The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-12-27
DivIsioN OF COUNTIES.

The Conaitution Of Nsv Yark, asneudst
1916, provides in All. 8 SEQ. 5, that .'evsr,
county heretofofs established and separately
organizsd, except the county of HAmiI ton
shall always be entitled TO ons memSer q
the Assembly, and no nAw county shall Be
hereafter erecled unless its population shal
entitle il 10 member"
The Constitution Of prginil, amended 1851
provides Art 4, Sec. 8, clause sa, that "Ne
new county shall beformed with an area less
than Elk hundred square miles; nor shall the
county OF counties from which il is formed
be reduced below that area !. nor shall any
county having white population less than
five. thousand be deprived Of more than one
| fifth of such population; nor shall county
having larger white population be reduced
below iour thousand, lssl,.. 81 )
The Constitution of Tennessee, 1894, provides
Art. 10, Sec. ., "New counties may be estab-
lished by the legislature, TO CONSIST oi not less
than three hundred ant fifty square miles,
and which shall contain population of four
hundred and fifty qualified voters. No line
ofsuch county shall approach The court house
of any old county from which i, may be ta-
ken nearer than twelve miles, No part of a
county shall be taken TO form new county
or part thereof, without the consent of 4
majority Of the qualified voters in such par,
taken off. And 10 all cases where an old
county may be reduced for the purpose OF
forming new one, the seat of Justice in said
old county shall not be removed without the
concurrence of boh branches of the legisla.
ture, nor shall said old county be reduced to
less than six bundled andtwen.y-fve square
miles"
The Constitution Of OHIO, 1851, declares Art.
2, Sec. 80, 'No new county shall contain less
than four hundred square miles of territory,
nor shall any county be reduced below that
amount; and all laws creating new counties,
changing county lines, or moving county
seats, shall, before taking effect, be submit
ted TO the electors OF the several counties 10
be affected thereby, at the next general elec.
ton after The passage thereof, and be adopt.
ed by majority of all the electors voting a,
such election, in each of said counties but
any county now or hereafter containing one
hundred thousand inhabitants may be divi.
ded whenever majority Of the voters resi-
ding in each of the proposed divisions shall
approve of the law passed for that purpose
but no town or city within the same shall be
divided, ror shall either of the divisions con.
tain less than twenty thousand inhabitants"
The Constitution Of Indiana, 1851, declares
Art. Is, Sec Z, ''No county shall be reduced
TO an area less than four hundred square miles;
nor shall any county under that area be fur
ther reduced"
The Constitution Of Louisiana, 1852 provides
Title 1, Art. 8, "No new parish shall be crea-
ted with territory less than six hundred and
twenty. five square miles, nor with popula-
lion less than the full number emitting il to
such new parish would leave any othor pat
ish without the said extent OF territory and
amount Of popnlalion.s
The Constitution Of Mississippi, provides AT.
z, Sec. IL, mo new county shall be esiab-
hshed by the legislature, which shall reduce
the county or counties, or either Of them from
which il may be taken, 10 less contents than
five hundred and seventy-six square miles !;
nor shall any new comfy be lard off less con-
tents.
The Constitution Of Illinois. ls47, declares
Art. 7, SEQ. 1, "No new county shall be form
ed or established by the general assembly,
which will reduce the county or counties, or
either of them, from which il shall be taken,
TO less contents than four hundred square
miles; nor shall any county be formed of
less contents; nor shall any line thereof pass
within less Than ten miles of any county seat
OF The county or counties proposed 10 be divi.
ded.n e
Sec. Q. "No county shall be divided or
have any post stricken ,herefrom, without
submitting the question to vote of tbe peo-
pie OF the county, nor unless majority of all
the legal voters of the county, voting on the
question shall vote for the ssme.n
Sec. 3. GAN territory which has been or
may be stricken of, by legislative ensc,ment,
from any orga1ized county or counties for the
purpose OF forming new county, and which
shall remain unorgapized after tie reri,d
provided for such Organization, shall be and
remain par, of the county or counties from
which il was originally taken, for all purpo.
ses OF county and Slsle government, until
Otherwise provided BY law.p 4
Sec. A. ""There shall be no territory slrick-
en- from any county unless majority of the
voters living in such territory shall petition
for such division; and no territory shall be
added to any county without the consent OF
a majority Of the voters ofthe county to which
it is proposed to be added,n
Sec. s. "No county seat shall be removed
until the point 10 which il is proposed to be
removed shall be fixed by law, and ma.
ioity Of The voters of the county shall have
voted IN favor Of its removal TO such point"
The Constitution of Alabznsa, adopted 1919,
provides Art 9, Sec. i6, "No new county