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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (TENNESSEE.) 



eral election; it the change is needed to bring it 

 near a railroad station, on three-fifths vote. 



it was provided that boards of education may 

 call elections and submit to voters propositions 

 to issue bonds for educational purposes. The 

 moneys of the fish fund go to the common-school 

 fund, as also fines for violation of State laws. 

 School attendance for twelve weeks is made com- 

 pulsory. 



Library bills were passed one providing for 

 the establishment of libraries in cities on petition 

 of a majority of the legal voters, and one to pro- 

 vide a fund 'for libraries in country schools. 



Provision was made for the organization of a 

 State historical society, and an appropriation 

 was made for a geological survey. 



A bill was passed providing for a commission 

 of 3 to. revise and codify the laws, the Governor 

 to appoint the commission, and their work to be 

 submitted to the Legislature of 1903. The act 

 carried an appropriation of $14,000. The Gov- 

 ernor appointed Bartlett Tripp, Gideon C. Moody, 

 and James D. Brown. 



Several measures were passed affecting assess- 

 ment and taxation, looking to increase of the 

 revenue and collection of delinquent taxes. Goun- 

 ty treasurers are authorized to employ men on 

 commission to search out property that is escaping 

 taxation, a measure similar to the so-called " tax- 

 ierret " law r of Iowa. It was provided that non- 

 resident owners of live stock must pay, in addition 

 to other taxes, 50 cents a month for each head 

 of stock feeding on the State ranges. 



State officers are required to pay into the treas- 

 ury all moneys received as fees or perquisites; 

 and moneys received by State institutions also 

 are to be paid into the treasury for their use. 



The office of food and dairy commissioner was 

 created. 



A change was made in the liquor-license law, 

 one of the provisions of which is to prevent drug- 

 gists from handling liquor for any purpose, pla- 

 cing the sale entirely with licensed saloon-keepers. 



An act was passed for the reorganization of 

 the State militia. 



The wolf-bounty law was entirely changed. 

 The total amount that can be used for that pur- 

 pose in any one year is $5,000. 



The Governor may remove State officers not 

 liable to impeachment. 



The game-laws were amended. Provisions were 

 made for the preservation of buffalo, elk, deer, 

 and mountain-sheep. The Governor. is authorized 

 to appoint county game-wardens from Nov. 1 to 

 Jan. 1. It is made unlawful to hunt antelope 

 before Jan. 1, 1911. 



The salaries of the Governor and the Supreme 

 Court judges were raised to $3,000; circuit judges 

 are to receive $2,500, unless the circuit is less than 

 5,000 square miles, when the salary is $2,000. 



Other measures w r ere: 



Making it a misdemeanor to desecrate the 

 United States flag or use it for advertising. 



Changing the name of the Industrial School 

 and Institute of Technology, at Aberdeen, to 

 Normal and Industrial School. 



Prohibiting the employment of a child between 

 eight and fourteen years of age without a cer- 

 tificate that he has attended school at least twelve 

 weeks. 



Providing for school instruction on the humane 

 treatment of animals, making experiments on live 

 animals unlawful. 



Declaring gambling places nuisances. 



Providing that cities, towns, and villages may 

 suppress the illegal sale of liquors. 



Making the punishment for perjury on trial of 



indictment or information for felony, imprison- 

 ment one to twenty years, instead of, as formerly, 

 not under ten years. 



Ceding to the United States jurisdiction over 

 offenses committed on Indian reservations. 



Providing for guardianship of dependent, neg- 

 lected, and abused children by societies incor-. 

 porated for their care. 



Making it a misdemeanor to make, sell, give 

 away, or use air-guns or cannon firecrackers. 



United States Senator. Senator James H. 

 Kyle died at his home, in Aberdeen, July 1. On 

 July 11 the Governor appointed Alfred B. Kit- 

 tredge to fill out the term, which ends in 1903. 



TENNESSEE, a Southern State, admitted to 

 the Union, June 1, 1796; area, 42,050 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus since admission, was 105,602 in 1800; 261,727 

 in 1810; 422,771 in 1820; 681,904 in 1830; 829,210 

 in 1840; 1,002,717 in 1850; 1,109,801 in 1860; 

 1,258,520 in 1870; 1,542,369 in 1880; 1,767,518 in 

 1890: and 2,020,616 in 1900. Capital, Nashville. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1901: Governor, Benton McMillin; Sec- 

 retary of State, John W. Morton; Treasurer, 

 Beau E. Folk; Comptroller, Theodore F. King; 

 Superintendent of Agriculture, Thomas H. Paine; 

 Superintendent of Instruction, Morgan C. Fitz- 

 patrick; Adjutant-General, W. M. Brandon; At- 

 torney-General, George W. Pickle; Commissioner 

 of Labor, Robert A. Shiflett ; Live Stock Commis- 

 sioner, W. H. Dunn ; Factory Inspector, Martin 

 J. Noonan; Railroad Commissioners, N. W. Bap- 

 tist, J. N. McKenzie, and Thomas L. Williams; 

 Prison Commissioners, W. M. Nixon, W. A. Car- 

 ter, and John S. Denton, who succeeded A. J. 

 McWhirter; Librarian, Jennie Lauderdale; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, David L. Snod- 

 grass; Associate Justices, W. C. Caldwell, John 

 S. Wilkes, W. K. McAllister, W. D. Beard; Clerk, 

 A. W. McMillin; Justices of the Court of Chan- 

 cery Appeals, M. M. Neil, S. F. Wilson, R. M. 

 Barton, Jr.; Clerk, James Turney. All are Demo- 

 crats. 



State elections are held biennially in November 

 of the even-numbered years. The Legislature 

 meets biennially in January of the odd-numbered 

 years. 



Population. The population in 1900 consisted 

 of 1,021,224 males and 999,392 females. Of the 

 total 2,002,870 were of American birth and only 

 17,746 foreign born. The total white population 

 was 1,540,186, of whom 1,522,600 were native 

 born, and of these latter 1,481,636 were born of 

 native and 40,964 of foreign parents. There were 

 782,702 white males and 757,484 white females. 

 The foreign white population consisted of 10,291 

 males and 7,295 females. The total colored popu- 

 lation was 480,430, of whom 480,243 were negroes 

 or partly of negro descent, comprising 238,388 

 males and 241,855 females; 75 were Chinese, in- 

 cluding 2 females; 4 were Japanese; and 108 were 

 Indians, of whom 57 were males and 51 females. 

 The aggregate number of persons of school age", 

 including all between the ages of five and twenty 

 years, was 780,421, of whom 298,169 were native 

 white males, 289,804 native white females, 754 

 foreign white males, 724 foreign white females, 

 95,006 colored males, and 95,964 colored females. 

 The male population of milita age was 384,249, 

 comprising 290,313 native whites, 4,408 foreign- 

 born whites, 89,452 negroes, and 86 other colored. 

 The number of males of voting age was 487,380, 

 of whom 477,739 were native born, the total com- 

 prising 365,537 native whites, 9,509 foreign whites, 

 and 112,334 colored. Of the native white male 

 population of voting age born of native parents- 



