History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . of the penitentiary,the change from the lease system, and the erection of the new peniten-tiary, have been elsewhere discussed. The Board of Prison Commis-sioners now consists of W. M. Nixon, Chairman ; John H. Trice, Sec-retary; and A. J. McWhirter. Important reforms have been intro-duced, as experience in the new systemhas demonstrated their value. Theexcellent management of its affairsduring the year 1899 demonstrated thewisdom of the new system, and broughtto the treasury a net profit of$83, The reform of the judiciary systemwa
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . of the penitentiary,the change from the lease system, and the erection of the new peniten-tiary, have been elsewhere discussed. The Board of Prison Commis-sioners now consists of W. M. Nixon, Chairman ; John H. Trice, Sec-retary; and A. J. McWhirter. Important reforms have been intro-duced, as experience in the new systemhas demonstrated their value. Theexcellent management of its affairsduring the year 1899 demonstrated thewisdom of the new system, and broughtto the treasury a net profit of$83, The reform of the judiciary systemwas passed over strong opposition, butwas finally adopted, and saves to theState about $30,000 per annum. A judicious law was enacted, cre- HoN. Morgan C. Fitzpatrick, ^f;„^ „ TJ^^...^ ^£ D^ i • . , ^ , ^,. Rung a iioard 01 Pardons, consistmg Superintendent Public Instruction. , ^ of the three Prison Educational Enactments.—A number of Educational enact-ments were made. Three of these, urged by Superintendent Morgan Administration of Gov. Benton McMillin. 2«5 Fitzpatrick, were especially important. Recognizing the great benefitto education, which had resulted from the holding of Teachers Insti-tutes, the Legislature increased the appropriation for this purpose from$1,500 to $2,500 per annum. The County High School law is a wiseenactment, which affords to any county the opportunity to establish asystem of schools complete within the county. Another educational enactment of great importance was An actto create a State Text-Book Commission, and to procure for use in thefree public schools in this State a uniform series of text-books.
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