUTCHERS.

This includes all offices, stalls and stores for the

sale of fresh meat at retail.

In cities, taxing districts or towns (or adja-
cent thereto) of 20,000 inhabitants or over,

each, per annum 60 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns (or adja-
cent thereto) of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabit-
ants, each, per annum 80 00

In cities, tfixing districts or towns (or adja-
cent thereto) of 6,000 to 10,000 inhabitants,
each, per annum 20 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns (or adja-
cent thereto) of — to 6,000 inhabitants,
each, per annum 10 00

No tax to be collected from butchers in towns of
population of less than 1,000; prooided, that nothing
.m this section shall be construed to include farmers
or producers who may sell their own products at
wholesale or retail, but said farmer or producer shall
not sell at retail any carcass or portion thereof in
smaller or less quantity than by tne quarter of said
4unnial or carcass.

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CIRCUSES AND KXHIBITIOKS.

Circuses or exhibitions given by any portion
of a circus, whether horses are used or not,
each day and nieht, or day or night, each.. -9150 00

MenagericB, each day and night, each 150 00

Circuses and menageries combined, each day

and night, or day or night, each 150 00

Side-shows and other shows and concerts in
connection with the above, taxed separately
under their appropriate heads, if they charge
a separate or additional entrance fee ; slight
of hand and legerdemain, each day and
night, or day or night, each 7 50

Other exhibitions for profit (except circuses,
menageries, theaters, etc.), except exhibi-
tions purely for charitable purposes and
those given by amateurs or nome troupe,
each day and night, or day or night, each... 7 50

Per month 50 00

BATINQ-HODSES.

All public eating-houses, except for religious

or charitable purposes, each, per annum 10 00

BLECTBIC LIOHT COMPANIES.

That electric light companies shall be taxed at (1.00
per light per annum, to be paid by the company.

FBRRIES.

Except those run by hand, using rope, or with oars,
™-hen the landings in this State are at or within five
iles of taxing districts.

ties or towns of 10,000 inhabitants or over,

each, per annum f 50 00

t or within five miles of cities, taxing dis-
tricts or towns of 5,000 to 10,000 inhabit-
ants, each, per annum 30 00

t or within five miles of cities, taxing dis-
tricts or towns of 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants,

each, per annum 20 00

t or within five miles of cities, taxing dis-
tricts or towns of leas than 1,000 inhabit-
ants, each, per annum 15 00

AT! &rri€» tax&Me izzider liim Act more thaiL
five miles from a towiu eity or taxing^ dia-
triet ", r. 10 «)0

FRUIT :*TA3DS.

Taxed 9» other merch^uii^.

XacE p«»5a^ tirm, company or corporarioa
dtfaJTTig tiLerein. and eacli branch, or agency
of sack liniu ct>mpany or corporation^ per
azmunu 85,000

In. einef*. tuxiii^ di.**rncn» -^r tow^;* of 40. 000

niiiai)itanrc* ->r over, per aniiiim. J4*30 '.^O

la drier*, tskxing- •iidrriera or ^owna of ^, )0t»

to -l*).i)00 iniiahitantsi, per annum. 300 00

In. eitie*. taxing- disrr:t*t3 or rowns of I0,0*)4l ro

fO.tWO inhabitants, per annnm fOO 00

Li •itiea. raxing distriera or Towna of i>j}0*^ ro

I0.'.»*}0 inhahitanra. per annum TOO •¥)

In. citie*». raxiiur disrrcta or rv)w^is of •>♦>♦» and

lew tjian 5,/wiO inhaDitaiiD*, r>^ anaum. 50 00

SQIiard rafaiei», pool tabiea, J^in^ Vnnie^.
bagareile rabie:*, Jenny Lind Tixiies*. and
ten-pin ailev^, rrjiler coa^^ter*. on ea<*n, 'n
cirlea, raxing ii.''rr«ra ^r roivna n :2i».J«w^
inhabitanti) ir -^^er, each, Der annom S -30 »•»

III iiries. taiviiig ii.'=«rrct«* 3r ro^rna nnm l»'.-^<»»»

. til 2f»..»on :naai»ifanrs, -^ach. oer annum '25 '»••

III citief*. Ta:cincr iistr:cr» ir To^mii n* 5, ••••> ro

In,. II in innabitanrs, each, per an nam :i^ .^0

III 'irli-i*. 'axincr ii?.rrcr:4 ^r ^ottis n ± '•'•» 'o

5,ii»»«» nhai'iranr."*, each. D«-r annum !•> **^

Ii eitie:*. ^axinir ii.^ti'^i-rjj 3r rt^^nj* ^f .ess rhiui

i.MMi inhah'tanrj*. -^^ach, oer iniium IM >3

d 'oanrlfr-T* 3ut«i ie ^f :i»n^s. -rrles ar.il Taxin^r

iifttr^cr?. !•» ■'••)

A.l l*-r^ce5» i*Ht! ^^ oer^ons .ia» a M^rirr^^ ^f

at 'V'"»o«ien ntrire?» ^r .>cr ^riier * r-.-r.

throwing rings, or any other device of like

nature 1000

And said tax shall be paid by every saloon-keeper
or other person who keep any of the above in con-
nection with his or her business, and for the use of
the public, whether the same is cliarged for or not.

HOTELS AND TAVBKNS.

Each room, except two, per annum ? 1 00

Hotels kept at places for summer resort to be taxed
as other hotels in towns of over 50u inhabitants^, but
may be paid monthly ; prorlded, towns of 500 inhabi-
tants or less, 60 cents each room.

HUCKSTERS.

Taxed as other merchants.

(Persons who travel around their Counties, collect-
ing up marketing, chickens, butter, eggs, rags, fruit
etc., and such things as they carry to market, are
not subject to a tax, either as hucksters or peddlers.)

ICS — DEALBRg IN.

ch person or firm or corporation importing
ce from other States, or selling to the

;rade 60 00

cb person or firm retailing or selling ice
Tom any car rurming upon any railroad in
ins State 50 00

lieu of of all other taxes, to be paid in any county
the State through which the road runs, and in
dch such sale or sales may be made.)

tail ice dealers running wagons in connec-

IJon with their business « $ 10 00

it in towns of less than 1,000 inhabitants no tax
ill be charged to retail dealers in ice.)

INSURANCE AOENTS.

.ch agent of insurance companies, fire, acci-
ient or life, including companies doing busi-
ness on the assessment plan, in each county
in which they do business, per annum, to be
collected by the County Clerk 10 00

All petsoD^ wlwmer j-L vsciawis •>r c >:, ehL^r
sdlin^ iije€di^iii€t> or advefti^3|r their sitrr-
ie€&. or bodu bv apr^^^airiDg^ on the stre^ei^ or
dsewheie. suid niitkfr^ hArui^«$ tt>r the
purpDise of adremisic^ 2s ^or«^d. In €^cL
coanrv. per annim !■» OO

nnXLLItiEFCK OFFICE5-

Kficpers of caetu j»er stncam V} «» •

Eftch per annnm 3> QO

iJn eaeK eointry in which they do business,
and no other. flO.W for State and tl*>.>» for eocmtx.

On eadl stalL per annoza $ 1 00

LIQUOR DKJLLEKS.

Wholesale, each per annonu and in ad.Iition

taxed »§ other merchants 150 OO

Retail, taxed as other merchants, and in addition
shall paj as follows :
In cities, taxing districts or towns of 5.000

inhabitants or over, per annnm $fOO 00

At anj place not a t.-itj, taxing: district or
town, or any city or town, taxing district
of leas than 5.0* jO inhabitants, per annam... 150 OO
(Persons selling liqaor in quantities of a qoart or
more, except mannfac^arers who sell to be sold again,
are whoIe»Ie dealers, and per«>ns selling in analler
qnantities than a qnart are retail dealers, and the
aboTe tax on lienor dealers applies to all dmggistsy
except in case of wine for sacramental purposes
Persons keeping a bar on steamboats, flatboats, or
odier Tessek or water-crafts, shall pay as other retail
liqnor dealers.

Each salt in law or eonity, including applica-
tions for partition, to oe paid by nnsaceessfol

partr, except in case o/^partition f 2 50

£ach indictment or presentment 5 00

Lumber
DealexB.

Marriage
jLioeiue.

Peddlers.

Paries.

Each appeal to Supreme Court in criminal
cases, if defendant is unsuccessful 7 50

Each appeal or writ of error or certiorari from
a Circuit or Chancery Court, to Supreme
Court 5 00

Each appeal or certiorari from a Justice of
the Peace 2 00

Each case submitted under the small oflfense

law 2 00

No tax shall be paid on applications for dower or
homestead, and no tax on applications of guardians
to sell property for maintenance of wards or to en-
trench on property of wards, and no tax on suits
brought by State, county or municipalities to collect
taxes.

LUMBBR DEALERS.

Lumber dealers who buy and sell sawed lumber,
and dealers in saw-logs and staves, must pay privi-
lege and ad valorem tax as merchants.

MARRIAGE LICE^SIO.

Each (for school purposes and the tax to be

kept in the county) $ 1 00

PEDDLERS.

(Buying or selling for profit, or both.)

If on foot, in each county, per annum 10 00

If with horse or vehicle, in each county, per

annum 20 00

If with more than one horse for each addi-
tional horse in each county, per annum 8 00

Of patent medicines and nostrums, if on foot

or horse, in each county, each per annum... 40 00
Of patent medicines and nostrums, if with
horse and wagon, in each county, each, per
annum 100 00

PARKS.

Public parks (where visitors are charged an

admission fee), each, per annum 100.00

Base-ball parks (of incorporated companies

charging an admission fee) 300 00

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In cities, taxing districts or towns of 5,000 to

10,000 inhabitants, each per annum 25 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 2,000 to

5,000 inhabitant-*, each per annum 15 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of less than

2,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 10 00

In counties, not in towns, cities or taxing dis-
tricts 10 00

Sample Sellers. SAMPLE SELLERS.

Persons selling goods to consumers by sample,
or taking orders from consumers by sample,
or taking measure, in each county, each, •
per annum 10 00

SECURITIES.

securiues. Dealers in (other than brokers or bankers).

In cities, towns or taxing districts of 20,000
inhabitants or over, each three cents on
each dollar employed, but in no instance to
be less than, per annum ? 20 00

In cities, towns or taxing districts under 20,-
000 inhabitants, and in counties, not in
cities, towns or taxing districts, one and
one-half cents on each dollar employed, but
in no instance less than, per annum 20 00

^nS.*"* STOCKS AND BONDS.

Dealers in (other than brokers or bankers).
Tax same as dealers in securities.

Shaving Notes.

SHAVING NOTES.

Taxed same as dealers in securities and stocks and
bonds.

streetcar STREET CAR COMPANIES.

Companies.

In cities, towns or taxing districts of 20,000

inhabitants or over, each per annum 50 00

In cities, towns or taxing districts of less than

20,000 inhabitants, each, per annum 25 00

SEWING MACHINES — DEALERS IN OR AGENTS.
Sewing Ma-

^*^r*AgSte!*" Selling sewing machines, either directly or by

sample, in counties of 40,000 inhabitants or

i 45

OTer. ia e&efa. eoaatr, each, agent and <iealer,

per aknniim, -J| il> 00

Sclfin^ aewing machines^ either directly or by
sazaple^ ia eoontie* of ander 4*),CHX) inhab-
itaiLts* in eaeh eoanty^ e&eh^per ftaaam 10 GO

(MereiiazLt;} aellia^ ise^n^ maehmes upon whieK
they pay sk tax m» on other merchandLse^ not to pay
the tax reqoired of sellers by sample; proofit^L they
sell the aazne ia any oae established bnsiaess place.)

In cities^ taxing districts or towns of 20,000

inhabrtants or over^ ea<^ per annani $loQ 00

In cities^ taxinsr districts or towns of 10^000 to

20,000 inhabitants^ each, per annum 75 00

In dties^ taxing districts or towns of 5,000 to

lOrOOG inhabitants^ each, per annum 40 00

In cities, towns and taxing districts ot less

than 5iK)0 inhabitant^!, each^ per annam 20 00

In. counties, not in cities, towns or taxing dis-
tricts ,..^. 40 00

SALB STABLES. SsleStabioi

£ach stall, per annum I 00

SHOOTrSrt} GcALLRSLOB AXn stands. Skosttng GtH^

EifliaiidStndiu

Each, per annum 20 00

STOCK YARDS A5T> DEALEBS HT 3T0C1C. Sld*D«SS in.

' -_ Stoek.

Each pen^ p«r annum , 12 00

THSATERd.

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 20,000

inhabitants or over, each, per annum 400 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 10,000 to

2n,0<X) inhabitants, ea^^h, per annum 260 00

In cities, taxing districtrt or towns of 5,000 to

10,04X) inhabitantH, ea<»h, per annum 160 00

In cities, taxing districts or towns of 3,000 to

5,000 inhabitants, each, per annum T5 00

In cities, taxing (liHtrictn or townn of 1,500 to

-j,0( iuhai)itaMt:^. ea<rl), j)»»r annum 40 00

Variety Estab-
Ushmentfl.

Water Oom-
panles

Telephone
Companies.

Telegraph
Companies.

Vehicles.

In cities, taxing districts or towns of less than

1,500 inhabitants, each, per annum 20 00

This license may be taken out quarterly.

VARIETY BSTABLISHMBNTS.

Each, per annum 800 00

WATER COMPANIES.

Charged same as gas companies.

TELEPHONE COMPANIES.

Each telephone box, per annum 50

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

For each office or station in a city, taxing dis-
trict or town of 20,000 inhabitants or over,
perannum 100 00

In a city, taxing district or town of 2,000 to

20,000 inhabitants, per annum 50 00

In a city, taxing district or town of l,oO() to

2,000 inhabitants, per annum 10 00

VEHICLES.

If run lor profit within the limits of this State
without reterence to the residence of the
owner, drays, express wagons and carts
(except those of express companies and
butchers paying a privilege tax, and except
those of farmers or gardeners hauling their
own produce, also except those manufac-
turers handling their own manufactured
articles, except dealers delivering their
goods), carts or wagons hauling coal or
pig-iron as a business, shall pay, when
drawn by one horse, each, per annum 10 00

When drawn by more than one horse, for

each additional horse, each, per annum 1 00

Hacks, Ciirriages, or wheeled vehicles carrying
passengers, that run for profit in this State,
without reference to the residence of the
owner, when drawn by two or more horses,
each, per annum 5 00

Omnibu!;«es and transfer wagons, each, per an-
num 10 00

Sic. », Be k f'trtker ^nnctM^ Tbst Ait 6>IIo«tBar
€orpo7atio«» aball paj <£[r«etIjto idle OsnptroILer $

(In lien of all o&er takxe»^ exempt (z<^ tTolorej/t t&x.)

If Ime» ftre^ leas thsat lOO mil«» Lon^, per an-

nvLTn r..._ .-ILOOO

(Ami tiii& ;^Eiall be in. lien of slIL otlier t&xe&)

If fines ajre over 100 miles loo^^ per aumam. i500

(And tiii^ Aikil be in lieu of other taxes.)

(In Ken of all otKer taxe*.)

Life (forei^). ij per cent, on gross preminni
receipts^ payable :»enii-annaally ; home eompttnies^
If per eeiit. on asone. Fire (foreign), ii per cent on
gross premium receipts^ payable semi-ananally ; home
companies IJ per cent, on *anie.

RAILROAD COMPJjrrKS.

(Taxed according to j^tatate.)

SLffEPDTti-CAa COXP ARTIES.

(In lieu of all other taxe?*.)

Each company doing btwiness in the State,

on each ear^ per annum ^250 00

(And thi-* ahall be in lieu of all other taxes.)

TELEfiftAPH C03CPA3rTES.

(Taxal according to statute.)

Sec. 6. Ri tt ftit-ther p.ntutt^d^ That the income derived
from all shares of stock in any corporation which are^
by their charters, exempt from an 'td tialorpjii tax^
or from bonds exempt trom any su<ih tax^ shall pay a
tax of five per cent, per annum npon the amount of
such income.

Sec, 7, B^. it furfher p.tuwtedy That any and ail par- ^^
ties whomj^oever exer<:i--!ini2: anv of the fore^oinic
privileges, mast pay rhi? tax as set forth in this Act
ifbr the exercise ^ )f sai d p ri vl 1 *-ire.

Bepeaiing Aou Bec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts

of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are

hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from

and after *its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed June 12, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

C. R. BEKRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

Approved June 12, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Gover7ior.

CHAPTER 8.

An Act to reduce the Acts incorporating the city of Knoxville, and
the various amendments thereto, to one Act, and to amend the
same.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That the Act incorporating the
city of Knoxville, and all the various amendments

Corporate name thereto, be, add the same are hereby, amended, so as
to read as follows : The inhabitants of the city of
Knoxville, Tennessee, within the present boundaries
of sad city, embracing nine wards as at present con-
stituted, are hereby constituted a body politic and
corporate, by the name and the style of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Knoxville.

Sec. 2. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen ot said
ciDy of Knoxville shall have perpetual succession;

General power, shall sue aud be sued, implead and be impleaded in
all the courts of law and equity, and in all actions
whatsoever; may purchase, receive and hold prop-

erty, real and personal, within or beyond the limits
of the city, to be used for the burial of the dead, for
the erection of water-works, work-houses, houses of
correction, hospitals or pest-houses, and may sell,
lease or dispose of such property for the benefit of
the city, and do all other acts touching the same, as
natural persons ; may have and may use a common
seal, and may change it at pleasure.

Sec. 3. The corporate authorities of said city of
Knoxville shall be vested in a Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, a Board of Public Works, and such officers
as may be appointed or elected in pursuance of law.
The legislative powers of said corporation shall be
vested in, and exercised by, a Board of Mayor and
Aldermen. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen
shall be composed of nine Aldermen, who shall be
elected for a term of two years, at a general election,
by the qualified voters of the said city, each of the
nine wards electing by its qualified voters one Alder- offioem
man, that person being elected who shall receive the
largest number of votes. The office of any Alder-
man removing from his ward shall be at once vacated.
In case of a tie vote between candidates for Alder-
men, as soon as the result is known the officer author-
ized by law to hold the city election shall at once
proceed to advertise for ten days the time and place
of holding the election in the ward where the tie oc-
curs, and hold a new election as herein provided; and
the person who shall receive the largest number of
votes shall be declared elected. No person shall be
eligible to the office of Mayor or Alderman who is
not a citizen of the State of Tennessee, and who has
not been a resident of said city for at least two years
immediately preceding his election, and should either
cease to be a resident his office shall be thereby
vacated.

Sec. 4. All vacancies occurring in said Board shall
be filled by a vote of the majority of the remaining '^***°°***-
inemhers. The Mayor shall be the presiding officer
of said Board, and shall have power to enforce such
rules as may be adopted by the Board for the govern-
ment thereof. The Mayor shall not vote except in
case there shall be a tie vote on any question, and
then he shall, by his vote, decide the question.

Sec. 5. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall
judge of the qualifications, election and returns of its
own m'*mV)erfl, and shall prescribe rules for the deter-

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mination of contested elections. It mav determine
its own rules of proceedings and prescribe the pun-
ishment of its members for non-attendance or disor-
derly conduct, and enforce the same. Two-thirds of
its members concurring, it may expel a member for
improper conduct while in office. It shall require a
majority of the members of the Board to form a
quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller
number may adjourn from day to day, and under a
provision of an ordinance may compel the attendance
of absent members by fines and penalties.

Sec. 6. To enable the Board of Mayor and Alder-
men to fully investigate charges against its own mem-
bers, or other officers or sudi other matters as they
may deem proper, the Mayor or Recorder at the re-
quest of the Board is hereby empowered to issue
subpoenas and compulsory process to compel the at-
tendance of persons as witnesses, and the production
of books and papers before the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen or any committee of the same.

Sec. 7. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall
hold meetings at such times as it may determine, not
exceeding two regular meetings per month. Alder-
men shall receive no compensation for their services
as Aldermen directly or indirectly.

Sec. 8. Where two or more persons shall have an
equal number of votes for the office of Mayor, the
election shall be referred back to the voters of the
city, and held as before, within the next succeeding
ten days. The Mayor may be impeached by the
Board of Aldermen for misfeasance, malfeasance or
non-feasance in office, and two- thirds of the Board
of Aldermen concurring he may be removed. If the
Mayor shall be impeached and removed, then the
Board of Aldermen shall elect one of their number
to act as Mayor until an election for Mayor can be
held to elect a Mayor for the unexpired term, which
election shall be held withiti the next thirty days after
such impeachment and removal.

Sec. 9. The Mayor shall hold office two years. It
shall be the duty of the Mayor to carefully examine
'Term of office the biUs and ordinances passed, and should either or
any of them, in whole or in part, not meet his
approval, he shall return the same to the next regu-
lar meeting of the Board of Aldermen, with his objec-
jections, in writing, either to the whole or any part
of such bills or ordinances, and no law or ordinance,

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80 vetoed by the^Mayor, or part of the t^ame so vetoed,
shall go into effect, unless the same be passed by a
two-thirds vote of the whole number of members of
the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor may veto part
and approve part of any ordinance or bill and that
part he approves shall^go into effect at once, while
the part vetoed shall not go into effect unless passed
by two-thirds vote, as above provided. No bill or
ordinance shall become a law without first having
been read and passed at three several meetings, by a
majority vote, and the third of which readings a
majority of the whole number of the members of the^
Board shall be required, and not until said bill shall
have been signed by the Mayor, or without his siffna-
ture, as provided in this Act. The Mayor shall be
authorized to veto only such features in a bill as he
may deem objectionable, and may approve the resi-
due of the same bill. If the Mayor fails to return any
law or ordinance at the next meeting, after it si
passed, he shall be deemed to have approved the
same, and it becomes a law without further action.
The Mayor shall also have power to make pro tempore
appointments to fill vacancies occasioned by sickness,
absence or other disability of any city oflicer, and to
suspend any city oflicer or oflicers for misconduct in
otifice, or neglect of duty, reporting his actions, with
his reasons therefor, in writing, to the next regular
meeting of the Board of Aldermen, by whom final!
action shall be taken ; but he shall not have the power-
to fill vacancies, or suspend members of the Board of"
Public Works and Aldermen, nor to appoint any one-^
to hold the City Court, in case of sickness, disability
or absence of the Recorder. He may, whenever, im
his judgment, the good of the city requires it, call
special meetiuffs of the Board of Aldermen, and special meet-
where so called, he shall state by message the object ^^»-
for which it shall have been called, and the business
of such meeting shall be restricted to the object so
stated. He shall, at least once in every three
months, cause the Recorder to present to the Board
of Aldermen a full and complete statement of the
financial condition of the city. The Mayor shall,
from time to time, communicate to the Board of Du^ea^f j^^ ^
Aldermen such information, and recommend such *^*"

measures as may, in his judgment, tend to the
improvement of the financial and general welfare of
the city. He shall take care and see that all the ordi-

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nances are duly respected and observed within the
city, and perform such other duties as may, by the
charter and by ordinance of the Board of Aldermen,
be required of him. The compensation of the Mayor
shall be $1,000 per annum, and may be changed by
ordinance, but not during his term of office. The
Mayor shall, before entering upon his term of office,
take an oath, as hereinafter provided. He shall have
the power and exercise the functions of a Justice of
the JPeace, but only for the preservation of the peace
within the limits of the city, and public works and
grounds without the city, belonging to the city.
He shall have the power, and it is made his duty, to
bid in property for the city, at all tax and judicial
sales, when the city is a party, if necessary to save
or to secure any debt or tax due the city.

Sec, 10. In case of the absence of the Mayor, the
Board of Aldermen shall elect one of their number to
discharge his duties, and in case the Mayor's office is
vacated by death, resignation or removal, or non-
residence, the Board of Aldormen shall elect one of
their number to discharge the duties of the Mayor's
office until a successor for the unexpired term has
TuS"^^"^*^ been elected by the people, which election shall be

held within thirty days after such vacancy occurs, as
other elections are held.

ISec. 11. That the general election for Mayor and
Aldermen shall be held biennially, on the third Sat-
urday in January. The new administration shall be
organized and sworn into office on the Saturday fol-
lowing. The voters shall vote by ballot. Every per-
son entitled to vote for members of the General
Assembly by the laws of the State, who shall have
^resided within the city six months, and in the ward in
which he oflfers his vote for thirty days next preceding
the day of election, shall be entitled to vote, but only
in the ward in which he resides. Non-residents who
shall have owned a taxable freehold in said city for six
months previous to said day of election, and being
qualified to vote for members of the General Assem-
bly by the laws of the State, shall be entitled to vote
in the ward in which said freehold is situated, and
such persons owning real estate in more than one
ward may elect in which of said wards they will
vote, but shall not be allowed to vote in more than
one ward.

Sec. 12. The judges and clerks of elections shall be

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appointed by tlie Board of Aldermen, and shall tuke
oath to faithfully and impartially diBcharce their
duties. Tbey shall open the polls at 9 o'clock in the
forenoon, and close them .at 4 o'clock in the after-
noon, when they shall forthwith proceed to ascertain
and transmit to the Mayor the result of such elec-
tions, certified and autheuticati^d by the clerka and a
majorityof the judges of the elections for each ward,
with tally-sheet and poll-list, as now required by law
in State elections. The Mayor shall deliver them to
the Recorder as they are received by him, who shall
forthwith enter the same as they are received in a
book to be kept for that purpose.

Sec. 18. That it shall be the duty of the Recorder
that within two days after he shall have ascertained
the result of each general or special election, as herein
prescribed, to furnish his certificate to each person
elected.

Sec 14. For the lirst election after the passage of fi™* eiMiim*
this Act, to be held on the third Saturday in Jan- ^^''''*'"'^'
uary, 1886, the Sherifl of Knox County shall appoint
the judges and receive the returns, and declare the
result, and furnish certilieates to those elected.

Sec. 15. The provision of Sections 4894 to 491S
inclusive, and 4012 to 4912, inclusive, in Thomp
son & Sieger's Code, or Revised Statutes of Tennee
see, are made appUcable to ail elections held unde
this Act.

Sec. 16. That the Mayor and Aldermen, Board c
Public Works, and all other officers elected by th
people, the Board of Aldermen, or appointed by an,
authority or power in said city government of Knox
ville, shall take and subscribe to a written oath, to b
filed and safuly kept in the Recorder's office, as fol

lows: I, , do Botemnly swear tliat I will faith

fully, honestly, and impartially, without fear, favoi

or prejudice, discharge tne duties of to the bee

of my skill and ability; that I have not given, no
will t give, to any person any gratuity, gift, fee, o
reward in consideration of his vote, support, or assisi
anee to me, in securing my election or appointmen
to said office ; and I have not sold, nor offered to sei
nor will I sell, my interest in said office.

Sec. 17. The said Board of Mayor and Alderme
shall have power, and are berehy authorized to ere
ate such offices, and to provide by ordinance for th
appointment or election of all such officers as may h

actually necessary for the good government of the city
(not in conflict with, nor to interfere with, the duties
of officers or appointees provided for in this Act)
whose compensation and the term of service shall be
fixed before election or appointment, and the com-
pensation shall not be increased or diminished during
their term of office. The said Mayor and Board of
Aldermen shall have power and authority to abolish
at any time any office created by them, and discharge
any officer elected or appointed by them, by a major-
ity vote on the call ot the roll, but they shall not
abolish any office created under this Act. All elec-
tions bv the Board of Aldermen shall be viva voce on
the call of the roll. All officers created by this Act,
or created by city ordinance, and appointees of the
Board of Public Works, shall be required to give
such bonds as the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
J^iay? by ordinance, provide, unless otherwise pro-
vided by this Act. The Board of Public Works may
demand of its employees and appointees of all kinds
such bond as it shall deem tit, in case there is no ordi-
nance of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen requiring
such bond. No Alderman shall be eligible to any
other city office during the period for which he is
elected Alderman.

8bc. 18. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall
<3«nerai powers, havc the followiug powcrs by ordinance :

1. To levy and collefet taxes upon all property,
polls, and privileges, taxable by law for State pur-
poses.

2. To appropriate money and provide for the pay-
ment of the debt and expenses of the city.

3. To make regulations to prevent the introducition
of contagious diseases into the city ; to make quaran-
tine laws for that purpose, and to enforce the same
within two miles of the city.

4. To establish hospitals and pest-houses, and make
regulation for the government thereof, in or out of
the citv.

5. To e^ablish a system of free schools and regu-
late the pauie, so as to avoid sectariai^ influence.

6. To make res^ulations to secure the general
health of the inhabitants, and to prevent, declare, and
remove nuisances.

7. To provide the city with water bj' water-
works within or beyond the boundaries of the city,
or provide for supplying the city with water other-

wise, and to provide for the preveution and extinc-
tion of fires, and to organize and establish fire
companies.

8. To make appropriations to open, alter, abolish,
widen, extend, establish, grade, pave, or otherwise
improve, clean, and keep in repair streets, alleys and
sidewalks, or to have the same done, and to erect,
establish and keep in repair, bridges, culverts, sewers
And gutters, and make appropriations for lighting the
streets, and for the erection of all buildings necessary
for the use of the city.

9. To license, tax, and regulate auctioneers, grocers,
merchants, retailers, taverns, brokers, cofiee-houses,
confectioners, retailers of linuors, hawkers, peddlers,
livery-stable keepers, and all other privileges taxable
by the State law.

10. To license, tax, and regulate hacks, hackney-
carriages, carts, omnibuses, wagons and drays; and
fix the rate to be cliar^ed for the carriage of persons
and of property within the city, and to the public
works, parks, and property out of the city.

11. To license, tax, regulate and suppress theat-
ricals and other exhibitions, shows, and amusements.

12. To regulate, or prohibit and suppress, all gam-
bling-houses, disorderly houses, and bawdy-houses,
bouses of ill-fame, and obscene pictures and literature.

13. To regulate, restrain, or prevent the carrying
on of manufactories dangerous in causing or produc-
ing fires, and to prevent and suppress the sale of fire-
arms and carrying of concealed weapons.

14. To regulate the storage of gunpowder, tar,
pitch, rosin, saltpetre, gun-cotton, coal-oil and all
other combustible, explosive and inflammable mate-
rial, and the use of lights, candles, lamps and steam
pipes in all stables, shops and other places, and to
regulate or suppress the use and sale of fire-crackers
and toy pistols.

15. To provide for the weighing or measuring of
coal, coke, gas, hay, corn, sheaf-oats, and live stock
used, consumed or sold for food in the city.

16. To provide for and regulate the inspection of
beef, pork, fish, fowls and meat to be sold in the city
for food.

17. To regulate the inspection of milk, butter, lard
and other provisions, fish and vegetables; to restrain
and punish the forestalling and regrading of provi-
sions ; to establish and regulate markets.

18. To impose fines, forfeitures and penalties for
the breach or any ordinances and to firovide for their
recovery and appropriation by the Recorder. *

19. To provide for the arrest, imprisonment and
punishment of all riotous and disorderly persons
within the city by day or night, an( for the punishment
of all breaches of the peace, noise, disturbance or
disorderly assemblies.

20. To fiix, from time to time, the boundaries of the
•city wards, so as not to increase the number above or
reduce the number below nine wards.

21. To pass all ordinances necessary for the health,
convenience and safety of the citizens, and carry out
the full intent and meaning of this Act, and to ac*
complish the object of the same.

22. To impose penalties upon the owner, or owners,
occupants or agents of any house, wall, or sidewalk,
or other structures which may be considered danger-
ous or detrimental to the citizens, unless after due
notice, to be fixed by ordinance, the same be removed
or repaired.

28. To regulate, tax, license or suppress the keep-
ing and going at large of animals within the city, to
impound the same, and in default of redemption, in
pursuance of the ordinance, to sell or kill tne same,

24. To contract with the county of Knox to keep
persons in the work-house of said county, convicted
m the City Court of oftenses against tne laws and
ordinances of the city, and who fail to secure the fine
and costs imposed on such person, by any ordinance
of said city ; and to provide by such contract and or-
dinance for the committal of such person to the work-
house so provided until such fine and costs shall be
fully paid.

25. To provide for inclosing, improving and regu-
lating all public grounds belonging to the city, in or
out of the corporate limits.

26. To establish and fix the rate of wharfage.

27. To provide for the appointment of a police
force, to impose fines, forfeitures and penalties, and
terms of imprisonment for the breach of any city
ordinance, but no fine or penalty shall exceed fifty
dollars.

28. To regulate and provide for the construction
and repair of sidewalks and foot-pavements; and if
the owner or owners of any lot or lots shall fail to
comply with the provisions of said ordinance, within

sucli ti no as may be prescribed therein, the Board of
Public Works may contract for tlie construction and
repair of such sidewalks or pavements, and the city
shall pay for the same, and the amount so paid shall
be a lieu upon such lot or*property, and may be en-
forced by attachment in law or equity, or the amount
may be recovered against said owner by suit before
any court of competent jurisdiction, to compel own-
ers of buildings to erect fire-escapes when n.ecessary
for the safety of the occupants.

2'«. To grant the right of way through the streets,
avenues and squares of said city for the purpose of
street or other railroads, and for such other purposes
as the Board of Aldermen may provide by ordinance;
provided^ that the Board of Aldermen shall not grant
the exclusive right to the use of streets for any pur-
pose to any one person, company or corporation.

30. To take and appropriate grounds for widening
the streets, or parts of streets, or for laying out new
streets, avenues, squares, parks or promenades, when
the public convenience requires it, under the provis-
ions of Section 1888 and Sections 1888, 1389, 1890
and 1891 of the Code.

31. To regulate or prohibit the introduction of
convict labor into the city. NIH >^' , '[^L

82. To provide for the temporary or permanent
closing of wells and springs used by the public dur-
ing epidemics, or when epidemics are threatened, or
whenever the same are injurious to health.

88. To take and appropriate, in the manner herein-
after provided, grounds adjacent to the corporation
line for water-works purposes, site for pumping sta-
tion, reservoir, right of way for water-pipes to the
city from pumping station or reservoir upon payment
of damages. To exercise the power conferred in this
sub-section, the Mayor and Citj' Council shall, by or-
dinance, designate the grounds and instruct the City
Attorney to institute proceedings provided for in Sec-
tions 1325 to 1848, inclusive, of the code of Tennessee,
Milliken & Vertrees 1549 to 1572, inclusive.

Sec. 19. That the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
are forbidden to make any appropriation of money or
credit in the way of donation, festivities, pageants, forfe^len! ^^
excursions, or parades.

Sbc. 20. That the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
are forbidden to make any appropriation, or subscribe same.
for any stock in any railroad company, or in any

other corporation, exci-pt iimli^r the general law of
the State, i)r give or lend nii)in.'y, aid, orereiiit, toany
person or corporation whatever, and they are hereby
prohibitfd from employing or appropnating the rev-
enue and taxes in any otber manner tliaii I'or pur-
noaes strictly municipal and local, aud accoidiugto
;he provisions of this Act.

Sec. 'il. That the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
ihall, by ordinance, determine the number of standing
jommittees, the number or numburs of which each
iommittee shall be composed, and shall designate the
character and duties of each. The Mayor shall ap-
K>int said committees annually, and designate the
:hairmaTi of eae-h. Said committees shall be appointed
mnually aa soon as prat^ticable after the election and
>rganization of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The Mayor shall be ex officio a member of all standing
sommittees, but shall not be eutitled to a vote.

Sbc. 22, The said Hoard of Mayor and Aldermen
ihall not exempt any jiroperty from taxation not en-
smpt from State taxation.

OBC. 23. That all ordinances shall begin by an en-
Lcting clause as follows: "'Be it ordained by the
Soara of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Kuox-
rille," and shall at the end of the Act contain the pro-
vision that: "This ordinance shall take efi'ect from
ind after its passage, the welfare of the city requiring
t," otherwise the same shall not take effect uutu
wenty days after the passage.

Sec. 24. That the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
»f said city shall not have power to levy in any one
'ear for any and all purposes, ordinary and extraor-
linary, a higher rate of tax than IJ per cent, of the
assessed value of the taxable property within its lim-
ts, and all taxes ordinary, and extraordinary, shall
embrace all expenses of lire, police, street, gas, water,
ichool, and all other purposes.

Sec. 25. That the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
hall not appropriate or contract for the expenditures
d' any greater sum of money in any one year than
he income for the particular year from all sources
^mounts to.

Sec. 26. That no appro]'i'iations tor work or im-
irovements shall be niaile without the object is fully
tated in the order making sucli appropnation.

Sec. 27. That it shall be tbu duty of the Board of
ilayor and Aldermen each year, within thirty days

after the Board of Public Works, which is hereinafter
created, shall have submitted its estimate, to agree Budget,
upon a budget for the expenses of the next ensuing
year, which shall designate the officers of the corpora-
tion for the year, with the salary of each, not herein
provided for under general heads, such as the fire
department, gas, school, water, police, etc., the subject
of the corporation expenditures, and the estimated
amount, run out in figures, of the probable expendit-
ures for each purpose, including the amount expected
from State and County School Fund for schools. This
budget shall be published in one of the newspapers of
the city.

Sbc. 28. This Act is declared to be a public Act,
and may be read in evidence in all courts of law and
equity, and all ordinances, resolutions and proceed-
ings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, may be
proved by the seal of the corporation, attested by the
Kecorder, and when printed and published^ by the
authority of this corporation, the same shall be
received in evidence in all courts and places, without
further proof, when certified to by the Recorder.

Sec 29. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall
appropriate a sufiScient amount of the income of the bterestondebt
city to pay the interest on the bonded debt of the
city in full, before any other a[»propriation is made,
and the money so appropriated shall be kept and
held for the payment of the interest on the bonded
debt of the city, and shall, under no circumstances,
be diverted from such purpose.

Sec 30. There shall be a Board of Public Works,
consisting of three persons, elected as hereinafter pro-
vided, who shall be bona fide residents of the city for
at least two years prior to their election. One of the
members of said Board of Public Works shall be
elected by the votes of the people at large, at the
same time, and in the same way, the Mayor is elected,
who shall serve four years, and shall be chairman of ^^^^^^ p^i^j^
said Board, The other two members of said Board workfc
shall be nominated by the Mayor, and confirmed by
the Board of Aldermen, at the fir^t meeting after the
first election under this charter, one to serve two
years, and one four years, an<l every two years there-
after the Mayor shall nominate, and the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen, at the first meeting after each
election, shall confirm one member of said Board,
who shall serve four year© ; said confirmation shall be

vioa voce upon call of the roll, and no person eliall be
contirmed unless he receives a two-thirds majority of
the votes of the entire Board of Aldermen. No mem-
ber or officer of said Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
nor any one related to the Mayor or any Aldermen,
within the fourth degree ot consanguinity or affinity,
under the civil law, shall be eligible to membership
in said Board of Public Works.

Sec. 81. That each member of said Board of Pub-
lic Works shall give bond, with not less than three
sureties, to the satisfaction of the Mayor and Board
B^jj^ of Aldermen, in the penalty of not less tlian ten thou-

sand ($10,000) dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties, and the proper distribu-
tion of, and accounting for, all moneys coming to his
hands in his official capacity, which sureties shall be
required to lustify, in the aggregate, to the amount
of $30,000 above all liabilities ; and such bond shall
be approved by the Mayor and City Attorney, filed
with the Recorder, and enrolled by him in a book
kept for the purpose of enrolling all official bonds.
If any of the officers of said city, including the mem-
bers of said Board of Public Works, so desire, they
may give surety on their official bonds some surety
company, io be designated by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, and then other personal security shall
not be required on such bond.

Sec. 32. The bonds of all officers of the city shall
Bonds to be be examined once eacli year, and the solvency of the
examne . gurctics examined into by the Mayor and City Attor-
ney, and if they require the same, a new bond shall
be executed. And said Mayor and City Attorney
may require the officials to give new bonds, or justify
the old bond, at any time.

Sec. 33. The salary of the chairman of the Board
of Public Works is nxed at $1,500 per annum, and he
shall devote his whole time and attention to tlie busi-
ness and affairs of the city. The other two members
of said Board shall have a salary of $600 per annum
each. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen • may, by
ordinance, increase or diminish the salaries oi the
members of said Board from time to time, but the
salary shall not be increased or diminished to take
effect during the term of office of any member of the
Board.
It clerk Sec. 34. The Recorder of the city shall act as clerk
•Pub- ^f ^j^^ Board of Public Works, and shall keep the

records and accounts of said Board, and said Bourd
shall hold regular meetings at least once in every
week, and as much ofteiier as the business entrusted
to its Cure shall require, and two members ot said
Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business ; the ayes and noes shall be called and
entered upon a journal, upon the passage of every
resolution or order of any kind, and no resolution or
order shall be adopted unless two votes are recorded
in its favor, and this record shall be open to the
inspe(^tion of the public. Said meetings shall be held
at stated times, and no call meetings shall be held until
notice of the call meeting has been given by the Re-
corder to each member, and no business shall be done
at any call meeting unless such notice has l)een given.

Sec. 35. That the Recorder shall keep a complete
record of all the proceedings of said Boand, which shall
be signed by the members of the Board shown to
have been present at the meeting, and the correctness ibkeep
of the record shall be attested by the signature of the
Recorder, and a copy of the record, certified by the
Recorder, shall be competent evidence in the courts
of the State.

Sbc. 86. That the members of the Board shall have
seats in the meetings of the Board of Aldermen of
said city, and be entitled to take part in the proceed- _ ,,

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mgs and deliberations on all questions relatmg to wotkstoinTe
matters under their charge, subject to such rules as ^'•'^
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall from time
to time prescribe, but without the right to vote, and
one of said Board shall attend every meeting of the
Board of Aldermen.

Sec. 37. That said Board of Public Works shall
have exclusive power to employ such chiefs or heads
of departments, police, firemen, engineer:*, clerks, p^j^^toem-
superintendents, laborers and other persons, as it may p^oj-
deem necessary for the execution of its duties, and
fix their salaries and compensations; but the salaries
of all such employes and agents, except common
laborers, sliall be fixed within limits prescribed by
the Mayor and Aldermen, and any of them may be
discharged at any time by the Board of Public Works,
at their discretion. The Board of Public Works
shall not elect or employ, or appoint, or contract with
any one who is relatc'd to any member of said Board
within the fourth degree of consanguinity or aflinity
lir.dcr the civil law.

SppSbiiiw^ Shc. 38. The Board of t^iiblic Works shall have the
exclusive power and control over the construction,
supervision, cleaning, repairing, grading and improv-
ing all streets, alleys, avenues, lanes, public wharves
and landing, market-houses and spaces, bridges,,
sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, canals, streams and
water-courses, sidewalks, curbing, and the lighting of
all such public places as may be deemed necessary
within the corporate limits, to fix and establish the
grade of all streets, alleys, avenues and thorough-
fares ; they shall also have the power, supervision
and control, over the construction, repairing, clean-
ing, lighting and heating, of all public buildings, and
over all public improvements of said city of Knox-
ville. They shall have exclusive power to make all
improvements and expenditures within the budget
which shall cost less than $500, but shall let all con-
tracts of over $50 to the lowest responsible bidder^
not related as aforesaid. The said Board shall have
exclusive power to organize and control the police
and fire departments of said city.

Sec. 39. That the Board of public Works shall, on
Tomokeegti- ^^ bcforc the day fixed in the year, prepare and sub-
mate, etc. mit to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, an item-
ized estimate of the amount of money necessary and
advisable, in their opinion, to spend in the execution
of the duties entrusted to them for the ensuing year,
giving in detail the plans of construction, repairs and
estimates of expenditures, salaries, etc., proposed by
them, with the estimated cost of each improvement
or salary, specifying for what department required,
as streets, sewers, public buildings, police, water, fire
department, and all departments of the city, etc., and
it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Board of AlJer-
men, in their annual levy of taxes, to make such levy
as, in their judgment, shall bo necessary and advisa-
ble, and the amount so levied shall be collected and
carried to the credit of the Board of Public Works,
and shall not be diverted from said Board, or used by
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for other pur-
poses, but the same shall run on as a separate fund
in the hands of the Recorder and Treasurer of said
city. Said Board shall not divert the tax levy of the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen from the purpose or
department for which it was levied.

Sec. 40. That when the Board of Public Works
— deem it advisable to make a oontract for the execu-

tion of any work, or purchase of any material for SS?***' ^ ^
matters ander its charge, aoareful estimate shall be
made of the cost of such work or material.

Sec. 41. That in all cases where the estimated cost
of any expenditure exceeds $500, the Board shall
transmit to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
said city, with the recommendation and ordinance
authorizing the said expenditure, with an estimate of
the cost.

Sec. 42. That upon the passage, by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen, of such ordinance, it shall be the To wivortiit for
duty of the Board of Public Works to advertise and ^^*^'
let such work to the lowest responsible bidder.

Sec. 43.' That all contracts of the Board of Public
Works be made in the name of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of Knoxville, and executed in behalf whoilTSiIm",
of said Board of Mayor and Aldermen, by the pre-
siding officer of the 6oard, under the seal of the cor-
poration, and filed in the office of the Recorder.

Sec. 44. That no member of the Board of Public
Works, or other person, whether in the employ of
the Board or otherwise, shall have power to create
any liability on account of the Board, or funds under
its control, except b^ express authority of the Board,
conferred at a meeting auly and regularly convened.

Sec 45. That if any time it shsfll appear, in the
judgment of said Board, that the levy made by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen for the current or
ensuing year, for the use of the Department of Public ^^^f^^juj.
Works, is insufficient for properly conducting the
afiairs of the city, and for constructing imjirove-
ments and repairs of such things as are conunitted to
their charge, consistent with the health, comfort and
convenience of the inhabitants of said city, and they
shall so report to said Mayor and Board of Alder-
men, furnishing at the same time an estimate of Huch
deficiency, on receipt of which it shall be lawful lor
said Mayor alid Board of Alderrnen, in their discre-
tion, to make a special levy ujion taxable property,
real, personal and mixed, within the cit^, taxable for
State purposes, but not to exceed the limit prov'uUid
by this Act.

Sec. 46. That no member, officer, or employee of
the Board of Pulilic Works, nor any \*er^ou ralaUpd
within the fourth de^ee, muhtr the civil law, Vf any ^^^^u!^
member of ffaid Board, shall be direcfly or indir<f^;tly
interested in any contract for •upprnf', or anv oth^;r

Oath to state-
ment

Alterations
from contract.

contract or work of auy kind whatever, under its
direction, and any contract for work or muterial, in
which any. such person shall have an interest, shall
be void.

Sec. 47. That no money shall be paid at any time
to anv person claiming under a contract with the
Boarcl of Public Works, until such person shall
have first filed with said Board his statement under
oath, disclosing the names of all persons directly or
indirectly interested in the contract, or the proceeds
or the profits thereof, declaring that no person, other
than those named, are interested, and that no person,
by this Act, has any interest in the same.

Sec. 48. That no work shall be done by said Board,
or contract for work let, until the money has been
provided, by a legal assessment of taxes, for the pay-
ment ot such work.

Sec. 49. That when, in the opinion of the Board of
Public Works, it shall become necessary in the pros-
ecution of any work to make alterations or modifica-
tions in the specifications or plans of a contract, such
alterations or modifications shall be of no eftect until
the price to be paid for same shall have been agreed
upon in writing, and signed by the contractor and
approved by the Board. The total cost of the work,
with the aadition ot the price so agreed upon, shall
not exceed the original estimate.

Sec. 50. That no contractor shall be allowed anv
thing for extra work caused by an alteration or mod-
ification, unless an order is made or an agreement
signed as provided in the preceding section, nor shall
he in any case be allowed more tor such alteration
than price fixed by such agreement.

Sec. 51. That the Board shall publish all resolu-
To publish reso- tions declaring the necessity of improvements and
expenditures over $500, but an ordinance authorizing
such improvements or expenditures over $500 must
he passed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on
the recommendation of the Board of Public Works
before the work is done and the expenditure can be
authorized.

Sec 52* That any member of the Board may be
removed from otfice for incompetency, inefficiency,
neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, by a vote of
three-fourths of all the members of the Board of
Aldermen of said citv. For the unexpired term the
vaca^^cy shall be fiUen by e^eotion or appointment, as

lutions.

Member of
Board may be
removed.

the case rany be, under the same rules as otlier elec-
tions or appoiutmeiita of members of the Board.

Sec. 5-i, That upou specific charges in wrfting and
sworn to, being preferred by any citizen against, a chatga.
member ot the Board of Public Works, the Board of
Aldermen, by a m^ority of the Board, may suspend
such member for ten days, and within ten days from
the date of the order of suspension the charge shall
be tried by the said Board of Aldermen, unless the
accused asks for further time, in which case ten days
more maybe given him. Boring the continuance at
the request of the accused his pay shall be stopped
and deducted, but if the trial ie delayed by the Board
of Aldermen and not by the accused, then the sus-
pension shall last ten days and no longer. Said Board
of Aldermen shall have power by process issued by
the Mayor, to enforce the attendance of witnesses
and the production of books and papers as evidence
to be executed by the Marshal or Chief of Police, and
the Mayor shall have power to administer the neces-
sary oaths. It a member of the Board of Public
Works shall be adjudged on such trial of inquiry to
have been guilty of the charges against him, the said
Board of Aldermen shall have power to punish him by
a thiee-fourths vote of the whole Board, by dismissal j^^n^
from office, or by a majority vote on the call of the
roll, by further suspension, as in their opinion the
grade of the offense deserves. The decision of the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen as to suspension or
dismissal shall be final, and not subject to revision,
and it shall be transmitted to the Board of Public
Works to be entered on its records. Vacancies occur-
ring alter trial of charges, as herein provided, shall
be filled as in the preceding section, and the Board of
Aldermen on the recommendation of the Mayor shall
have power to make temporary appointments to fill
vacancies ia the Board of Public Works, if trial as
herein provided is delayed at the instance of the
accused.

Sue. 54. Territory, atjjoining the corporate limits
of said city, may be added thereto, and included in "'
the corporate limits thereof, as follows ; Fifty citizens,
resident freeholders, in the territory proposed to be
added thereto, and included in the corporate limits
of said city, shall sign a petition, in writing, over
their signatures, in which shall be described by metes
and bounds the particular territory proposed to he

added and included, and shall submit the Fame to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said city, for con-
sent and approval. If the city authorities give said
consent, and a majority of the citizens, who are
legally qualified voters of the territory, consent, the
said territory shall become part of said corporation.
To test the sense of the voters in said territory, and
obtain their consent, or the consent of a majority of
them, an election shall be held at some convenient or
public place in said territory, and each voter entitled
to vote for members of the General Ai^sembly, who
shall have resided in said territory for more than six
months, and each non-resident freeholder who shall be
a citizen of the State, and shall have owned a freehold
in said territory for six months previous to said elec-
tion, shall be a qualified voter, and no other shall be.
The SheriflTof Knox County shall hold the election ;
shall give twenty days' notice of the the time and pUce
and purpose of the election, and shall appoint judges
and clerks to aid in such election, and shall make
return of the result to said city authorities; and if a
majority of the qualified voters be in favor of the
admission and corporation of the city, then said ter-
ritory shall become a part of said city.

Sec. 55. The entire police shall be under the exclu-

p<>uoe. g«^g management and control of the Board of Public

Works. The number and compensation of the police
force shall be fixed by the Mayor and Boa d of
Aldermen by ordinance.

Sec. 56. The police shall possess all the common

Mice-powew j^^ ^^^^ Statutory powers of constables, except for
the services of civil process, and serving warrants for
the arrest of any person, issued by the officer holding
the City Court, may be executed by any member of
the police.

Sec 57. It is hereby made the duty of the police
force, at all times of the day and night, and the mem-

Toiice duties. ^^^^ thereof are accordingly appointed to especially
preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and
arrest oflTenders, suppress riots, protect the rights of
persons and property, guard the public healthy
preserve order at elections, see that nuisances are
removed, suppress and restrain disorderly houses,
houses of ill-fame and gambling houses; to assist,
advise and protect strangers and travelers in public
streets, or at steamboat landings, or railroad stations^

^^ enforce every law relating to the suppression and

punishment of crime, or to the public healih, or dis-
orderly persons, or any ordinance or resolution of the
Board of Aldermen, in relation to police, health, and
criminal procedure.

Sec. 58. The several members of the police force p^j.^p^^^^
shall have power and authority to immediately arrest

I without warrant, and to take into custody, any per-

son who shall commit, or threaten or attempt to
commit, in the presence of such meniber, or within

\ his view, any breach of the peace, or offense directly

' prohibited by Act of tlie Legislature, or by any ordi-

nance of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, but such
member of the police force shall immediately, and
without delay, upon such arrest, convey in person
such offenders before the proper oflSicers, that he may

! be dealt with according to law, and have a speedy-

trial, and the officer making such arrest shall, with-
out delay, report the arrest and the alleged cause to
superior officer.

Sec. 59. Every person committed to the work-
bouse shall be required to work for the city at such
labor as his health and strength will permit, within 2^^^J"„^

or without said city, not exceeding ten hours each
day, and shall be humanely treated, and for such *

work and labor, the person so emplojred shall be |

allowed, exclusive of his board, a credit upon such '

fine and cost, of twenty-five cents per day until the^ |

whole is discharged, when he shall be released. No
person shall be compelled to work longer than threes
months for any one offense.

Sec. 60. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall,
at the first meeting after their election, elect a Re-
corder who shall hold his office for two years, whose
duty it shall be to act as the Recorder and Secretary Recorder-hi*^
of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and keep a ^'^^^^' \

record of their proceedings ; to act as Treasurer of the
city, and receive all moneys due the city from all
sources, collect all privilege taxes, and pay out all
money he may receive, according to law, and perform
such other duties as may be required of him by ordi-
nance. He shall give bond in such sum as the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen may require, with sureties to
be approved by the Mayor and City Attorney ; he shall
not pay out any money unless it has been appropriated
by ordinance, and on a warrant drawn on him by the
Mayor. He shall hold the City Court and try all of-
fenses against the city ordinances; and if he is absent

Eligibility.

<city scrip.

or sick, or if he is iucompetent to try any case, any
Justice of the Peace residing witliin the city may act
in his room and stead to try all cases for him. He
shall hav« the power and exercise the functions of a
Justice of the Peace, and shall have the exclusive
power to pardon and release persons convicted in his
court under any city ordinance.

Sec 61. No person shall be eligible to tne olHce of
Mayor, or Alderman, or a member of the Board of
Public Works, or any other city officer, who holds
any kind of an office, executive or judicial, under the
United States, the State of Tennessee, or Knox
County. ^

Sec ti2. It shall not be lawful for the Board of
'Shall not issue Mayor and Aldermen to issue, or authorize the issu-
ance of any city scrip; and any such city scrip so
issued shall be null and void. No warrant shall be
drawn by the Mayor on the Recorder for any purpose
until the money is in the hands of the Recorder with
which to pay such warrant; provided^ that nothing in
this section shall be so construed to prevent the Re-
corder from issuing certificates of indebtedness to
those parties to whom the city may be indebted.

Sec 63. There shall be a Board of Education for
the city, to consist of five members, citizens of the
town, and not members of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen.

Sec. H4. The Board of Education shall be elected
by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, from the citi-
zens and qualified voters of the town, by baUot; and
the term of office of each member shall be five years.

Sec 65. The persons now constituting the Board
shall continue in office for their respective terms for
which they were elected, and hereafter one member
of the Board shall be elected at the first meeting of
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen m December of
each year, to fill the vacancy then recurring. The
persons composing such Board shall have or receive
no compensation for their services.

Sec 66. The said Board of Mayor and Aldermen
shall have power to prescribe the duties of the Board
of Education, and Board of Public Works, herein
created; also rules and regulations for their govern-
ment, and to enforce the same by appropriate ordi-
nances; except as hereinbefore prescribed by this
Act.

Sec 67. All laws and parts of laws, not in conflict

iBoard of Edii
'• oation.

"No compensa-
^tion.

'Power to pre-
'-iscribe duties.

with this charter, are hereby declared to be in full
force and effect, and all laws in conflict with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 68. That this Act shall take effect on the first to take effect.
daj' of Januar\', 1886. Prodded^ that all oflficers in-
cumbent of the corporation shall hold their offices
until their successors are elected or appointed and
qualified under this Act.

Passed June 10, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.
J. A. M ANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 10, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor,

CHAPTER 9.

An Act to prevent the ppread of contagious pleuropneumonia in
Terine-see Mud to provide for payment for property destroyed in
certain cases.

Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee^ That as soon as practicable
after the passage of this Act, the Governor of Ten-
nessee shall appoint a Live Stock Sanitary Commis- _

sion, composed of three freeholders of the State, over S^fj^™™*®-
twenty-five years old, whose duty it shall be to act
under the orders of the Governor, and examine any
cattle in Tennessee reported to the Governor as being
affected with contagious pleuro-pneumonia, said
Commission to act when and as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted^ That if the Governor

Live stock Sani-

Bion.

shall at any time receive iiitbrmation, given by affi-
davit of any citizen of the ^tate, made before any
Justice of the Peace in the State, that said citizen is
reliably informed that there has been brought into
the State of Tennessee any animal or animals suttor-
ing from or that have been exposed to the disease
known as contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or that such
animal or animals are at anytime in the State of Ten-
nessee sick from contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or that
have been exposed to such disease, and state the place
w^liere such animals are located in the State, and in
the opinion of the Governor and the Chief of the
Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics imd Mines of the
State, the danger of the spread of such disease shall
warrant the expense, then, the Governor shall, acting
in conjunction with the Chief of the Department of
Agriculture of the State, and with such aid as the said
Powersof Gov- Cliiet of Said department can or is authorized by law
toSSon!* "' to give, quarantine such animal or animals until such
time as in their opinion all danger shall have passed;
or, if in their opinion it may be cheaper and saier to
have such animal appraised and slaughtered, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to summon said Sanitary
Commission, appointment of which is herein provided
for, and said Commission shall have the power to
enter upon the premises where said cattle are in quar-
antine, and shall go to said place and notify the owner
of said animal or animals, m writing, on a day fixed
in the notice, not le^rs than five nor more than ten
days from the service of said notice, said Commission
will examine said animal or animals in conjunct'on
with the representative of the Chief of the De-
partment of Agriculture of the United States,
and hear testimony touching the sickness of said
animal or animals, or exposure of same to dis-
ease known as contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and
said Commission shall swear witnesses w^hich they
shall have Y><^wer to summon, as any Justice of
the Peace would, and in same manner, by subpoena
directed to any officer, and shall hear proof, including
testimony of experts, touching the sickness or expos-
ure of said animal or animals to contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, and it shall have power to continue the
investigation from day to day till they are satisfied,
and shall determine the fact whether said animal or
animals are afffected with or have been exposed to
contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and if in their opinion

Same.

the safety of the domestic animals in Tennessee
demands, or it be necessary to prevent the further
spread of disease among the live stock of the State,
to destroy the animal or animals so found to be affected
ivith or to have been exposed to said disease, as here-
inafter provided; said Commission shall determine
what animals are affected with or have been exposed
to said disease, and what animals shall be killed, and
«hall appraise the same, and have them slaughtered,
^s hereinafter provided, and their carcasses buried;
and shall, if they think best, cause the bedding to be
burned and have the place disinfected and managed
as in their judgment will best protect the live stock
of the State.

Sec. 3. Be it farther enacted^ That whenever, as in
section second provided, the Commission shall direct
the killing of any animal or animals, or destruction
of other property, they shall appraise said animal or
animals or property condemned or destroyed, and
make an inventory of the same and furnish the
owner or person in charge of said animal or ani-
mals with a copy of the same, and if the owner is
dissatisfied with the appraised value of the same,
he shall notify said Commission in writing at
or before the time — the day of the slaughter
— that he is not gatisficd with the appraisement of
the same, and demands a trial in the Circuit Court;
and in case the owner so notifies the Commission, they Proceedings ir
shall file said inventory with the clerk of the Circuit stroyed.'^
Court of the county where the animals are, and the
clerk of said court shall enter the case on the docket
of said court under the style of the State of Tennes-
see against the owner of the animal or animals, giv-
ing his name as defendant; and it shall be the duty of
the court to cause a jury to be impaneled to try the
question of the value of said property so destroyed
between the State and said party, and hear proof
touching the diseased condition of said animals, or
exposure of same to disease, and fix their value at
date of appraisement and slaughter thereof, taking
into consideration their diseased condition, or expos-
ure of same to disease; and if the jury find said
property worth more than the appraised value, the
value as ascertained shall be allowed; if less, the value
found allowed, and their verdict shall be entered on
the minutes. The appraised value of the cattle au-
thorized to be slaughtered shall not be more than the

Appeal*

AtUHmey-gen-
eral to attend.

Kotioe.

value of 80 many pounds of cattle for beef, according
to the marketTalue. There shall be no compensation
given by paid Commissioners tor any cattle which
are, at the time of inspection, infected with the dis-
ease known as pleuno-pneumonia.

Sec. 4. Be it farther enacted^ That either the State
or defendant, if not satisfied with the verdict, laaj
move for a new trial or appeal, as in any other civil
case in which the State is plaintiff' and other party-
defendant.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That the Attorney-
General of the district in which said case is shall at-
tend to the same, and receive such compensation as
he receives in felony cases.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That if the owner of
animal or animals slaughtered by order of the Com-
mission does not notify paid commission on the day
of the slaughter or destructioii of same in writing
as provided, that he demands a trial in the Circuit
Court, the commission shall furnish the owner with a
copy of their inventory and appraisement, ,and file
the original cf same with the Governor, and the Gov-
ernor shall, upon the tiling of the same by the Com-
mission, or upon filing the copy by the owner, issue
an order on the Comptroller to give the owner a war-
rant on the Treasurer for the amount due the owner,
as fixed in said inventory, or so much thereof as
remains unassumed and paid by the United States.

Sec 7. Be it further enacted, That if there are more
than one and joint owners of said property, the notice
herein provided and the copy of the inventory may
be given to either of them; and if the owner cannot be
found, may be given to the person in charge of said
property or animal, at the time of the inspection and
slaughter of same, or destruction of the same.

Sec 8. Be it further enacted, That, upon applica-
tion of the owner to the Clerk of the Court in which
the final decree is entered, in any case tried under
the provisions of this Act, by the owner, the clerk
shall deliver to the owner a certified copy of the
decree, and he may file the same with the Governor^
and the Governor shall give an order on the Comp-
troller, who shall issue his warrant on the Treasurer
for the amount found due by said decree to the
owner, or as much of the same as remains unpaid by
the United States.

Sec 9. Be it further enacted^ That if any persoa

shall hereafter bring into tliis State any cattle, know-
ing the same to be affected with or to liave been ^^^ ^^-
exposed to contagious pleuro-pneuraonia, it shall be
the duty ot the commission, when they cause the same
to be destroyed, to report that fact either to the Gov-
ernor or Court, as herein provided, to the Court, if
the fact is disputt^d, or the appraisement of cattle is
dem^uided to be reported to Court, to the Governor if
not disputed.

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. That if the fact is
disputed it shall be submit'od to the Jury, as provided
herein, as one of the issues to be tried by them, and
their finding shall be spread on the minutes, with the
finding of the value of the cattle.

Sec. 11. Be it farther enacted^ That if it appear to
the Governor, either from the report of the Commis-
sion in any case in which a trial is not demanded in ^{a fo?.^**^ ^
the Circuit Court, or from the final decree, as pro-
vided herein, that any owner of cattle so slaughtered
brought the same into this State, after the passage of
this bill, knowing that said cattle were affected with
contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or had been exposed to
the same, the Governor shall not issue any order for
payment for same.

Sec. 12. Be it farther enacted, That either party
dissatisfied with the report of the jury as to knowl- New trial or

&DDeftl«

edge of the disease, or exposure to such desease, as
provided in Section 10, may have the right of motion
for new trial, or appeal as in other cases.

Sec. 13. Be it farther enacted, That the Governor
may call on the Sheriff" of the County, where the cat- sheriff,
tie are quarantined, to appoint some person to enforce
the quarantine of cattle.

Sec 14. Be it farther enacted. That it shall be the
duty of the Commission to have with them a compe-
tent veterinary surgeon when they examine and
slaughter said animaJs. They will, through the Gov-
ernor, apply to the Chief of the Department of Agri-
culture of the United States for such assistance, but if
this cannot be had, the Governor is authorized to I^i^"'
appoint and employ, for any such investigation, a
veterinary surgeon, skilled in such diseases, and the
Commission shall make a part of their report the
report of said surgeon on the post mortem examina-
tion of slaughtered animals.

Sec. 1 5. Be it further enacted, That the commis- p ^ ^
sioners shall each receive two dollars ($2) per day for

each day actually engaged in duties, under the order of
the Governor, and mileage three cents, and their mile-
age shall be advanced to them by the Governor out
of the fund drawn for quarantine purposes. Wit-
nesses summoned by order ot the Commission shall
be paid as witnesses in the Circuit Court, out of said
quarantine fund, if the owner does not demand a
trial in the Circuit Court, but in case the owner
demands a trial in the Circuit Court the losing party
shall pay the cost, but if the owner prove insolvent,
the State witnesses will be paid as in any other cases,
on return of nulla bona. Any person appointed by
the Sheriff shall receive one dollar ($1) for each day
serving as quarantine officer; provided, the Sheriff
shall not appoint more than one such officer or
deputy.

Sec. 16. Be it farther enacted. That the Comptrol-
ler, upon requisition of the Governor, shall issue his
wamnton Warrant on the Treasurer for such sums as may be
Comptroller, necessary to meet the expenses of inspecting and
quarantining said animals, to be paid out ot the funds
hereinafter appropriated.

Sec 17, Be it further enacted. That the sum of five
Appropriation, thousaud doUars ($5,000) is hereby specially appro-
priated to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 18. Be it further enacted. That no person, firm
or company shall be paid for any cattle, under the
provisions of this Act, who have purchased and
brought into this State, or who may hereafter pur-
chase and bring into this State, aiiy cattle which
When not to be have bccu affcctcd with or have been exposed to
paid:for. pleuro-pneumonia, and such fact was known to or

might, upon proper inquiry, have been ascertained
by such person, firm or company before or at the
time of said purchase, or before or at the time of
bringing said cattle into this State.

Sec. 19. Be it further enacted^ That this Act shall
take effect from and after its passage, the public wel-
fare requiring it.
Passed June 9, 1885.

C. xl, SSxlxv JL ,

Sj)eaker of the Senate.
J. A. MAJSTSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved June 10, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 10. • •

An Act to aineml An Act passed March 30. IH85, entitled An Act to
amend An Act passed April Nr, 1881, entitled An Act to establish
taxing district- of the second class, and to provide the means of
local govern nent therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That Section 2d of An Act eii- Z^SJSddS!!*'
titled An Act to establifili taxing districts of the
second class, and to j^rovidlfe the means of local gov-
ernment therefor, passed March 30, 1885, be so
amended as to read as follows : That section 8 of
said Act, passed April 1, 1881, be so amended as
that the Board of Commissioners, after the debts of
the taxing districts shall have first been compromised
between said taxing districts and creditors, shall have
power by ordinance within the district to levy taxes
upon all property taxable by law for State purposes, Powtftoiery
and upon all privileges and polls taxable by law for *****'
State purposes, and may appropriate the money aris-
ing from the collection of said taxes so levied, after
defraying the current expenses of the taxing district,
to the p.iyment of the deV>ts of said taxing district
that have been, compromised, and anything in said
Section 2d, or in the Act passed Marcli 30, 1885, in
conflict with this Act is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted^ That this Act take
eftect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.

Passed June 9, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MAX SOX,

Speaker of the JJoase of HepreMentotircis,

Approved June 10, 1885.

AVM. B. BATE,

(jrorernor.

OIIAl'TKR 11.

An Act to '>ett«r protect ihe State BjiainRt fraud i[i the disljurBetiieDt
Ot revenue, where Hccuunt' for boHrdinji juries in criniiriEil casei
are nt the ndjourumi nt (if the term certihed to ihe ComptroUer,
and for that purpos'' amending Section 2 of ChaplcT G, Acts of
185!) -dO, enriTfed An Act tonini-iid the law relative to special crim-
inal courts, and also tn iiinend rhe lawn relative to \nih ot cost* in
criminal caees. (Milliken & Vertiet-it' Code, Seciion l!454.)

Section 1. Be it enadeil b\f the General Assembly of
the Sliite of Tennessee, That Section 2 of the Act men-
tioned in the caption of this Act, being Section 6454 of
Millikon & Vertrees' Code, be so amended as to read

igjuriM. that the expenses of keeping a jury in any criminal case
in which the State or coanty may eventually becoma

Mo™'"'^ liable, niiiy, in the discretion of the Court, be certi-
fied upon the adjournment thereof to the Comptroller
or Judge or Chairman of the County Court, aa the

■■•rtant ^.^gg ^^^y j^^^ who shall issue his warrant for same to
any person authorized to receive it; prorided, that
all parties having such bills against tlie State or
county shall first make oath as to the correctness of
said bills before the Clerk of the Circuit or Criminal
Court, who shall affix his certificate to same, shall
then be read and presented in open court to the Judge
and Attorney-General for their inspection and allow-
ance, if correct. Tlie Clerk of the court shall then
be required to enter ao much of said bill as approved
and aflowed by the Judge and Attorney -General upon
the minutes of his court, and shall certify the amount
of said bill in writing on face of original bill as is al-
lowed, together with the seal of his office attached,
and forward same to the proper authorities for pay-
ment, for which he shall receive a fee of fifty cents,
to be paid by the party to whom the bill belongs.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Judge or
Chairman of the County Court or the Comptroller
shall not issue warrants for any accounts for boarding
juries until the bill shows on its face that all the re-
quirements of this Act have been complied with.

Sec. 3. Be it further evaded. That if such costs are
afterwards collected from the defendant or his sure-
ties it shall be turned over to the Treasurer of the

8tate or coanty, as the case may be, by the Clerk of
tbe Court as fines are paid over.

Sec. 4, Be it farther enacted, That this Act take
effect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.

Passed June 10, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Represeatatices.

C. R. BERRY,

^ Speaker of the Senate.

Approved June 11, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Gocernor.

CHAPTER 12.

An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to reduce the several Acts
incorporating the city of Columbia into one Act, pnd to amend the
same, passed February 25, 1869, and the Acts amendatory thereto.

Section 1. Be it enadecl by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That the Act passed February
25, 1869, entitled An Act to reduce the several Acts
incorporating the city of Columbia into one Act, and
to amend the same, be and the same is hereby so
amended as to extend the corporate limits of said
city as follows: Beginning with the present north-
west corner of the corporation near White Springs, Boundarfei.
and running north and east with the branch ot said
White Sprmg to Duck River; thence up the south
bank of said Duck River to the present north-east
corner of the corporation ; thence south with the
present aistern houiidary to the Mooiesville turnpike.

men.

thence westerly with said Mooresville turnpike to a
point on said Mooresville turnpike east from the pres-
ent southern boundary; thence west to the present
south-east boundary ; thence west with the present
southern boundary to the Pulaski turnpike; thence
north with the Pulaski turnpike to the present cor-
poration line; thence with said corporation line wc^t
to the Columbia and Campbellsville turnpike ; thence
south with said turnpike to the north boundary line
of Anthus A. Aydelott to his north-west corner;
thence north with the Aikin and Taylor line to the
present corporation line; provided^ tnat nothing in
this Act shall interfere with an j(!^reement heretofore
entered into with the Columbia Cotton Mills Com-
pany.

Sec, 2. Be it farther enacted y That Section 2 of said

Board of Alder- "^^^^ and the amendment thereto passed March 27,
" 1879, be and the same are hereby so amended that the
Board of Aldermen shall consist of two instead of
three Aldermen from each ward. That at the next
regular election held on the third Tuesday in Novem-
ber, 1885, there shall be elected one Alderman from
each ward, to serve for two years, and at the election
held on the third Tuesday in November, 1887, there
shall be elected two Aldermen from each ward, to
serve fqr two years, and biennially thereatter two
Aldermen shall be elected for the term of two years ;
provided^ that the provisions of this Act shall not de-
prive the present incumbents from serving until the
expiration of the time for which they were elected.
That the Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall have
power by ordinance to divide said city into not less
than three nor more than five wards, to be laid oif
equally as to population as can be conveniently done,
and may alter the same at their pleasure.

Sec S. Be it fuHher enacted^ That section 3 of said
Act be so amended as to change the time for which
the Mayor shall hold his office from one to two years;
provided^ the "provisions of this Section shall not effect
the term of office for which the present incumbent
was elected, but shall take effect from and after the
next regular election for Mayor and Aldermen on
the third Tuesday in November, 1885.

Sec. 4. Be it farther enacted^ That Section 2 of said
Act, and the amendment thereto, passed March 2,
1870, be so amended that the election for Mayor and
Aldermen from each ward shall be held biennially

Wards.

Ele«tion»—
when

instead of annually, and that said election shall be
held on the. third Tuesday in I^ovember.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted^ That all persons own-
ing real estate within said corporation, and all per-
sons living therein, and who h^-ve been resident
thereof for six months previous to said election, and
who are entitled to vote for members of the General
Assembly, shall be entitled to vote in said elections.

Sec 6. Be it farther enacted, That an Act passed
April 4, 1885, entitled An Act to amend an Act enti-
tled an Act to reduce the several acts incorporating
the city of Columbia into one act, and to amend the
same, passed February 25, 1869, be and the same is
hereby repealed, and that this Act take eftect from
and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed June 10, 1885.

C. R. BERR I J

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved Juno 12, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

Votert.

BepealtcL

CHAPTER 13.

A Bill to be entitled An Act to defray the current expenses of the
Extra Session of the Forty-fourth General Assembly of Tennessee.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of lennesseCy That the Comptroller of the Ext™ session—
Treasurer issue his warrant on the State Treasurer AppropriatioiM.
in favor of each member, officer and employee of the
House for the amount stated to be due each in the
following schedule :

Names of
Representatives.

Aimison, Wm

Allen, J. M,

AEdersoiij Jai'kaon ..

Anderson, W, E

BaniHll,J.T

Beard, E.E

Bearden, M. D

Beddow, C. P

Beatty, Claiborne...

Binne, J. E

Bonner, T. J

Biitton, D. D

Brogan, T. J....-

Browder,S. E

Brown, T. N

Browning, R. H

Bullock, W.P

Burke,F.A

Butler, H.R

Carmack, E. W

Coldwell, Ernest

Cockrill, M. S

Cummings, J. H

Davis, T. H

Dobson, A. S. N

Bulaney. N.T

Erwln, W. W

Evans, P. W

Evans, G. E

Eielder, A. T

Kelds, W. A

Eiak.A

Eowlkes, H. L

Erench, A. G

Gordon, W.W

Guthrie, C. 11

Haggard, W. P

Hale. W J

Hancock, R. A

Haniia, J. A

138
370
340
444
60
526
274
600

I 22'

110
74

.20{
820

■10

558
400
110
104
I 825
i 94
126

104
344
720
782
264
460
464
872
476

540
170
421
810
84
122
340

6 20
.20
4 20
4 20
20
2 20

m 1

o
o

Hmm^ J. C

Hayneft, Bobeit W —

Hajucb, S. H

Hodge, W. C

Hodges, D. T

Idol, WflliB

JadcBon, E. L

JohDfiOD, T. B

JohnsoD, J. W ■

Keeton, M. F

Ijamb, A. S

ItfAfihlee, J. P

ILassiter, E. D

Ijewis, J. W

Lewis, T. W

Love, J- R

McCaalej, J. J

McElwee, S. A

McKinney, J. K

McSween, W. J

Miller, J. L

Moi^an, J. D

Munford, A. H

Murrell, D. L

Neal, Tom W

Reed, J. W

Redman, M. F

Revelle, Ike K

Rivers, Flournoy

Ro^rs, B. D

Rnnm, Jolin

Rushing, W. A

Sadler, W.R

Sanders, J. C

Shipley, J. T

Sims, 8. A

Skeltou, L. L

Smith, R. A

Solomon, A. M

Steele, J. W

9
9

542
SSO'
464
302!

688'
624

180

521

340
270
174

255

280
164
454

166
368
268
654
228
378*
124
330
376
620
500
368
160
88

86 7220
52 80 20
74 2420
48 3220

110 08 20;

99 8420'

28 8020'

8 8220i

20'

54 40'20:
43 '20 20
27 8420!

50
58
160
526
686
200
770
244
100

•40 8020
44 80 20

26 24|20
72 64120
26 56J20
58 88201
42 8820

104 64 20
36 4820
60 48 20l
19 84 20i
62 80 20
60 16 20
99 20,:>0
80 00 20
58 8820
25 60il2
14 08 20

i20

8 OO'iO

9 28|20
25 60 20
841620

109 76 20
32 00'20

123 20120
39 04 20
16 00 20

80 166 72

80 132 80

80 154 24

80 128 31

80 190 08;

80 179 84

80 108 80

80i 88 32;

80 80 00<

80 134 40

80 123 20

80 107 84

80 120 80

80 124 80

80| 106 24

80; 152 64

80| 106 56

80 138 88

80! 122 88

80 184 64

80 116 48

80 140 4a

80! 99 84

80 132 80

80 14016

80 179 2a

80 160 00

80 138 88

48 73 60

80 ' 94 08

80 80 00

80 88 00

80 89 28

80 105 60

80 16416

80 189 76

80 112 00

80 203 20

80 119 04

80 96 00

Names of
Representatives.

Sugg,N.R....

Taylor, G. C

Thornburg, R

Trousdale, J. A

Tyler, A. J

Vaughn, E.R.

Yernon, J. Wl

Wade,W. W

Warfield, C. P

"Warren, J. J

Weems, Joseph

Weisner, Edwin

White, J. H

Willis, J. G

Wooten, J. S

Yancy, T. B

Toung, A. H

Young, J. M

OFFICERS.

Manson, J. A., Speaker..

Wade, E.B.,Prin. Clerk

Orockett, C.W., Assistant
Clerk

Kennedy, Mrs. Alice, En-
grossing Clerk

Brown, W . E., Bergeant-
at-arms

Dulaney,K. T., jr., Assist-
ant Sergcant-at-arms ..

Bell, Charles, porter

Harris, Frank, porter

Reese, Philip, porter

Irwin, Mike, W ater-closet
porter

C4H

o
o

92
576

50
710
404
464
374
120
270
114
700

96
166
120
580
140
540

430

13 44

14 72
92 16
80 00

113 60
64 64
74 24
59 84
19 20
43 20

18 24
112 00

15 36
26 56

19 20
92 80
22 40
8t)40

68 80

20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20

20
20

20
20
20
20

80
80
80
80
80
,80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80

120
120

120

80
60
60
60

93 44

94 72
172 16

88 00
193 60
144 64
154 24
139 84

99 20
123 20

98 24
192 00

95 36
106 56

99 20
172 80
102 40
166 40

188 80
120 00

120 00

84 00

80 00
60 00
60 00
60 00

60 00

Section 2. Be it further enacted. That the Comp-
troller draw his warrants on the Treasurer in favor
of the following persons for the amounts and services
herein stated, viz. : Eth. B. Wade, Principal Clerk,
ten days extra for recopying the Journals of the

House for the printer, $60.00, and for indexing
Journals of the House, superintendinff the printing
of the same and reading the proof, $200.00 ; and C.
W. Crockett, Assistant Clerk, ten daya extra for
recopying the Journals of the House for the printer,
$60.00.

Sbction 3. Be it further enacted, That the Comp-
troller issue his warrant in favor of W. E. Brown,
and N". T. Dulaney, jr.. Sergeant and Assistant Ser-
geant-at- Arms of the House, for three days' services
each, at rate of four dollars per day for services ren-
dered.

Sbc. 4. Be it farther enacted^ That the Comptroller
of the Treasury issue his warrant on the State Treas-
urer in favor of each member, officer and. employee of
the Senate, for the amount stated to be due them in
the following schedule :

Names of Senators.

Atkins, J. C

Bagwell, Alex

Blackmore, J. W.

Brown J. W

Bryan, M.T

Case, H. B

Edmondson, J. P.

Farmer, J. H

Gaut, Jesse H

Keith, John Y....
Kercheval, T. A..

Lamb, J. fe

Logan, S. T

Looney, A. M

Lyle, W. J

Martin, G. W.....
McBride, P. H....
McDowell, J. H..

McElroy, A. J

Metcalf, Lewis

New, Jno. Coffee.
Phillips, Wm

o
"A

874

230

696

302
572
172
362
344

244
526
98
386
280
166
330
254
170
104
665

% 60

111

04
80
00
36

48
91
27
57
55

32
52
52
92
04

39
84
15
61
44
26
52
40
27
16
106

04
16

68
76
80
56
80
64
20
64
40

20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20

80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80

e3
O

$140 04
116 80

88 00
19186

80 00
128 32
17152
107 52
137 92

185 04
80 80

119 04
164 16

95 68
14176
124 80

106 56
132 80

120 64

107 20

96 64

186 40

894
160
840

68 04
24 00
64 40

6 40

20
20
20

20
20

80
80
80

120

120
80

104 00

"Wright J W

184 40

OFFICERS.

Berry, C. R., Speaker

Long, T. C, Principal

126 40
120 00

Harris, J. A., AsBietant
Clerk

120 00

Hickman, J. P,,Sergeant-

80 00

Ewing, C. , Aasaiatanf Ser-

Dromgoole, Miss W.A.,

Johnson, J. A., aaeietant

Sec. b Be it further enacted, That the Comptrol-
ler draw hie warrants on the Treasurer in favor of
the following persons for the amounts and Kervices as
herein atated: T, C. Long, Principal Clerk, ten days
extra for recopying the Journals of the Senate for
the printer, $60,00; and to J, A. Harris, Assistant
Clerk, for ten days extra for recopying tlie Journal
for the printer, |60.00; and that the Prmcipal Clerk
will remain a sufficient time to superintend the print-
ing of the Journal, read the proof, and index the
same, and for these services he shall be allowed two
hundred dollars, and the Comptroller will issue his
warrant to said Clerk when he shall have performed
these duties aud (closed his business.

8bc. 6. Be it further enacted^ That the Comptroller
issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of John
P. Hickmany Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, for
sixty (f 60.00) dollars, to pay for stamps purchased for
members of the Senate in accordance with Senate
Hesolntion No. 6.

Sbc* 7. Be it further enacted^ That the sum of four
hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty cents, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated for the purpose of paying the accounts of the
newspapers, in which was published the Governor's
proclamation, convening the General Assembly in
extra session, and his proclamations for elections to
fin the vacancies in this House, occasioned by the
resignations of Hon. H. C. Crunk and Hon. J. fe. P.
Blackburn, and that the Comptroller draw his war-
rants on the Treasurer in favor of

* The Nashville American, for.i

The Nashville Union, for

The Nashville Banner, for

The Nashville German Paper, for

The Memphis Appeal, for

The Memphis Avalanche, for

The Memphis Ledger, for

The Knoxville Tribune

The Knoxville Chronicle, for

The Chattanooga Times, for *....

The Chattanooga Commercial, for

The Sprinrfeld Record, for

The PulasKi Citizen, for

The Nashville American, for

The Nashville Union*, for

Sbc. 8. Be it further enacted^ That the sum of one
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-
«ary, be appropriated for the purpose of paying the

Jrinling, stationery and miscellaneous bilui of the
Ixtra Session of the General Assembly, and that the
Comptroller draw his warrants on the Treasurer in
favor of the parties to whom the bilb may be due.

Sbc. 9. Be U farther enacted, That the (comptroller
issue his warrant on the Treasurer In favor of the
Secretary of State, for the sum of one hundred
(flOO.OO) dollars, an remuneration for c^ipying Ai^n for
the newspapers, and indexing the same.

Sbc, 10. Be U fartUr ewA4ied, Tliat the CompiroU
ler draw bb warrantii on the Trtf$mnrer in favw of

the following named, and for the purpose stated :
Two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), out of which
shall be paid the bills of the newspapers in which
shall be published the Acts of this Extra Session •
The printers to the State, for publishing the Acts
and Journals of this Extra Session, three thousand
dollars (3,000.00).

Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That this Act take
effect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requirine it.

Passed June 10, 1885.

J. A. MANSOI^,

Speaker of the Mouse of Representatives^

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

Approved June 12, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Oovemor.

CHAPTER 14.

An Act to be entitled An Act to protect the State in the disburse-
ments of Revenues in paying costs in criminal causes, and to
amend Sub section 5 of Section 6465 of Milliken & Vertrees' Code.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That upon conviction in crim-
inal causes, whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction
Adjudge all ^^ ^^^ Court tryiuff the cause that the defendent is-
State OTooimt '^'^^llj insolvcut, the Court may at its discretion ad-
* judge all costs accrued on behalf of the State against
the State or county in the first instance, with judg*
ment over against the defendant; without judgment
against the defendant execution aod nulla bona return
first had.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That sub-section 5 of

./. y

Section 6465 of Milliken & Vertrees' Code be so

amended as to conform to the above provisions of this

Act-
SBC. 8. Be it further enactedy That this Act take

eflfect from and after its passage, the public welfare

requiring it.

Fassed June 10, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

Approved June 11, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 15.

An Act to allow convicts in tbe Penitentiary a credit in diminution
of their sentences.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee^ That every convict who is now
or who may hereafter be confined in the Tennessee
Penitentiary, and who shall have no infraction of the
rules or regulations of the Penitentiary or laws of
the State recorded against hini, and who performs in Diinin«th«ot
a faithful manner the duties assigned to him in an wnduS^*^
orderly and peaceable ma'jner, shall be entitled to the
diminution of time from his sentence as appears in
the following table for the respective years of his
sentence, ana pro rata for any part of a year when
the sentence is for more or less than a year:

•

-2

• *

e ,

I'S

No. of Yeai
Sentence

Good Time
Gran

Good Time
M

Time to be

Served if Pi

Time is M

1 year

1 month

11 months

2 » •

2 "

8 "

1 year 9 months

8 "

6 «

2 " 6 "

4 "

4 «

6 «

8 " 2 «

6 "

5 "

1 year 8 months

8 " 9 "

6 "

6 «'

1 " 9 "

4 « 8 "

7 "

6 ««

2 « 8 «

4 " 9 "

8 «

6 "

2 " 9 "

5 « 8 "

9 "

6 "

8 " 8 «

5 « 9 "

10 "

6 "

8 " 9 "

6 " 8 «

11 «

6 "

4 « 8 "

6 « 9 "

12 «

6 «

4 " 9 "

7 " 8 »

18 "

6 "

6 " 8 "

7 « 9 "

14 "

6 "

6 " 9 "

8 " 8 «

16 «

6 "

6 " 8 "

8 " 9 "

16 "

6 "

6 « 9 «

9 " 8 "

17 «

6 «

7 « 8 "

9 « 9 "

18 «

6 "

7 " 9 "

10 " 8 "

19 "

6 "

8 " 8 "

10 " 9 «

20 «

6 «

8 " 9 "

11 " 8 "

21 «

6 "

9 " 8 «

11 " 9 «

22 «

6 "

9 " 9 «

12 " 8 "

28 «

6 «

10 " 8 "

12 " 9 "

24 «

6 "

10 " 9 «

18 " 8 "

26 «

6 «

10 « 8 "

18 « 9 "

8bo. 2. Be it further enacted^ In case any convict
shall be guilty of the violation of any of the rules or
laws of the Penitentiary or of the State, as above
ESSn!^ **' ^'^ provided, and has become entitled to any diminution
of his sentence by the provisions aforesaid, he shall,
for the first offense, foneit, if he has made so much,
two (2) days ; for the second ofiense, four (4) days ; for
the third ofiense, eight (8) days; and for the fourth
oftense, one month ; and for more oftenses the War-
den shall have the powdr to deprive him at his dis-
cretion of any portion of all the good time that the

convict may have earned, but not lesB than as pro-
vided for the fourth ofiense.

Sbc, 8. Be it further enacted^ That whenever any
convict is committed under several convictions witn seTena emiTio-
separate sentences they shall be construed as one con- ^^•tocountM
tinuous sentence under this law in granting or for-
feiting good time.

Sec. 4. Be it further enactedy That the Warden in
computing the diminution of time for those convicts
now in the Penitentiary, shall allow the " ffood time ^

-i«, « •■! i» /■!• Mutsui&t of com*

made on the expired year, or part of a year oi their puting.
sentence, and the " good time granted " on the year,
or part of a year of their unexpired sentence, the
same as if this law had been in eJSect at the com-
mencement of their sentence.

Sec, 5, Be it further enacted^ That any prisoner
released upon the " good time granted " by this law
shall be considered on parole until the maximum
period of his sentence has expired, and should he,
in the interim, commit a fresh crime, and upon con-
viction thereof, being sentenced anew to the jfeniten- P*iM^<» «»
tiary, he shall be treated as an escaped convict owing
services to the State, and shall first serve out the unex-
pired period of the maximum possible imprisonment
under his former sentence, then be subject to serve
the second sentence after the - first sentence .is served
or annulled, to commence from date of termination of
his liabilities upon the first or former sentence.

Sec 6. Be it further enacted j That it shall be lawful
for the Governor, on the first day of each year, to
commute the life sentence of any convict or convicts,
sentenced for life to the Penitentiary, to a period for
years, if in his judgment the circumstances connected
with the ofiense, lor which such convict or convicts
was or were convicted, and his or their conduct, while
in the Penitentiary, has been exemplary and merito- SSSSiS?^
nous, so as to demand recognition. In such event ■entenoe.
the Governor shall fix the number of years to which
such life sentence shall by him commuted, and
when so done, the convict or convicts whose sen-
tence or sentences shall have been thus commuted,
shall be entitled to all the benefits and advantages,
and credits for good time, as if his or their sentence
had been for a term of years. That the provisions of
this Act shall not be obligatory upon the present
lessees of the Penitentiary, until they agree to accept
its provision as a part of their said lease, in writing,

clRUse.

deposited with the Governor of this State ; or Until
the expiration of the present lease.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all Acts and
EepeaUng parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby re-
pealed.

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That this Act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage^
the public welfare requiring it.

Passed June 12, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate,
J. A. MAN80N,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved June 18, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 16.

An Act to prohibit the State Treasurer or an> other officer of the
State, or any officer of any county in this State, from using,
either directly or indirectly, any money of the State, or of any
county in the State, and to prohibit he State Treasurer or aiyr
other officer of the State, or of any county in the State, or any per-
son whfttsoever, from receiving or agreeing to receive from any per-
son, bank or corporation, any fee, interest or reward for the
deposit or use of money of the Srate, or any county, incorporated
town or taxing district in the State, and to prescribe a penalty
therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That if the State Treasurer or
any other officer of this State, any County Trustee, or
any other officer of any county in this State shall
uM^ubu?^ °°* use, either directly or indirectly, any money of the
money State, Or of any county in the State, such officer

shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon convic-
tion shall be punished by imprisonment in the Peni-

tentiary for any time not less than three (3) nor more
than twenty (20) years.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted^ That the State Treas-
urer or any other officer of this State, any County officer shaiinot
Trustee, or any other officer of any county in this f^^^JJwio
State, or any person whatsoever, shall receive, or money,
agree to receive, any fee, interest or reward from any
person, bank or corporation, for the deposit or use of
any money of the State, or for the deposit or use of
any money of any county in the State, such officer or
other person shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and
upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment
in the Penitentiary for any time not less than three
nor more than twenty (20) years.

Sec 3. Be it further enacted. That nothing con- ^
tained in the Act shall be construed to modify or forcenot
change any law now in force, relative to the conduct ^^^^^^^od.
or liability of the State Treasurer or other officer
of the State, or of the County Trustee, or any other
officer of any county in the State.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That all laws or parts
of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are ^^^J*^
hereby repealed ; and that this Act take effect from
and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed June 12, 1885.

C.R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 13, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 17.

An Act to require all public carriers, companies or other person or
persons owning, controlling or operating any cars, steamboats,
buildings or ^ards, for the purpose of transporting or keeping stock,
to cleanse, disinfect and fumigate such cars, steamboats, buildings
or yards in certain cases, and to provide for the punishment of any
failure so to do.

Sec 1. Be it enacted by the General Asseynhly of the
State of Tennessee^ That it shall be the duty of all pub-
lic carriers, companies, or other person or persons
owninff, controlling or operating any cars, steam-
boats, nouses or yards for the purpose of transporting
or keeping stocK, to cleanse, disinfect and fumigate
such cars, steamboats, houses or yards in this State,
at such times and places as the commission veterina-
rian or other authorized oflBlcer or officers may desig-
nate, whenever, in the opinion of said officers, any
such order may be necessary to prevent the spread of
contagious pleuro-pneumonia.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted^ That any such public

J«gJ*y '»▼*<>• carriers, companies, or other person or persons
violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall be
liable to a penalty of iive hundred dollars for each
offense, to be collected in a civil action to be prose-
cuted by or under the direction of the Attorney-Gen-
eral, in the name of the State of Tennessee.

cuSSc "* Sec 3. Be it further enacted j That all laws or parts

of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed.

Sec 4. Be it further enactedy That this Act shall
take effect from and after its passage, the public wel-
fare requiring it.

Passed June 12, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate,
J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 13, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor^

CHAPTER 18.

An Act to amend the criminal laws of the State, and to provide pun-
ishment for the violation of an Act to prevent the spread of conta-
gions pleuro-pneumonia in the State of Tennessee.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee^ That if any person or persons Pttuityfor
shall bring into the State of Tennessee an animal or SSfSftuotato
animals, knowing the same to be effected with the dis- ®*»*^
ease known as conta^eous pleuro-pneumonia, or that
the said animal or animals have been exposed to such
disease, it shall be a misdemeanor, and subject said
person or persons to indictment, and upon conviction,
said person or persons shall be fined in a sum of not
less than one hundred or more than five thousand
dollars, and may be imprisoned by the order of the
Cour#, at the discretion of the Court, not less than
ten days, or more than thirty days.

Sec. 2. Be it further ^actedj That all persons who
knowingly in any way are concerned in bringing said
diseased animal or animals exposed to disease into ^™«*
the State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be punished as in the first
section of this Act.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted j That whenever the
Governor shall order any animal or animals, or herd violating qua*,
of cattle placed under quarantine, as provided in an antinereg^
Act entitled an Act to prevent the spread of conta- ^ ^^'
gious pleuro-pneumonia in the State of Tennessee, and
any person who shall break quarantine regulations
as established by the Governor, or shall evade the
quarantine of said cattle in any way, that it shall be
a misdemeanor, and on conviction the party violating
the same shall be fined not less than one hundred
nor more than one thousand dollars.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That if after the Gov-
ernor shall order an animal or animals placed under g^^
quarantine, any attendant shall suffer other cattle not
under quarantine, or any party who is not an atten-
dant sufter cattle intentionally to mingle with the
cattle under quarantine, it shall be deemed a misde-
meanor, and on conviction the party shall be fined
not less than one hundred or more than five hun-

dred dollars, and may be imprisoned, at the discretion
of the judffe, not less than thirty days.

Sec. 5. ^e it further enacted, That any person or
persons who own, or are in possession of, live stock
which is, or which is suspected, or reported to be,
affected with infectious or contagious pleuro-pneu-
monia, who shall irefuse to allow, hinder or obstruct
Swl^gin-**^ commissioned veterinarian, or other authorized officer
•peouon. QY officers to examine such stock, shall be deemed

guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon .conviction
thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one
hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, or
may, at the discretion of the Court, be imprisoned
not less than [10] ten, or more than thirty [30] days.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That all laws or parts
of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same
' are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. Be tt further enacted. That this Act shall
take eftect from and after its passage, the public wel-
fare requiring it.

Passed June 9, 1885.

J. A. MANSON, •

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
0. R. BERRY,

. Speaker of the Senate.
Approved June 10, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 19.

An Act to more fully authorize municipal corporations to establish
and maintain common schools of high grade, and to better provide
for the government thereof, and to amend the common school law i

in relation theieto. '

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee, That the several incorporated
cities and towns within this State may, through their

[Boards of Mayor and Aldermen, establish and main- 5SJuhSm«5li
tain within their respective corporate limits a system whooiiofihit^
of high graded common schools. *** **

Skc. 2. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose
as provided in the first section of this Act the said
Boards of Mayor and Aldermen of any municipal
corporation within this State may procure a suitable
school-house or houses either by erection or purchase, hoSiT**^^'
and that in making of such erection or purchase of
such house or houses, and furnishing the same, may
apply the common school fund to which their re-
spective scholastic population are entitled by law.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose
of erecting, or causing to be erected, or purchasing
such school buildings or houses, and furnishing the
same, and for the purpose of establishing and main-
taining such high graded common public schools said
Board of Mayor and Aldermen may levy and collect Levy additional
an additional tax to that imposed by or under the ^*^'
general provisions of the school law upon all taxable

f)olls, privileges and property within t^e corporate
imit| ; provided, that the special tax levied under this
section, and the municipal taxes levied for general
municipal purposes shall in no case exceed the rate
of taxation for general purposes fixed by charter
limitation.

Sbc. 4. Be it further enacted. That the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of any such municipal corpora-
tion so establishing public schools may and they shall
have full power to appoint a Board of Education,
consisting of not exceeding six qualified citizens re-
siding within their corporate limits, which Board,
when so appointed, shall have full power as trustees ^^®' ^^'
or directors to manage and control such school, to
elect or employ well qualified teachers, and to pre-
scribe all needful rules and regulations, and said
Board shall hold its oflBlce as follows : Two for three
years, two for two years, two for one year, and after
the first year two commissioners shall be elected each
year, subject to removal for good cause by the said
Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be so construed to allow or permit mixed
schools of the white and colored population, but such
school shall be taught separately, as now provided by
law.

Sec. 6. Be it farther enacted. That this Act take

effect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.
rassed June 12, 1886.

C, R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MAN80N,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 18, 1886.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

CHAPTER 20.

An Act to divide the State of Tennessee into Judicial Circuits and
Chancery Divisions, and provide for the administration of justice
and equity in the Circuit and Chancery and other inferior Courts
of this State, and to fix the time for holding the terms of said
Chancery, Circuit and other Courts.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee^ That for the administration of
^f^*Sf **''" justice the State of Tennessee is hereby divided and
constituted into Judicial Circuits and Chancery Di-
visions and special Criminal Court Circuits, as here-
inafter ordained and established, as follows :

JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.

Gizouite.

1. The First Judicial Circuit shall comprise the fol-
judiidai lowing counties : Johnson, Carter, Sullivan, Wash-
'^ "'^ ington, Unicoi, Greene, Hawkins and Hancock.

2. The Second Judicial Circuit shall conaprise the
following counties: Claiborne, Campbell, Grainger,
TTnion, Hamblen, Jefterson, Cocke, Anderson and
Sevier.

3. Criminal and Law District of Knox County and
the Criminal Judge of Knox County shall hold the
Circuit or Law Court of said County*

4. The Third Judicial Circuit shall comprise the
following counties: Blount, Monroe, Loudon, Roane^
Morgan and Scott.

5. The Fourth Judicial Circuit shall comprise the
following counties: Bradley, Polk, Meies, Rhea^
Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Marion, Hamilton, McMinn and
James.

6. The Fifth Judicial Circuit shall comprise the
following counties: Pickett, Fentress, Cumberland^
Puti?arn, Overton, Clay, Jackson, Smith, Macon and
Trousdale.

7. Thtt Sixth Judicial Circuit shall comprise the
following counties: Van Buren, Grundy, Franklin^
Coffee, Warren, Moore, Lincoln, DeKalb and "WTiite^

8. The Seventh Judicial Circuit (for the trial of
civil causes in Davidson County only) shall comprise
the following counties : Davidson (civil causes), "WW-
liamson (with civil and criminal jurisdiction), Cheat-
ham (with civil and criminal jurisdiction.)

9. There shall be a Special Criminal Circuit (for
the trial of criminal cases only), comprised of the
counties of Davidson and Rutherford.

10. The Eighth Judicial Circuit shall comprise the
following counties : Wilson, Rutherford, Cannon,
Bedford and Marshall.

11. The Ninth Judicial Circuit shall comprise the,
following counties: Maury, Giles, Lawrence, Wayne^,
Hardin, Lewis and Hickman.

12. The Tenth Judicial Circuit shall comprise the^
following counties: Sumner, Robertson, Montgomery

gnth civil jurisdiction only), Stewart, BLouston,,
ickson and Humphreys.

J-8. The Eleventh Judicial Circuit shall comprise?
the following counties : McNairy, Chester, Madison,,
Henderson, Decatur and Perry.

14. The twelfth Judicial Circuit shall comprise the
following counties: Obion, Weakley, Henry, Carroll,
Gibson, Crockett, Haywood and Benton.

15. The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit shall comprise
the following counties : Hardeman, Fayette, Tipton,
Lauderdale, Dyer atid Lake. The Judge of this Ju-
dicial Circuit will hold the Chancery Court of Lake
County.

16. The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit shall comprise
the county of Shelby (with civil jurisdiction only).

17. There shall be a Special Criminal Court for
Shelby County, with jurisdiction of all criminal cases
arising in said county.

Sec, 2. Be it further enacted^ That the establishment
of the Criminal Court for the county of Montgomery
shall remain as now provided by law, except that the
Judge's salary to paid from the treasury of the State
shall hereafter be twelve hundred and iifty dollars, to
which end Chapter 53 of the Acts of 1873 (Milliken
& Vertrees' Code, Sec. 196) is amended accordingly.

CHANCERY DIVISIONS.
Chancery Di-

wiBions. Sec. 3. Be it farther enacted, That the First Chan-

cery Division shall comprise the following counties :

1. Johnson, Carter, Washington, Sullivan, Haw-
kins, Greene, Hancock, Claiborne, Grainger, Jeffer-
son, Cocke, Hamblen and Unicoi.

2. The Second Chancery Division shall comprise
the following counties : Knox, Campbell, Sevier,
Union, Anderson, Blount, Roane, Loudon, Morgan
and Scott.

3. The Third Chancery Division shall comprise the
following counties: Bradley, Polk, Rhea, Marion,
McMinn, Hamilton, James, Monroe, Meigs, Bledsoe,
Sequatchie, Van Buren, Coffee and Grundy.

4. The Fourth Chancery Division shall comprise
the following counties: Warren, Cannon, Ruther-
ford, Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore and Mar-
shall.

5. The Fifth Chancery Division shall comprise the
following counties: Cumberland, Fentress, Pickett,
Overton, Clay, Jackson, Putnam, White, DeKalb,
Smith and Macon.

6. The Sixth Chancery Division shall comprise the
counties of Davidson and Williamson.

7. The Seventh Chancery Division shall' comprise
the counties of Maury, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis,
Wayne, Hickman, Hardin, Perry, Decatur, Dickson
and Benton.

8. The Eighth Chancery Division shall comprise
the counties of Sumner, Robertson, Montgomery,
Wilson, Stewart, Houston, Cheatham, Humphreys
and Trousdale.

9. The Xintb Chancery Division shall comprise the

counties of Hardeman, McNairy, Chester, Madison,
Crockett, Henderson, Carroll and Henry.

10. The Tenth Chancery Division shall comprise
the counties of Payette, Tipton^ Haywood, Lauder-
dale, Dyer, Obion, Weakley and Gibson.

11. I'he Eleventh Chancery Division shall comprise
the county of Shelby.

TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING CIRCUIT AND CRIMINAL

COURTS. Criminal Coute

—times and^

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Circuit and g^o'J>oi*-
Criminal Courts shall be held at the following times
and places :

First Circuit.

First Circait.

Johnson — Third Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Carter — Second Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Sullivan — At Bristol : Fourth Mondays in March,
July and November. At Blountville: First Mon-
days in March, July and November.

Washington — Third Mondays after the fourth
Mondays in March, July and November.

Unicoi — First Monday in March, July and No-
vember.

Greene — ^Second Mondays in February, June and
October.

Hawkins — Fourth Mondays in January, May and
September.

Hancock — Third Mondays in January, May and
September.

Second Circuit.

I Claiborne— First Mondays in March, July and No- second circuit.

I vember.

Campbell — Third Mondays in February, June and
^ October.

Grainger — Fourth Mondays in April, August and
December.

Union — Fourth Mondays in February, June and
October.

Hamblen — First Mondays in April, August and j

December. ^ |

Jefferson — Second Mondays in April, August and i

December. 1

Cocke — Fourth Mondays in March, July and No-
vember,

Anderson — Second Mondays in February, June
and October,

Sevier — Third Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Criminal District of Knox County — First Mondays
in January, May and September.

^ThirdCircuit. xhivd Circuit.

Knox — ^First Mondays in February, June and Oc-
tober,

Blount — Fourth Mondays in January, May and
September.

Monroe — -Second Mondays in January, May and
September.

Loudon — Fourth Mondays in April, August and
September.

Koane — Second Monday in April, August and' De-
cember.

Morgan — Fourth Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Scott — First Mondays in April, August and De-
cember.

Fourth Circuit.

Bradley — First Mondays in January, May and Sep-
jPoarth drciitt. *tember,

Polk — ^Fourth Mondays in February, June and
October.

Meigs — Third Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Rhea — First Mondays in March, July and Novem-
ber.

Bledsoe — Second Mondays in March, Jul}'^ and No-
vember.

Sequatchie — First Thursday after the second Mon-
days in March, July and November.

Marion — Fourth Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Hamilton — Third Mondays in January, May and
September.

McMinn — Second Mondays in April, August and
December.

James — First Wednesday after the third Mondays
in April, August and December.

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Fifth Circuit y

Pickett — First Tuesday after first Mondays before 5^,^01,^011.
the last Monday in January, May and September.

Fentress — First Tuesday after last Monaays ip Jan-
uary, May and September. <r ^ }

Cumberland — First Tuesday after first MondlaySoin
February, June and October.

Putnam — First Tuesday after second Mondays ib:V/
!Febrnaryj June and October. - / .;

Overton^ — First Tuesday after third Mondays im
February, June and October. ; "

Clay — First Tuesday after fourth Mondays in Feb-
ruary, June and October.

Macon — First Tuesday after first Mondays in March,
July and November.

Jackson — First Tuesday aftfer second Mondays in
March, July and November.

Trousdale — First Tuesday after third Mondays in
March. July and November.

Smith — First Tuesday after the fourth Mondays in
March, July and November.

Sixth Circuit.

Van Buren — First Tuesdays after third Mondays auth circuit.
in April, August and December.

Grundy — First Fridaj's after third Mondays in
April, August and December.

Franklin — ^Fourth Mondays in March, July and
N'ovember.

Coflfee — First Tuesdays after first Mondays in Jan-
uary, May and September.

Warren — Tuesdays after fourth Mondays in Jan-
uary, May and September. ^

Moore — Third Mondays in February, June and
October.

Lincoln — First Mondays in March, July and No-
vemher.

DeKalb — First Tuesdays after ^second Mondays in
March, July and November.

White — First Tuesdays after fourth Mondays in
February, June and October.

Seventh Circuit.

Serenth Circiiit

Davidson — Second Monday in January, first Mon-
day in May, third Monday in September.

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WilIiam8on--;FinBt* 'Mondays in March, July and

November.

••• • •

.• • • •

Cheathapr^fCXkird Mondays in February, June and
October^ /* •%;'
Criinii^[j(* Courts of Davidson and Rutherford:
BAYid^n — First Mondays in January, May and
September.
. . • ^lutherford — First Mondays in April, August and
.. '•.••J)ecember,

Eighth Circuit.

• •.

• • •

•ijwtfciTCiiit. Wilson — Second Mondays of January, May and
**-:^ • September.

liutherford — Fourth Mondays of February, June
and October.

Cannon — Second Mondays in February, June and
October.

Bedford — Second Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Marshall — Second Mondays in April, August and
December.

Ninth Circuit,

xrinih aroiiit. Maury — First Mondays in January, May and Sep-
tember.

Giles — Fourth Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Lawrence— Third Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Wayne — First Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Hardin — Second Mondays in February, June and
October.

Lewis — Fourth Mondays in February, June and
October.

Hickman — First Mondays in April, August and
December.

Tenth Circuit.

Twith circuit. Sumner — Fourth^ Mondays in February, June and
October.

Kobertson — First Mondays in February, June and
October.
Montgomery — First Mondays in January, May and

September.

Stewart — Second Mondays in April, August and
December.

103 !

fiooston — ^First Mondays in April, August and De-
cember.

Dixon — ^Third Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Humphreys — ^Fourth Mondays in March, July and
Ifovember.

Criminal Court of Montgomery — ^Fourth Mondays
in January and April, and second Monday in Decem-
ber.

Eleventh Circuit.

McNairy — First Tuesdays after the first Mondays
in Mdrch, July and November.

Chester— Third Mondays in March, July and No- Sr""*^ ^
vember.

Madison — ^Fourth Mondays in March, July and No-
vember.

Henderson — Third Mondays in April, August and
December.

Decatur — Second Mondays in January, May and
September.

Perry — Third Mondays in February, June and
October.

Twelfth Circuit.

Obion — At Troy: First Monday in March and
second Mondays in July and November. At Union
City : Third Mondays in March, July and November. Twelfth cirouic

Weakley — Second Monday in February, and third
Monday in June and October.

Henry — Fourth Mondays in January, May and Sep-
tember.

Carroll — First Mondays in January, May and Sep-
tember.

Gibson — At Humboldt: Third Monday in March,
July and November. At Trenton : first Tuesday
after the first Monday in April, August and Decem-
ber.

Crockett — Fourth Mondays in January, May and
September.

Haywood — Fourth Monday in February, and third
Monday in June and October.

Benton — Third Mondays in January, May and
September.

Thirteenth Circuit.

Hardeman — First Tuesday in January, May and ^flCjJ"*^ ^*"
September.

104

Fayette — Third Tuesday in January, May and
September.

Tipton — Second Tuesday in February, June and
OctoDer.

Lauderdale — First Tuesday in March, July and
Noven)ber.

Dyer — Third Tuesdays in March, July and Novem-
ber.

Lake — Second Tuesday in April, August and
December.

Fourteenth Circuit.

•

Shelby County — At Memphis: Third Mondays of
SlJit.'***""* ^'" January, March, May, September and November.

Criminal Court of Shelby County — Third Mondays
in January, May and September.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted^ That the Chancery
Courts of this State shall be held at the following
times and places:

Tlmei for hoUl- TIMES FOR HOLDING CHANCERY COURTS.

Ing Chancery

^^^'**' First Chancery Division.

Johnson — Third Mondays in February, and second
Monday in August.

Carter— Second Monday in February, atid first
Mondav in August.

Washington —Fourth Mondays in May and No-
vember.

Sullivan — Bristol : Fourth Mondays in June and
Fiwtchancery December. Blountville: Second Mondays in June
and December.

Hawkins — Fourth Mondays in April atid October.

Greene — Second Mondays in May and November.

Hancock — Second Monday in March, and third
Monday in August. t=-rr~.

Claiborne — Second Mondays in April and October.

Qraingt»r — Third Mondays in April and October.

Jeflerson — Second Mondays in January and July.

Cocke — Fourth Mondays m February and Aueust.

llanrblen — Third Mondays in January and July.

Unicoi — First Mondays in January and July.

Second Chancery Division,

Second Chan- Kuox — First Monday in January, and fourth
Di^toion. Monday in June.

Campbell — First Mnndaysin May and November.
Sevier — Fourth Moodtiys in April and October.
Union — Third Mond lya in April and October.
Anderson — First Monduys in June and December.
Blount — Second Mondays in June and December.
Koaue — Second Mondays in May and November.
LouHon — Third Mondays in May and November.
Morgan — Second Mondays in March and Septem-
ber.

Scott — First Mondays in March and September.

Third Chancery Dinision. g

Bradley — Third Mondays in March and September.

Polk — First Mondays in February and August.

Khea — First Thursdays after fourth Mondays in
March and September.

Marion — Fourth Mondays in February and Au-
gust. ...

McMinn — Fourth Mondays in May and November.

Hamilton — Third Mondays in April and October.

Jamee — Second Mondays in March and September.

Monroe — First Mondays in June and December.

Meiee — Fourth Mondays in March and September.

Bledsoe — Second Mondays in April and October.

Sequatchie — First Thursdays after second Mondays
in April and October.

Coftee — Second Mondays in February and Augnst.

Van Buren — Three times a year at same time of
Circuit Court.

Grundy — Three times a year at same time of Cir-
cuit Court.

Fourth Chancery Division.
"Warren — Second Mondays in February and Au-

£^USt.

Cannon — Fourth Mondays in April and October.
Rutherford — Third Mondays in April and October.
Bedford — First Mondays in March and September.
Franklin — Fourth Mondays in January and June.
Lincoln — Firet Mondays in April and October.
Moore^Fourth Mondays in February and August.
Marshall — First Mondays in May and November.

Fifth Chancery Division.
Cumberland— First Thursdays after third Mondays
in March and September.

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FentresB — Third Mondays ia March and Septem-
ber.

Pickett — First Thursdays after second Mondays in
March and September.

Overton — ^First Mondays in April and October

'Clay — Second Mondays in April and October.

Jackson — First Mondays in March and September.

Putnam — Last Mondays in February and August.

White — Fourth Mondays in March and September.

DeKalb— Third Mondays in February and August,

Smith — Fourth Mondays in April and October.

Macon — Third Mondays in April and October.

j^ Sifth Chancery Division.

Davidson — First Mondays in January and July
Williamson — First Mondays in June and Decem-
ber.

Seventh Chancery Division,

ok^^tSaST Maury — First Mondays in April and October.

Giles — Third Monday in February and first Mon-
day in September.

Lawrence — Second Mondays in May and Novem-
ber.

Lewis* — First Thursdays after the first Mondays in
March and September.

Wayne — First Mondays in May and November.

Hardin — Third Mondays in April and October.

Perry — Second Mondays in March and September,

Decatur — Third Mondays in March and September.

Hickman — First Mondays in March and Septem-
ber.

Dickson — First Mondays in June and December.

Benton — Third Mondays in June and December.

Eighth Chan-

Eighth Chancery Division.

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cwyDiftardn, Sumncr — First Mondays in June and December.

Robertson — Second Monday in May and fourth
Monday in November.

Montgomery — Third Monday in April and first
Monday in October.

Wilson — Third Monday in March and fourth Mon-
day in October.

Stewart — First Mondays in March and September.

Houston — First Thursdays after first Mondays in
March and September.

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Hamphreys — Second Mondays in January and
Jnly.

Cheatham — First Tuesdays after second Mondays
in March and Beptember.
■Trousdale — Third Mondays in January and June.

Ninth Chancery Division.

Hardeman — Third Mondays in March and 8ep-u^,u,Q^
tember. wtWoh.

McNairy — Second Mondays in April and October.

Chester — Fourth Mondays in Apnl and September.

Madison — Second Mondays in January and July.

Crockett — Fourth Mondays in May and November.

Henderson — First Mondays in May and November.

Carroll — Fourth Mondays in January and Decem-
ber.

Henry — First Mondays in June and December.

Tenth Chanc-ry Dwision. -tothChM^rr

Fayette — First Mondays in February and August. ''"'*°°'

Tipton — Fourth Mondays in February and August.

Haywood — First Mondays in January and July.

Lauderdale— First Mondays in March and Septem-
ber.

Dyer — Fourth Mondays in March and October.

Obion — At Troy: Second Mondays in April and
October. At Union City: Fourth Mondays in Jan-
uary and July.

Weakley — Second Mondays in January and Jnly.

Gibson — At Trenton: First Mondays in May and
November. At Humboldt: Second Mondays in Feb-
ruary and August.

Eleventh Chancery Division. vteYmOi oam-

Shelby — First Mondays in April and October.

The Chancery Court of Lake County shall be
at same time and place that Circuit Courts are
for said County.

Sec, 6. Be it further enacted That all bonds sha
taken, and all process made returnable to the C(
at the times and places fixed for holding the san
the foregoing provisions of this Act. And all
bonds recognizances taken at or after the last t
of the vanous Courts of the State, as held u
existing laws, and all process issued after that

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shall be made returnable to the first terms of Courts
to be held thereafter under the provisions of this Act,
and the same shall be valid and binding in law.

■ Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on and after the first day of August, 1886
(eighteen hundred and eighty-six), for the purpose of
electing Judges for the several judicial circuits,
chancery divisions and criuiinal courts of this State,
but in all other respects, and as to all other provis-
ions, this Act shall take effect on the first day of
September, 1886 (eighteen hundred and eighty-six),
at which time the terms of ofi&ce of the judges and
chancellors to be elected under this Act beg^n.

Skc. 8. Be- it further enacted, That elections for
judges, chancellors and attorneys general, under this
Act, shall be at the times, places and manner as now
provided by law, for the election of such officers.

Sec 9. Be it further enacted. That the provisions of
the Code of Tennessee, and all Acts and parts of Acts
of the General Assembly in conflict with this Act be
and the same are hereby repealed.

Passed June 11, 1886.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House cf Bepresentatives.
O. E. BEEEY,

Speaker of the Senate.
Approved June 12, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

RESOLUTIONS

Senate Joint Resolutions.

NUMBER 1.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That a committee of two on the part of
the Senate, and three on the part of the House, be
appointed by the respective Speakers to notify the
Governor that they have met in pursuance of his
proclamation, and are ready to receive such commu-
nicatione as he may desire to present.

Adopted May 25, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of (he Senate,

J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved May 28, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

NUMBER 2.

Whereas, Atha Thomas, former Treasurer of the
State of Tennessee, received from Jesse G. Wallace,
for the State, under a decree in the case of State vs.
J. E. Rust, in Chancery Court, at Nashville, the fol-
lowing assets, as follows :

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Bank of TenneAsee noney $2,182 CO

Bank of Chattanooga money 40 00

BiUfi on other banks 28 00

Three State of Tennessee bonds, $1,000 each,

6 per cent., Nos. 895, 424, 896, White "A,'' 8,000 00

Detached coupons of Tennessee bonds 2,700 00

United States currency 25

Therefore,

Be it resolved by the iireneral Assembly of the State
of Tennessee^ That a committee of two, consisting of
one from the Senate and one from the House, be ap-
pointed to act in conjunction with tlie Governor,
Comptroller and Treasurer, to take charge of said
funds, and cancel the bonds and coupons, and burn
the Tennessee money^ Bank of Chattanooga money
and bills on other banks, and report their action in
the premises to the next General Assembly*

Adoptod June 1, 18S5.

C. R. BEKRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MAN80N,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 6, 1886.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

NUMBER 8.

Whereas, A Bill has been passed by the present
General Assembly appropriating j^85,000 to build an
insane asylum, somewhere in West Tennessee, and
the second Section of said Act appointed by name
three commissioners, whoHo duty it is to locate and
superintend the building of said asylum, and as it
may not bo convenient for the parties therein named
to do more than select a location for said institution,

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and before that is done a vacancy may occur in the
Board, and no provisions are made by said Act [to-*
fill such vacancy, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives^ That any two of said commissioners appointed
as aforesaid, may fill any vacancy that may occur
from any cause before said asylum is located.

Resolved further^ That said Commissioners shall
have the power, alid are hereby charged with the
duty, after they shall have located said institution, of
appointing three suitable persons living in the vicin-
ity of the site so selected, whose duty it shall be ta
take full charge of the work contemplated by said
Act, and make their report, and be charged with the
duties an4 responsibilities imposed by said Act upon
the commissioners named therein, or their succossors^
in the same manner as the said Act requires the com-
missioners named in said Act, or their successor a
to do.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MAN80N,
Speaker of the House of Representatives^

Approved June 5, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor^

KUMBER 4.

Whereas, It appears from the report of tte
Bpeeial committee appointed at the last regular ses*
sion of this Assembly, that the University Endow-
ment Bonds and the coupons attached thereto are
indelliblj stamped with the name of the amversity
thereon, and are deposited safely within the vault of
the People's Bank at Knoxville, and that only the

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semi-annual interest on said bonds is paid to and
handled by the Trustees at any one time, amounting
to $12,000.00, or $24,000.00 per annum:

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State
of Tennessee, That the Trustees of the University of
Tennessee be hereby required to execute bond in the
sum of fifty thousand (|50,0()0.00) dollars to properly
apply and account for the interest annually accruing
upon said endowment fund and coming to their hands,
instead and in lieu of the bond heretofore given in
the sum of eight hundred ($800.00) dollars.

Adopted June 6, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MANSON. ^

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 10, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor,

NUMBER 5.

Whereas, By Act of Assembly of , it was

provided that the Governor, Treasurer, and Secretary
of State, constituting a Funding Board to examine
what is commonly known as the Torbett Issue, to
fund the same into certificates, and to cancel it as
funded; and.

Whereas, Said Board has complied with the duties
prescribed by said Act, and the canceled notes of
said Torbett Issue, amounting to some $500,000, are
still on hand, and liable at some time to be scattered,
lost, or used for some illegitmate purpose ; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State
of Tennessee, That the Joint Committee composed of
two members of the Senate and four of the House,

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be appointed with instructions to examine said Tor-
bett Issue notes, and if properly canceled, to destroy
tbe same by burning or otherwise.
Adopted June 6, 1885.

C. R. BERTIY,

Speaker of t lie Senate,

;r. A. M ANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 10, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

NUMBER 6.

Whbrkas, It is currently reported that a mob
entered the jail at Brownsville, Tennessee, on the
night of the of May, 1885, and took a prisoner
therefrom and hung him to a tree until he was wel-
nigh dead, for the purpose of extorting a confession
from him as to his guilt or innocence in a certain
matter ; and,

Whereas, Said mob, failing in their purpose of
getting a confession, released and put at large said
prisoner; and.

Whereas, Mob law, or mob violencfe, ought not to
be tolerated in any form ; therefore.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That we condemn such acts as outrageous,
wrong and cruel in the extreme.

Adopted June 6, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 10, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

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NUMBER 7.

Whereas, Provision was made by the General As-
sembly for the payment of mileage and per diem of
witnesses summoned before the special committee ap-
pointed to investigate the State prison and branches ;
and,

Whereas, The name of R. F. Looney, of Mem-
phis, a witness duly summoned and in attendance be-
fore said committee, was accidentally omitted from
the list for the payment of which provision was made ;
therefore.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee^ That the Comptroller be, and is hereby
directed to issue his wp,rrant upon the Treasurer io
favor of R, F. Looney for the sum of twenty-six dol-
lars and twenty cents ($26.20), amount due him for
mileage and per diem as witness before the Peniten-
tiary Investigating Committee, and that the Treas-
urer is hereby directed to pay the same out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Adopted June 13, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

J. A.MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June 18, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

House Joint Resolutions.

NUMBER 1.

Be it resolced by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That the Secretary ot State be author-
ized to have printed three hundred copies of the
Governor's message for the use of the House.

Adopted May 29, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate,

Approved June 2, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Grovernor.

NUMBER 2. •

Whereas, It fully appearing to the General As-
sembly that the act creating the Railroad Commis-
sion has been repealed ; and.

Whereas, The act creating said commission pro-
vided for an office to be kept in the city of Nashville
by said commissioners for transacting of the business
pertaining to said office, and that there are the records,
office furniture, &c., belonging to the State in the pos-

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session of the late comraissioi^ers, with no provisionB
for the preservation of the records or disposition of
the office furniture; therefore,

Be it resolnd by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That the late commissioners turn over
to the Secretary of State all papers, records and docu-
ments belonging and pertaining to said office, to be
preserved in the State Department, and that said
Secretary take possession of the office furniture and
make such disposition of the same as he may deem
best for the best interest of the State, and if he sells
the same to cover the proceeds into the Treasury, that
the office rent shall cease from and after the 8th, this
instant.

Adopted June 2, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate,
J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved June^5, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

NUMBER 3.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee^ That the public printer to the State be
and he is hereby instructed to print five thousand
copies of the d;Ct8 of this extraordinary session of
the General Assembly, and seven hundred copies of
each Senate and House Journal and Apendices, for
the use of the State, all to be bound as prescribed by
law.

Resolved further, That the Governor's proclama-
tion convening the extra session be printed with the
acts. That the public printer to the State is hereby

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authorized to publish any additional nuniber of the
acts he wishes, at his own expense, for sale, provided^
however, that they shall not be sold at more than
fifty cents per volume.
Adopted June 2, 1885.

J. A. M ANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

C. R. BERRY,

Spealcer of the Senate.

Approved June 8, 1-685.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

NUMBER 4.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee. That the same do adjourn sine die at 12
o'clock M., on Saturday, the 13th of June, 1885.

Adopted June 10, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of JRepresentatices.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

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NUMBER 6.

Whereas, It appears that Henry N. Cobb is the
liolder of two Compromise Bonds of the State of
'Tennessee, for ^500.00 each, properly issued under
the Funding Act of 1882, and numbered 1676 and
1788; and.

Whereas, It appears that by omission the Seal of
the State was not affixed to said Bonds as the law
^required ; therefore,

!Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State
of Tennessee, That the Gov^nor b.e directed to
«,ffix the Seal of the State to said Bonds.

Adopted June 11, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatioes.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

Approved June 12, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Gomniior,

NUMBER 6.

Whereas, A decree was rendered in the Chancery
Court at Clarksville, on the 10th day of May, 1888,
in tlic cases of the State of Tennessee and Tennessee
Orphan Asylum ex parte, requiring the Clerk and
Master of the Chancery Court to receive from D. M.
Quarles, trustee of W. A. Quarles, the amount of a
•debt due the State of Tennessee from said W. A.
Quarles, as purchaser of realty mentioned and fully
described in the pleadings in said causes in new issue,
or Torbett Issue, of the Bank of Tennessee ; and

Whereas, Said Clerk, in obedience to said decree,
received the amount of said purchase money in said

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issue, and as such Clerk and Master he tendered the
same to the Comptroller and Treasurer, as was his
duty under existing laws, and the same was refused
by the State officers aforesaid, thus leaving in the
hands of said Clerk the sum of forty-nine hundred
and eighty dollars and twenty-nine cents, the net
amount of said fund after deducting the costs in said
causes; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee^ That the Comptroller be and is hereby
directed and required to issue his receivable warrant
to said Clerk for said funds, and that the Treasurer
receive said funds from said Clerk and Master, and
receipt him for the same, as now required by law for
all funds paid by Clerks for funds collected by them
belonging to the State. And that the Treasurer
shall file said funds in the office of the Clerk and
Master of Chancery Court at Nashville, so as to pro-
cure for the State the pro rata of the distribution of
the assets of the Bank of Tennessee.

Adopted June 12, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

C. R. BEjRR I ,

Speaker of the Senate,

Approved June 13, 1885.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor,

NUMBER 7.

^ Be it resolved by^ the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee^ That it is the sense of this Assembly,
and in accordance with the report and recommenda-
tion of the Special Committee recently visiting the
charitable and other State institutions at Knoxville,

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that the Governor be and is hereby authorized to
permit "The East Tennessee Driving Park and Fair
Association " to take possession of and use a certain
piece of land, known as the '* P]a8tern Division Fair
Grounds," as designated in Acts of 1873, for the pur-
poses tor which said Association was incorporated
by the terms of its charter.

Provided^ Said Fair Grounds shall not be used by
said Association to the exclusion of the original pur-
poses for which it was dedicated :

Provided further^ That said Association shall fence
said Grounds, erect stock-pens and suitable buildings
for fair exhibitions at its own expense :

Provided farther^ That whenever said Fair Grounds
shall cease to be used by said Association for the
purposes herein indicated, for the period of one year,
it shall work a revocation of the permission granted
by the Governor, and all improvements made thereon
by said Association shall be forfeited and become the
property of the Statfe ; and in no event shall this per-
mission to use bo extended or granted for more than
six years from 1st January, 1886.

Adopted June 12, 1886.

J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.
Approved June 18, 1886.

WM. B. BATE,

Governor.

Senate Resolutions.

NUMBER 1.

•

Whereas, G. C. Tanner, Sergeant-at-arms of the
Senate, has resigned his office ; be it therefore

Resolved by the Senate, That the Speaker be and
is hereby authorized to appoint a Sergeant-at-arms
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
said G. C. Tanner.

Adopted May 25, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker' of the Senate.

NUMBER 2.

Be it resolved by the Senate^ That the rules govern-
ing the last regular session of the Senate be adopted
for the government of this extraordinary session.

Adopted May 28, 1885. ,

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate,

NUMBER 8.

Resolved, That the Speaker of the Senate appoint
one Senator from each judicial circuit in the State
as the committee on redistricting.
* Adopted May 29, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

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NUMBER 4.

Resolved^ That the Sergcaiit-at-arnis be instructed
to furnish each member of the Senate $2.00 worth
of postage stamps, and the same be included in the
General Appropriation Bill.

Adopted June 1, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

NUMBER 5.

Whereas, The counties of Madison and Chester
are not attached to any judicial circuit, but consti-
tute a separate and independent district of them-
selves; therefore,

Resolved by the Senate of the Forty -fourth General
Assembly of Tennessee^ That the Speaker be and is
hereby directed to appoint the Senator from Madi-
son on the special committee to be named by him
under a resolution of this body heretofore adopted to
redistrict the State into judicial circuits, to the end
that said counties may be represented in this impor-
tant matter, -

Adopted June 1, 1885.

C. R. BERRY,

Speaker of the Senate.

House Resolutions.

NUMBER 1.

Resolvedy That the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives be and he is hereby directed to notify the
Senate that the House has met in accordance with
the proclamation of His Excellency the Governor,
and is now ready for the transaction of the public
business.

Adopted May 25, 1885.

J. A. MANSOK,
Speaker of the House of Represeyitatives.

NUMBER 8.

Resolved by the House of RepresentaMveSy That the
Rev. Sam Jones be invited to preach to this body in
this hall at 2:80 o'clock this evening, and that the
Speaker appoint a committee of three to present him
with a copy of this resolution.

Adopted May 28, 1885.

J, A. MANSOIT,
Speaker of the Home of Representatives.

NUMBER 2.

Resolvedy That the rules of the regular session of
the House of Representatives of the Forty-fourth
General Assembly be adopted for the government of
the present session.

Adopted May 27, 1885.

J. A. MANSON, t»;

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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NUM15EH 4.

liesolveit^ That the Speaker appoint a special com-
mittee of one member from each judicial circuit, to
whom shall be referred all bills on the subject of re-
districting the State into judicial circuits, or Chan-
cery Division:^, and kindred subjects.

Adopted May 28, 18 ^^5.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of tiie Home of Representatives,

NUMBER 5.

Resolved by the Home of Representatives^ That the
thanks of this body are hereby tendered to the Rev.
Sam P. Jones for ihe able and eloquent sermon de-
livered in this hall of the House of Representatives
to the members of the Forty-fourth General Assem-
bly, this morning at 11 o'clock, and that a copv of
this resolution be forwarded to him by the Clerfe of
this House.

Adopted May 29, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of Hie House of Representatives,

NUMBER 6.

Resolved, That the hall, of the House of Representa-
tives be granted to the Knights of Labor for the pur-
pose of holding a State Convention on June 24, 1885.

Adopted June 5, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,

Speaker of the Honne of Repre-^entaiioes,

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NUiMBEH 7.

Be it resolved^ That the use of this hall be tendered
the '' Southern Dental Association," which holds its
annual session in Nashville on the fourth Tuesday in
May, 18^6.

Adopted June 10, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Sjeaker of Uie House of Representatives.

NUMBER 8.

Resolved J That the thanks of this House are due,
and are hereby tendered Hon. J* A. Manson, Speaker
of this House, for the able, etHcient, and impartial
manner in which he had discharged the delicate, re-
sponsible and onerous duties devolved upon him as
Speaker.

Adopted June 13, 1885.

J. A. MANSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Office op the Secretary of State,
Nashville, June 30, 1885.

[, John Allison, Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee,

<1() hereby certify that I have carefully collated the foregoing

Actfl and Resolutions, with original copies on file in my office,

and find them correctly printed.

JOHN ALLISON,

SerrcUfnj of State.

INDKX.

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INDEX.
... ^—

Revenue, to protect State in paying costs in criminal causes

Revenues, to protect State against fraud in disbursement of

Revenue for State and counties ----

State Treasurer, or snj officer, prohibited from using State's
money-- -

Taxing districts to compromise and fund indebtedness

Taxing districts of second class established, and means of local
government provided

1
1

86
76
34

10
76

188

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

SUBJECT.

Appointing committee to wait on Governor

Appointing committee to take charge and burn b mc^s, coupons, nnd

Tennessee money

To provide for filling vacancies in Board of Commissioners, West Ten-
nessee Asylum for Insane

To require Trustees of University of Tennessee to execute bond

To appoint committee to burn canceled notes of 1 orbett issue —

In regar.i to mob at Brownsville--

For relief of R. F. Looney - - -- -- .

No.

3
. 4
5
6
7

I*ag

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Ill
111

113

iia

114
115
116

SUBJECT.

No.

Page.

Authorizing printing of Governor's Message

Instructing the Secretary of State to take possession of papers, record,

etc., of Board of Railroad Commissioners

Instructing printer to print Acts, Journals, etc

To adjourn sine die

To authorize Governor to affix seal to two bonds of State

Authorizing Comptroller and Treasurer to receive certain funds from

C. & M. of Montgomery County

Directory to the East Tennessee Driving Park Association ..

2
3
4
5

117

118
118
119
120

120
121

134

SENATE RESOLUTIONS.

SUBJECT.

Page.

Authonzing Speaker to fill vacancy in office of.Segeant-at-arms

Adopting rules of regular session

Authorizing Speaker to appoint committee on Re-districting

Ordering stamps for members .

Providing for representation ot Madison and Chester Counties

123
123
123
124
124

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.

SUBJECT.

To wait on Governor

To adopt rules of last se sion ._....: _ ____

Inviting Rev. Sam. Jones to preach .--■

Authorizing Speaker to appoint committee on Re-districting

Thanking Sam. Jones for sermon

Allowing Hall of House of Representatives to Knights of Labor —

Allowing Hall of House of Representatives to Southern Dental Associa-

tion

Returning thanks to Speaker-

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