Fourteen magistrates and constables ask for greater compensation for duties they perform. They represent that "the expenses of living are much heavier than formerly; and to this must be added the cost of office rent." They therefore pray that “should your Honorable body concur, they trust that the annexed tariff of charges may receive the sanction of the Legislature; and that the officers above named may be insured a liberal compensation for the duties which the law requires at their hands.” The largest proposed increase for constables includes an increase from thirty-three cents to one dollar for "Whipping Slave by order of Court or Justice."
Result: Referred to committee on ways and means.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
