The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-02
TENNESSEE LEsIsLATERR.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, Feb. /.

THUssDAT, Feb. /.
The senste met al 9 O'Clock q. H..
Mr.. Frazier, Of Knox, introduced Senate
bill No.s94, 20 pay Tor painting a life axe
likeness o. MAJOR General Thomas, autho. %
izea BY President Johnson, while Military
Governor Of this State The painting is a
u7ost perfect Z The sklifuI artist IS G..
= Drury. Ine Pill approprates $500 for
the shove p1rpose- Passed fTst reading.
BIZ Bosom introduced Senate bill No
20, 10 incorporate the Tennessee aud North
western OIL Company. Passed first read
ing.
Ihe following pro et-Ess-Pre=ented-b by
Mr. Trimble, and spread on the Journal
The undersigned dissents from and pro
tests against tue passage Of Senate bill No.
zs4J entitled Especial Act 10 remove The
county seat Of Wayne county" amended II
I the Hease Of Representatives., and pTovid-
ing for the establishment of a new county,
from parts Of Madlson-Hsswood, Gibson
and Dyer, called Crockett; also for the re-
moral Of the county sites Of Cooke and Mon
roe counties.
The general law of the land, sections 90
and 2Lot1he Code, prescribeA the terms on
which such removal hal be made. There
must be memorial TO the General Assembly.
II must be advertised for six months before
the nesting Of the General Assembly, at the
Courthouse Of the county ard the usual
places of holding elections in such civil dis.
t~ricssof the Intention 70 present such me-
mortal, etc. There shall be delivered 10 the
General Assembly, with the memorial, u
fair and correct plat Of the county, etc,
made on aetusl survey and re.urned on oath.
These requirements were not compiled with.
article 9 OF section 10 of the Constitution
declares that new counties may be estab-
lished, to consist OF not less than three hun
dred and fifty square miles and contain four
handred~ant fifty Qualified voters. New
eountg line shall not approach the court
hCuseof Eaaold county nearer than twelve
miles, etc, nor shall the old county be re
duced 70 less than six hundred and tweaty-
five square miles.
Section So Of the Code provides that no.
tice Of the intentiSn-to petition for a new
county shah be posted on a County Court
day at least sixty days preceding the annu-
al election Of Representatives 10 the General
Assembly, at the front door OF the CONT
house Of the counties from which the new
county is proposed 70 be formed.
Il the Judgment OF the undersigned, the
true construction Of the above section OF the
Constitution, that previous to the passage Of
a law establishing a new county, there
should be a survey Of the territory proposed
as a new county, tbatit may be known as a
matter OF Reasonable certainty that there is
the requisite number Of square miles re-
CURED blythe Constitution, and there should
be satisfactory evidence that the lines Of the
new county donot approach the Court house
OF any cd county nesrsr than twelve miles,
etc, aad-ofa all the requirements Of the Con-
%stitution, being referred TO The Committee
on Counties and County Lines, for this ex-
press purpose, and the attention OF the
Committee being called 10 the necessity
for sUch evidence, no such evidence was
produced. The verbal report Of the Chair
maD admitted there was no such proof.
Therefore, for the reasons concisely stated,
the undersigned protests against the pas
sage Of the act; and requests that his pro-
tess may be entered on The journals.
j [Signedl JOIN TRINRLE.
The following Senate bills passed their
third roaming:
To pay for work and labor done at he
Capitol
To i~neOrPorhte the TrunicO IL and Mining
Company.
To incorporate the Louisville Petroleum
and Mining Company.
To establish the Bsnk@of Knoxvi le and
Peoples Bsnk.v .-r .rr
After considerable discussion on this bill,
without coming 20 a vote, the senate ad-
govrned TO 9alA., tomorrow.