Senate Bill No. 187, To amend the charter of Franklin. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Corporations. Senate Bill No. 188, To prevent monopolies in running sleeping cars. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 189, To aid in erecting a statue to George Peabody. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Finance, Ways, and Means. Senate Bill No. 190, To reduce the number of Justices of the Peace. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 191, To amend the exemption laws. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 192, To change the time for holding the courts in Marshall County. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 193, To change the county line between Rutherford and Williamson. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on New Counties and County Lines. Senate Bill No. 194, To change the county line between Rutherford and Wilson. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on New Counties and County Lines. Senate Bill No. 195, To relieve Henry Gregory. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Claims. Senate Bill No. 196, To amend the chancery practice. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 197, To change the county line between Van Buren and Sequatchie. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on New Counties and County Lines. Senate Bill No. 198, To prevent girls under eighteen years of age from marrying. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 199, To make it a felony to sell property encumbered with a lien. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 200, To amend Section 6461 of the Code. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 201, To amend Section 4987 of the Code. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 202, To change the county line between Lincoln and Moore. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on New Counties and County Lines. Senate Bill No. 203, To change the county line between Bedford and Moore. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on New Counties and County Lines. Senate Bill No. 204, To amend the act appointing Mine Inspector. Passed second reading, and referred to Sanitary Committee. Senate Bill No. 205, To fix the damages resulting from intoxicants. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 206, To establish a Board of Arbitration. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Labor. Senate Bill No. 207, To amend Section 5336 of the Code. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Public Printing. Senate Bill No. 208, To give defendants' attorneys in civil cases a lien on property recovered. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 209, To amend the charter of Columbia. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Corporations. Senate Bill No. 210, To amend the exemption laws. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 211, To amend the Act of 1883. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Corporations. Senate Bill No. 212, To provide for the registration of births, marriages, and deaths. Passed second reading, and referred to Sanitary Committee. Senate Bill No. 213, For relief of Mrs. E. L. Sanders. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Claims. Senate Bill No. 215, To authorize sale of Male Academy in town of Raleigh. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on l'ublic Grounds and Buildings. Senate Bill No. 216, Relative to business of abstract companies. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 217, To amend the trespass laws. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Finance, Ways, and Means. Senate Bill No. 218, To amend the school law. Passed second reading, and referred to Committee on Education and Common Schools. Senate Bill No. 219, To preserve mutilated land records. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 220, To regulate elections by County Courts. Passed second reading, and referred to Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill No. 221, To regulate sale of liquors by common carriers. Passed second reading, and referred to the Committee on the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic. On motion, fifty copies of Senate Bills Nos. 190, and 204, each, were ordered printed. Senate Bill No. 20, For relief of minor convicts. Referred to Penitentiary Committee. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. The following message from the Governor was received: MR. SPEAKER-By direction of the Governor, I herewith submit his nomination to the office of Commissioner of Agriculture. Respectfully, JAS. P. TAYLOR, Private Secretary. The Senate then went into executive session, with open doors, to consider the following message from the Governor: GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE-Under act of General Assembly, requiring confirmation by the Senate of certain appointments, I herewith nominate B. M. Hord, of the county of Davidson, to the office of Commissioner of Agriculture, Mines, etc. ROBT. L. TAYLOR, Governor. The nomination was confirmed. By unanimous consent the rules were suspended for the purpose of taking up and considering, on its third reading, Senate Bill No. 92, To regulate time of holding courts in the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Passed third reading. SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING. Senate Bill No. 4, To prevent banks and other moneyed institutions from paying interest on deposits. The report of the Judiciary Committee, which recommends the bill for rejection, was concurred in, and the bill was rejected. SIGNED. The Speaker announced his official signature to Senate Resolutions Nos. 24 and 26. Senate Bill No. 9, To organize corporations to furnish abstracts of real estate titles. The bill was amended by striking out the words "guardians, executors, and administrators," wherever they occur. Pending consideration, the Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock A. M., Monday. MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14TH, 1887. THIRTY-THIRD DAY. The Senate met at 10 o'clock A. M., pursuant to adjournment, Mr. Speaker Ewing in the chair. Proceedings were opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. J. D. Barbee, pastor of McKendree Church. On a call of the roll, all of the Senators responded except Messrs. Jarvis, Quarles, and Townes, who were excused on account of sickness. The Journal of the proceedings of the 11th inst. was read and approved. PETITIONS. By Mr. Sanford, From depositors of the Bank of Tennessee. Received and referred to the State Debt Committee. By Mr. Long, From citizens of Jackson, against amending their city charter. Received and referred to the Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Montedonico, From citizens of Shelby County, in reference to the Agricultural College. Received and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. |