Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-06
An Act


! To presc,iJs tIs time and n.a,n,er Of e7e4ia
f. Judges G,ia 4tto,psys General by sde people
h SEcudN 4. Be 1t eRaeted By tn
e General As sem6ly Of tie State o
/: Tennessee, That on the 4th Thurs
: day of May, 1851, there shall b.
5 elected III this State three Judge.
: of the Supreme Court, one AItor
n4y General for the State, one
.Ihdge and one Attorney General il
each Judicial district, and one
Chancellor in each chanctry divis-
ion.
SEC. .. The SaerifIs Of The die
, ferrnt counties shall, ON that day
and ever afterwards, as provided
, by this act ,open anu hold the elec-
tons in 1ldir respective counties,
under the same rules, regulations
aud restrictions that are prescribed
in relerence G to the election Of Sher-
ifs, Clerks, Registers and County
Trustees. II there shall be no
Sheriff in t he county or he shall be
a candidate, the Coroner shall hold
tie election
SEc. 8. The Sheriff orlCoroner
shall, With D three days after such
election, iTansmrit 20 the Secretary
ol State copy OF the certificates
made By Il e Judges and Clerks. Of
the number Of votes received by
each caudi iIate.
SEC. 4. The Secretars of State
shall conphre the number Of votes
received d ! each candidate; shall
enter the SHINE in book to be kept
for thai purpose, aud shall issue 10
the person receiving the highest
number Of votes, "a certificate of his
election, to be countersigned BY the
Governor; which certificate shall be
sufficient to enable him to proceed
to discharge E the duties oEthe office.
SEC. ). Ii two persons, candl-
dates for tile same Office, shall re-
ceiye an ed ual number Of votes, it
shall be tho dHty Of the Governor
Immediately to order another cleo
ton, within thirty days, of which
notice shall be given in one ucwspa-
/ per publish ed at the capitol, and
one or NOR 9 newspapers published
in the district in which such cleo
ton is TO be held.
SEC. e. As often as a vacancy
shall Occur in any Of said Offices by
death, resi9 9nation, expiration of the
term, or OF hervisse, it shall be the
duty Of the Governor to order All
election to be held, and Of which
notice shall be given, if oi'a Su-
preme Judge or Attorney General
and Repol Ter, for two months, By
/ publication in a newspaper in each
tof tie grand divisions OF the State;
| if Of a circll il Judge, Chancellor, or
Attorney General, by publication
for one MOI hth in one ofthe newspa-
| pers of the capitol, and in one or
more newsp papers in the ciicuil or
district for which such Judge or
Chancellor, or Attorney is TO be e.
Iected.
| SEC T.. Whenever "a vacancy
shall occur in any of said offices by
death, resignation or removal, the
Governor shall appoint some person
to fiji the office until the dlection Of
a successor according to the P'osis-
ions of this act
Sec. s. Persons Illegally voting
for any of said officers, shall be la
BILE to Indictment or presentment;
and upon conviction, shall be pun
ished as in other cases of misde-
meanor.
Sec. 9. BE 1 further enacted,
That the qualified voters Of the.
county of Shelby, shall eIecta Judge
of the Common Law and Chancery
Court of the city of Memphis; the
qualified voters of the counties Of
Shelby, Upton, Fayette and ilar-
deman, shall elect Judge for the
eleventh Judicial Circuit, composed
Of said counties; The qualified voters
of the fifth, thirteenth and four
teenth civil districtsin Shelby coun-
ty, in which Memphis and Fort
Pickering are situated, shall elect a
! Judge of the Criminal Court of
Memphis, and also an Attorney
! General for said Criminal Court Of
Memphis; and the qualified Y pters
of the counties Of Shelby, TIpton,
!, Fayette and Hardeman, the filth,
thirteenth and fourteenth civil dis
ltrIcts in Shelby county excluded