Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-06-09
: D. n. NtMscfl
Secretary of State.


Proposed anenaeatst to The oastituaon Of he STATE Of Tn
essee adopted By Tie present GeHral assembly and 10 6e
acted upon by the people
The third section of the 9Th article of the Constitution
shall be SO amended as 10 read as follows;
SECTION g. The Judges Of the Supreme Court shall be
elected BY the qualified voters of the State al large and the
Judges of such inferior the Legislature estab
lis shall he elected by the qualified voters residing within
the bounds of any district rcrct towhich such inferior
Judge Judges either OF Law Equity may be assigned
by ballot in the thai members of the General
Assembly are elected Courts may be established to be
holden by justices of the peace. Judges of the Supreme
Court shall be thirty wears Of age and shall be elected
for the term Of eight years
The fifth section OF the sixth article Of the Constitution
shall be so amended rs TO read as follows:
SEc An Attorney General for the State shall be elect
ed BY the qualified voters of the Stste large aud the At
tcrney FOR the State for any circuit district to which
Judge of inferior court may be assigned shall be elected
by the qualified within the bounds OF such district
circuit in the same manner that members the General
Assembly elected all said attorneys both for the State
and ccut district shall hold their Offices for the term of
six in all where the Attorney for any district
fails refuses TO attend and prosecute according TO law,
the Court shall have power to appoint an Attorney pro -
pore.
SCHEDULE TO AMENDMENTS
SEc i And that Inconvenience may arise from the
proposed amendments should the be adopted by the
people declared that all judges Of the Courts and At
torneys contemplated in the proposed amendments, shall
continue hold their offices and the duties and
functions thereof according the existing laws and
Constitution until the election Of their by the
people be held and made under law 10 be passed by
the General Assembly next elected after the ratification
OF the nposed amendments by the people, which law
shall prescribe the times and places of holding said cleo
ions and which shall be passed without delay and 10
strict pursuance of said amendments {rorid The Leg
sature shall apponta day for holding the election Judges
and Attorneys General separate and apart from the days al
ready prescribed hereafter to be prescribed by tho Leg
ature for holding the elections for State and county Of
fcers. JORDAN STOKES,
.S1takpQf the House of Representatives.
NJ Il. Hlld-
Speaker cf tie Senate.
Passed November e. 155l.
4 esotsou to alter the fourth seoa Of he teaA article
Of the Constitution Of tie STATE Of TsaAesae.
Reolcei 6y the General Assemby Of ftiS STATE Of TaHe
see That the fourth section of the tenth article Of the Con-
sttuon of the State of Tennessee be altered that
county may be formed out OF portion of the territory
composing the counties OF Haywood Madison, Gibson aud
DYER the line Of which shall not than ten miles
of Dyersburg and jackson; and that county may be
formed Of portion OF the territory composing the
counties Of McNauy and Harienan; and that new coun
" may be formed out Of that portion of ObOa county, that
lies west Of Reelfoot lake the Mississippi river and that
county be formed out Of fractions Of the counties
Of Washington sullivan Hawkins and Greene by the
of the county of Powell; anG that county may be
formed Of portion OF the territory composing the
counties Of Marion and Bedsoe; which counties
consist of less than three hundred and fifty square miles
and the lines of sad new counties may run nearer than
twelve miles the county seats of said old countless and
said old counties may be reduced below six hundred and
tSeuty five square Piies.
Be TarGhc7. releeE That new county may be form
ed out of the southcst portion of Wayne county, and the
southeast portion Of .ardin county and that said new
county NAV consist of less than three hundred and fifty
square miles aud that the county of Lewis formed out o
the racono Of Maury, Lawrence, Wayne and Hickman by
passed the day of December lS4e chap 3o
entitled IAN act TO establish the county of Lewis shall be
declared institutional county and may consist Of less
than three hundred and fifty square miles ProUadcd,
majority of the qualified voters of said county shall agree
thereto 5r popular vote PrGrlei II shall reduce
the counties Of Maury Lawrence, Hickman and Wayne,
below their constitutional limits.
JORDAN STOKES
Speaker cf TIE House IF Ra5rsssata!ires.
ri. K. HILL
Speakey ef the Senate
Adopted November ea, 1851
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