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horse, for each additional horse in each county, 



$12; drillers in sewing machines have their tax 

 raised $80 in the larger counties, while in coun- 

 ties of 30,000 to 50.000 the price only goes up 

 $10. In all counties under 30,000 the figures 

 will be $10 ; the tux on skating rinks is reduced 

 $100 in the large towns; the tax on street-car 

 companies is reduced $5; on turnpikes each toll 

 gate pays $12, reduced from $25; express com- 

 panies must pay $500 to $1,000 more; brokers' 

 are lower $200 instead of $300 in places 

 of 8,000 or more; butchers in cities of 20,000 or 

 over pay *:><>: 10,000 to 20,000, $30; 5,000 to 

 10,000, $20; 1,000 to 5.000, $10; wholesale 

 butchers or dealers (cold-storage companies only) 

 $300, an increase of $50. In towns of less than 

 1,000, and also all other butchers, $5; cemeteries 

 conducted by individuals or companies for profit 

 pay from $5"to $25 ; commercial and mercantile 

 agencies pay $50 more than before in towns of 

 20.000 or over, and cotton commission merchants 

 $15 more ; foreign coal oil and illuminating oil 

 companies must pay $500 per annum in places 

 of 50,000 or over, and proportionate sums in 

 smaller places; dealers in county certificates 

 or warrants or city warrants, not paying taxes 

 as bankers or brokers, pay $100 a year in 

 places of 50,000 or over; all parties, banking 

 associations, or brokers, or their agents, buying 

 or attempting to buy the fees of any officer or 

 witness accruing in any of the courts of the 

 State, will pay tax as follows : in counties of 50,- 

 000 or over, $400; 40,000 to 50,000, $300; 20,- 

 000 to 40,000, $200 ; and less than 20,000, $25 

 (heretofore there was no tax on these men) ; the 

 tax on gas companies in the larger places is cut 

 from $700 to $500 : each agent of mutual-assess- 

 ment companies fire, accident, or life in each 

 county in which they do business must pay to 

 the county clerk a yearly tax of $100 (this is a 

 new privilege, and "is leveled at mutual-benefit 

 associations) ; there is no change in the tax on 

 liquor dealers, wholesale or retail, but dealers 

 selling liquors in quantities less than 5 gallons 

 are to be regarded as retailers (heretofore 1 quart 

 has been the limit) ; each person, corporation, 

 firm, or company engaged in selling pools on 

 horse races must pay $250 per annum (this is a 

 new privilege); bookmakers on horse races, each 

 agent, firm, person, or corporation, or firms in 

 each county, must pay $50; real-estate dealers 

 have their tax reduced one half. 



Two bills affecting the militia were passed. 

 One appropriates $45,000 to equip the State 

 Guard, but under ordinary circumstances only 

 $15.000 of it can be used in one year. It is in- 

 tended to buy clothing and outfits, so that the 

 Guard may be prepared to take the field on short 

 notice. There are 30 companies in the State, or 

 about 1,500 men. These companies have almost 

 no equipment at present, and every company 

 must be supplied with more or less furnishings. 

 The other is the insurrection bill. Jt gives the 

 Governor almost unlimited power in times of re- 

 bellion or insurrection to call out the military 

 and take such other means as are within reach 

 to quell it, and to use the State's money to this 

 end as far as necessary to serve the welfare of the 

 State. 



A resolution was adopted favoring an amend- 

 ment to the Constitution, and a bill passed pro- 



viding that it shall be voted upon at the next 

 regular election for members of the legislature, 

 in November, 1894. The section of the Consti- 

 tution proposed to be amended is as follows, the 

 words quoted being the amendments : 



ARTICLE XI, K<:TION 18. The General Aweinbly 

 shall liuvc jmwer to enact laws for the protection and 

 preservation of game and flli within tin- Slat.- ; " law* 

 tor tliccon.-tructioii, maintenance, working. and laying 

 out ot' publie road*, and lawn defining and MtabUfth- 

 ing legal flBDOM, Or abolishing all fences ; also lawn 

 refill at in;,' elections in this State," and such laws'may 

 be enacted for, applied and enforced in particular 

 enmities or geographical district* designated by the 

 General Assembly. 



A bill was passed depriving State officers of 

 the fees heretofore allowed by law, and fixing 

 their salaries as follow : Governor, $4,000 ; Sec- 

 retary of State, $3,000 ; Treasurer and Comptrol- 

 ler, $*3,500 each. The office of private secretary 

 to the Governor was separated from that, of Ad- 

 jutant-General, and a special office of private sec- 

 retary was created, the bill providing for a salary 

 of $1,200. The Adjutant-General's salary was 

 placed at $1,800. 



An appropriation of $12,000 was made for im- 

 provements on the Capitol building. 



The per capita appropriation for patients in 

 the insane hospitals was raised from $145 to 

 $155. 



Physiology and hygiene are to be studied in 

 the public schools, with special reference to the 

 effect on the human system of alcoholic stimu- 

 lants and narcotics. . 



Other acts were these : 



Enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture and Sta- 

 tistics to secure statistics from manufacturers and com 

 mon carriers. 



Creating a new chancery division, to be called the 

 twelfth. 



Allowing the building of a bridge across the Ten- 

 nessee at Chattanooga, and authorizing the issuing 

 of $150,000 of bonds for the purpose Dy Hamilton 

 County. 



< ''impelling insurance companies to pay the full 

 amount of all policies. 



Increasing tne sum to be used for expenses of State 

 normal institutes to $1,500. 



Kaising the annual appropriation for the State Nor- 

 mal College from $10,000 to $15,000. 



Appropriating $7.500 for an industrial building and 

 gymnasium at the l>eaf-Mutc S<-)KM.I in Knoxvifie. 



Kaising the appropriation to the School for the Blind 

 from $37,000 to $89.000. 



Authorizing the creation by counties of the office of 

 commissioner of lish. 



Compelling building and loan a^ociations to have 

 annual examinations made by an agent of the State at 

 their own expense. 



Allowing Nashville to issue $150,000 in bonds to 

 build approaches to the new union dej>ot. 



Allowing oimties to build reformatories. 



To prevent blacklisting or publishing of discharged 

 employees. 



Charges having been made against Judge Julius 

 ,T. DuHose. judge of the criminal court of Shelby 

 County, in a memorial to the House signed by 

 8,000 citizens, asking that the court of the coun- 

 ty be abolished, or some other means taken of 

 deposing Judge DuBose, the House adopted a 

 resolution of impeachment, by a vote of 84 to 4. 

 There were 12 articles and 86 specific charges. 

 The House appointed a committee to prosecute 

 the case before the Senate, and the Senate met 

 May 10 as a court of impeachment. The hear- 



