Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-20

he Rev. DR.. Howell.
FOREIGN BANKING AGENCIES.
Mr.. BUMPASS entered mn.ion torecansiSer the
Toe passing the bill yesterday to repeal the law
Clerks Of County Courts TO issue license
% foreign banking companies to transact business
n this State.
COFFEE COUNTY FAIH.
Mr. WOOD, from the committee appointed to at
tend the fair of the Coffee County Agricultural and
Mechanical Association, submitted The following /
report.
"AIr. Speaker: The committee appointed by the |
Senate 10 visit the agricultural and mechanical fair
Of Coffee county beg leave to make the following |
report: That your committee have performed the
duty assigned them and we're highly gratded with
the prospects and success attending he first exhi-
biion Of the society. The fair grounds situated
upon q beautiful eminence near the town Of Man
chester upon the line Of the Mcbiinnville Msnehes
ter and Tulahoma Railroad, and are conveniently
and cOmmodiously arranged; and on the occasion Of
the exhibition were crowded with large assem-
blage Of the hardy sons and fair daughters Of Cof-
fee and surrounding counties. And he specimens
Of agricultural and mechanical products and all
kinds of stock exhibited upon The occasion we're
equal, in our estimation, to any exhibited IN Inc
State Taking the exhibition all together, 1t was
very successful STAIR more than meeting the warm
est expectations of its most ZeRlous friends. The
specimens Of ladies' work, ga den and farm products
reflected great credit upon the enterprise OF the
citizens and indicate generous rivalry that will
exert powerful iufuence upon all the varied inter
ess OF the county. TIE great snccess attending the
FIRST exhibition Of the Coffee County County Agri-
cultural aud Mechanical Society, II is believed viii
give neW energy and impart an increased impetus
to ell the industrial pursuits Of sbe county, and
crown their labors with ultimAte success. All Of
which is respectfully submitted.
ED. J. WOoD, Charman Of Senate Committee
TIE gsUKT LAWS.
Mr.. PAYNE offered resolution authoriIing the
special joint committee on the bill to est tbIsh
conventional interest 70 have their iDterrogStoTies
printed, and that the printing and postage on the
same be paid out of the State treasury.
On motion Of Mr. PAYNE. the rule was sus-
pended and the resolution adopted.
ELLIS INTRODUCED,
Mr.. PETERS introduced bin to protect the
rights of married women, which passed on lie first
reading, and was referred to the special committee
On motion OF BIr. THOMPSON, it was ordered
that hundred copies of the bill be printed for
the use of the Sc aate.
Mr.. PAYNE introduced bill to change the place
Of paying of certain Bonds of the State Of Tennes
see, which passed on its first reading snd was re-
ferrsd To the Committee on Internal Improvements.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
The following Senate bills were read second
To change the line between the counties of Mont
gemery and Dickson. Passed and referred to the
Committee on New Counties and County Lines.
To furnish the Code TO the commissioners of the
poor and commissioners OF county a.sdemiest
Passed
To allow the Memphis, GAINESVILLE and Louisville
| Railroad Company to receive State aid upon
showing ability TO construct their roadway TO the
Tennessee river. Passed and referred TO the Com
mittee on internal Improvements
Tho repeal the act authorizing the Clerks Of Coun-
ty Courts TO issue license foreign banking com
psnies. withdraw by Mr.. Peters, bill to the
same effect having passed on its third reading
in the Senate yesterday.
To amend the charter Of the city Of Memphis.
Passed and referred to the Committee on Private
Interpretations.
THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
The hour 40 O'Gock) having arrived for the tax
ing up the contested election from the Eighth Sens-
toral District,
Mr. ST0VALL, chairman of the special commit
tee, 10 whom the subjec5 had been referred, pre-
ssn,ed the following report.
The Select Committee, to whom was referred the
claims OF HIllism II. TIbbs and John A. Mi9nis to
q seat in the Senate, from the Eighth Senatorial
District have had the same under consideration,
aud beg leave TO submit the following report, viz
chat, by an act OF the Legislature Of 1912, the
representation the General Assembly Of the State
OF Tennesses was app0rlioned, and that the cOuu-
ties Of Rhes, BledsOe, Bradley, Hamilton and Ma
rion formed the eighth senatorial district Of the
State. That on the 18th of February, 1856, the
General Assembly passed act to attach the tenth
civil district of Bedsoe county, and the hrst and
second civil Districts OF Marion county, 10 the
county Of Hamilton; said act was not 10 take effect
until the Dist Of Ssptembee, 1857. The county Of
Hamilton did net, es your committee report, &C
mall 10 lDn D
attached TO it, by the act referred TO; although, the
territory comprised within those districts became
q part and parcel Of said county Of Hamilton,
cording to the terms and conditions Of said act.
On the 9th Of December, 1857, 10 act was passed
BY the General Assembly Of the Safe, emitted, IAN
act to establish the county or Seqaatehe, &c > IN
which il is enacted, ''Thag new county is hereby
established by the name of Sequstchle, aad formed
out of the conaiy Of Hamilton, and bounded as
follows" The set then goes on TO give the bOun
diaries Of the new county Of Sequatchle, which In
eluded the districts of country taken from the
counties Of Marion aud Bledsoe and attached TO
Hamilton By the act OF 1856, already referred 10.
BY the terms and provisions Of this act it went into
immediate eieei; and II was expressly provided,
that the new county CT Sequstehle should have all
the pc andprviieges sRd be suhyect 10 tue same
restrictions as lhe other counties 10 the Sac
The facts in TIE case show that in Pursuance OF
said act the county Of Sequatehie was organized;
q county court was holden the lst Monday IN
January, 1888, officers appointed, ana IN iaeI, sad
county assumed all the tuactlOns and ofhees when
peraneo to :he old counties OF The State, and was
as much a county contemplation Of law, on tue
Ali day OF March, 1858 as were the eou2ues OF Da-
wilson williamson or Rutherford. And after the
eomnlete organization OF said county, the General
Assembly passed act to change the line between
the COUNTIES of rnady and Sequseaie, Jefferson and
Granger, Van buren, ami White, Dehslb and
smith, Polk and Bradley, Wilson and Cannon,
Rutherford and Cofise, Haywood eqd Madison,
and the counties OF Anderson and kcane In
der that Law portion Of Grumpy vas al
tlehsd to the county of SequsfehIe, IN the same
WAY aud by virtue OF the sAme power IN the L-g-
slature that portion Of territory Of Coffee county
WSs attached 10 the county OF hUtheTfnd; POI
ton Of Wilson attached to the county Of tsnnoo;
por1iop of Hsysccd attached TO the coupty Of Sisd-
ison; snS in THIS Sery casa three districts from Ma
rion and BIsds6s bad been by the preceding Legis-
lature attached 10 the county of ambition. 50 it
will be seen lat the county Of sequstcEIe gas es.
tsbhshed on the 9h day Of December, 1906 thst 1t
WAS organized into q county, on the lst MONDAY OF
January 1853 with all the functions OF county
full and complete in all it's Offices, requiring no sd
ditiousl act Of Legislation TO make II more perfect
than it was as a new county; hence your commit
mittee conclude that the object in changing the
lines between Sequatchie and Grundy could not
have been to aid in formi. q county which hsd al
ready been formed, o. in organizing county "hlch
had already been fully organized: bat must have
been and doubtless was 30 promote the convenience
Of the people of that portion of Grundy county who
sought to De included in the county of Sequatchte
The same power that enables the Legs AZURE to
change comfy lines in other cases, eIeted IN this
case under consideration, and the same rights enc
priyileRCs which the citizens possessed who are at
tached from other counties must Of necessity have
pertained to the citizens Of Gruudy who we're TO-
cluded by change county lines within the bouods
Of the county of Sequatchis We cannot feel nor
spnrecate the force Of the reasoning which permits
the citizen of Coffee who is attached by Legisls-
five act 10 the county Of Rutherford to vote as
freeman in the county TO kiob he is attached, while
the citizen of Grundy is denied like sacred priv
ilege on his part. .-,.,.,.,-
kut il is argued with some degree Of FEASIBILITY,
that constitutional disability far as this right
ia concerned, attended the Grundy county citizen,
and for the purpose Of sustaining the argument,
the eth and 9th 10 tons, Of Article 10 o. the Con-
stitutisn of the 5 ate Of Tennessee are relied
ON. The 4th Section provides. " New c;uutiss
NAV be established by the Legislature TO con-
sist of not less than three hundred and fifty
SQUARE miller, and which shall contain g popu-
lstion Of four hundred and fifty qualified voters"
The sth Section provides that the citizens who
NAV be included 10 any county, shall vote with
tbs county or cognties from which they may have
baeu stricken off, for members of Congress- for
Governor, and for members CT the General Assem-
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