Agricultural, Educational and Penitentiary Committees, to visit their respective institutions, and that said subcommittee be selected by the chairman of the respective committees in each House; providing that the Superintendent of each charitable institution in the State be required to furnish in detail an itemized statement, to be submitted with their reports, showing the amount spent each year for salaries, and to whom paid; also, amount spent for labor, and to whom paid; also, an itemized statement showing the amount expended for the maintenance of the institutions; said information to be furnished as soon as possible, that the Committee on Charitable Institutions may make a comparison of the cost of maintaining this institution with institutions of like character in other States; providing, that a sergeant-at-arms be provided for committees on Charitable Institutions and Penitentiary, at the discretion of the committees, and that an accountant be provided for the Penitentiary Committee, if the same is deemed necessary by said committee, at compensation not exceeding $5.00 per day. Adopted January 15, 1897. JOHN THOMPSON, Speaker of the Senate. MORGAN C. FITZPATRICK, Approved January 27, 1897.. ROBT. L. TAYLOR, Governor. NUMBER 7. WHEREAS, The old Confederate soldiers, at the Confederate Soldiers' Home, are deprived of the gospel under the present appropriation for the Home, no provision having been made for same in general appropriation bill; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum be made for the purpose of securing divine services at least once per week at the said Confederate Soldiers' Home, and that the Comptroller be authorized to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of the trustee of the Confederate soldiers, and that the same be included in the general appropriation bill. Adopted January 18, 1897. JOHN THOMPSON, Speaker of the Senate. MORGAN C. FITZPATRICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved January 22, 1897. ROBT. L. TAYLOR, Governor. NUMBER 8. Be it resolved, That the Governor be, and is hereby, requested to call upon the Attorney-General and his assistant for a report of the status of the suits brought in 1893, in the Chancery Court at Nashville, against ExGov. John P. Buchanan, J. W. Allen and M. F. House, Comptroller and Treasurer, and their bondsmen, in accordance with the recommendation of the committee appointed by the Forty-eighth General Assemby, to recover to the State money wrongfully paid out by them and fees illegally retained. Resolved, That the communication requested shall state, first, when the suit was instituted; second, when and what other action has been taken by the attorneys; third, what decrees or orders have been made by the court; fourth, whether or not proof has been taken to establishthe claims of the State; fifth, any other information in regard to these suits that may be deemed of interest to the General Assembly in determining what other action may be necessary to bring said suits to a speedy term ination. Adopted January 19, 1897. JOHN THOMPSON, Speaker of the Senate. MORGAN C. FITZPATRICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved January 30, 1897. ROBT. L. TAYLOR, Governor. NUMBER 9. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the sub-Penitentiary Committee be, and they are hereby directed, authorized, empowered and required to investigate the books and accounts, etc., of the Commissioners and other officers of the State Prison, and report fully as to the amount of money received by them, and the disposition or disbursement of the same, and whether the same has been properly applied, and amount, if any, on hand; also, to report progress of the construction of the new prison buildings and improvements on the property belonging to the State Prison, and whether the work is being done in conformity to the specifications and plans, and for these purposes the said sub-committee is hereby authorized to employ one expert accountant and one practical expert contractor and builder, and a stenographer. Be it further resolved, That said sub-committee shall report in detail all property of the State appertaining to and belonging to the State Prison, and shall make a minute examination and report as to all moneys received and expended by the State officers in charge of said State Prison property, and to that end power is hereby conferred upon the committee to send for and subpœna witnesses, and to do any and all things necessary to make a full and complete examination of all the acts and doings of any and all the officers connected with the management of the State Prison and branches thereof. Be it further resolved, That the experts employed under this resolution shall be entitled to five ($5.00) dollars per day and their traveling expenses for their services, and the State Treasurer is directed to pay to the chairman of the joint sub-committee a sufficient amount to pay the same. Be it further resolved, That the chairman of the said joint sub-committee be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a sergeant-at-arms and a clerk to serve during the session of said sub-committee, who shall be entitled to $4.00 per day each, and traveling expenses, for their services, which the State Treasurer is directed to pay. Be it further resolved, That said sub-committee proceed with its work during the recess of the Legislature. Adopted February 11, 1897. JOHN THOMPSON, Speaker of the Senate. MORGAN C. FITZPATRICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 15, 1897. ROBT. L. TAYLOR, Governor. NUMBER 10. Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the election of Lemuel Campbell and L. Rascoe by the Trustees of the Tennessee School for the Blind, to fill the vacancies in the Board, occasioned by the death of the late Thompson Anderson, and the resignation of George W. Smith be, and the same is, hereby confirmed. Adopted February 9, 1897. JOHN THOMPSON, Speaker of the Senale. JOSEPH W. BYRNS, Speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives. Approved February 11, 1897. ROBT. L. TAYLOR, Governor. |