effect from and after its passage, the public welfare AN ACT entitled An Act to amend "An Act to provide for the improvement of the system of public education of the State of Tennessee; that is to say, to establish a general educational fund by appropriating thereto annually twenty-five per cent of the gross revenues of the State; to provide for the apportionment of this fund, and specifying what part shall be apportioned to the several counties of the State on the basis of scholastic population; what part shall be used to equalize more nearly the school facilities of the several counties, and the conditions on which this part shall be apportioned; what sums shall be used to assist in paying salaries of County Superintendents, and on what conditions; what part shall be used to encourage and assist in the establishment and maintenance of public county high schools, and on what conditions; and providing for the grading and inspection of high schools; what part shall be used for the establishing and maintenance of school libraries, and on what conditions; what part shall be used for the establishment and maintenance of three Normal schools for white teachers, one in each grand division of the State, and one Agricultural and Industrial Normal School for negroes and providing for the location, establishment, and control of said schools; and what part shall be apportioned to the university of Tennessee, and its various stations; and to repeal Chapter 537 of the Acts of 1907. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Section 7 of Chapter 264 of the Acts of 1909 of the General Assem bly of the State of Tennessee be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding after the words "or any portion of the same may be used for buildings and equipment" the following: "Provided, that said State Board of Education shall have the power and authority to purchase additional land and erect additional buildings for the said three Normal schools for white teachers and the said Agricultural and Industrial Normal School for negroes, on such terms as may be considered advisable and advantageous by said State Board of Education, and to pay for the same out of moneys appropriated or may hereafter be appropriated for said schools; and providing, further, that said State Board of Education may be vested with title to said property so purchased in as full a manner as property and buildings already acquired or donated to said State Board of Education, and for the same purposes, the remaining portion of said Section 7 being unaffected by this Act." SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and 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 September 19, 1913. W. M. STANTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. NEWTON H. WHITE, Speaker of the Senate. Approved September 24, 1913. BEN W. HOOPER, Governor. CHAPTER 7. HOUSE BILL No. 201. (By Messrs. Thompson and Wilson.) AN ACT to change and fix the time for holding the Chancery Court for the counties of Rhea, McMinn, Grundy, and Van Buren, and to repeal all laws fixing the time for holding said courts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Chancery Courts for the counties of Rhea, McMinn, Grundy, and Van Buren shall hereafter be held as follows: Rhea County, first Mondays in January and July. McMinn County, third Mondays in January and July. Grundy County, Tuesday after second Mondays in May and November, at Altamont, and Thursday after second Mondays in May and November, at Tracy City. Van Buren County, fourth Monday in April and third Monday in October. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed September the 22d, 1913. W. M. STANTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. NEWTON H. WHITE, Speaker of the Senate. Approved September 24, 1913. BEN W. HOOPER, Electiondate of. CHAPTER 8. HOUSE BILL No. 196. (By Mr. Taylor, of Jefferson.) AN ACT to provide for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, and to provide for the filling of vacancies in the office of United States Senators. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That an election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A.D. 1916, for the purpose of electing a United States Senator to succeed the present United States Senator, whose term of office expires March 4, 1917; and that every sixth year thereafter an election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November for the election of a United States Senator, and the term of office of the Senator so elected shall commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the time of his election. An election shall also be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A.D. 1918, for the purpose of electing a United States Senator to succeed the present United States Senator, whose term of office expires March 4, 1919; and every sixth year thereafter an election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November for the election of a United States Senator, and the term of office of the Senator so elected shall commence on the fourth day of March next succeeding the time of his election. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever after the passage of this Act any vacancy shall occur in the office of United States Senator, his successor shall be elected at the next regular biennial election in November, and shall hold office until the term for which his predecessor was elected shall have expired. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That whenever after the passage of this Act any vacancy in the office of Vacancy filled ernor. United States Senator occurs by which the State will be deprived of its full representation at any time Congress may be in session, prior to the next gen- by the Goveral biennial election, then, in such cases, the Governor of the State of Tennessee is hereby authorized to fill said vacancy by appointment, and such appointee shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified at the next regular biennial election in November after said appointment. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the names of candidates for office of United States Senator shall be placed on the election ballots along with the names of the candidates for the various other offices to be elected at the biennial November election. Any candidate for United States Senator shall be entitled to have his name put on the ballots to be used in said. election in the same manner as is now provided by law for the placing of the names of candidates upon ballots. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That all elections for the office of United States Senator shall be held under the general election laws of this State. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That whenever there shall be a tie vote in any election for United States Senator, said election shall be void; and the Gov- Tie vote. ernor shall thereupon immediately issue a writ directing the holding of a new election, the date of which election to be named in said writ, and shall not be less than thirty nor more than forty days after the election so declared to be void. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the ballots cast for candidates for United States Senator shall be counted by and the results certified by the officers holding the election along with the votes cast for other candidates under the existing general election laws. returns. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That on the Monday next following the election the Election Commissioners shall make out triplicate returns of the number Election of votes received by each candidate for United States Senator, and forward one copy by mail to the Governor, another copy by different mail to the Secretary of State, and deposit the third copy in the office of the County Court Clerk. |