The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-19
EAsgTENNEss ZEE XsA STATE.
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The Preliminary Steps Proposed.

SENATOR Matthew'S onsthc 12th intro
duced the following resolutions:
"A JoINT REsoLUrIoS Of both houses of the
General Assembly Of the State Of Tennessee.
ccding what is commonly known Us East
Tennessee to the United States'of America,
looking to the establishment of u new state
b Of the sanre, by consent Of eungrcss. N's7'''-
Resolred bythe lGeaes0t ..4ysessdlyot
the State 'iof TeabeSsce, That the icon
sent of the. Legislature of the State. OF
Tennessee is hereby given to the forma-
ton and admission Into the Union as a
separate State of that portion Of the
State of Tennessee commonly ..resog-
nizcd rs East Tennessee, comprising he
counties of Anderson. Bledsoe, Blotlht,
Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne,
Cooke, Granger, Greene, Hawkins,
Hamilton, ,lIancock, j Jefferson, johnson,
Knox, McMinn,. Meigs, Marion, Mon
roe, Morgan, Polk, Rhca Roanc, SEWER,
Scott, sullivan. Washington, Union,
Cumberland and Sequatchic, making q
total of thirty-ono counties. ~ .,l. 81
This consent is given upon the condi-
ton that majority of The delegates Of
a convention as hereinafter provided
shall desire, and vote for the formation
of q separate State out of the territory
comprised anil included in the afore-
mentioned counties. The said conven-
ton shall be chosen by the qualified
voters in the said thirty-onc counties.
at an election to be holden according to
existing laws now in force in Tennessee
in regard to the election of members to
the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, and at the usual voting
places in such elections. on the second
Thursday i'll April, 1869, being the
eighth day thereof; and each Senatorial
district in East Tennessee shall BE cnti-
tod to elect two members Of said con-
vention. and each Representative and
Pictorial district shall be entitled to
elect one member of said convention.
The convention so elected shall meet in
the city Of Knoxville on the first Mon
day i'll May, 1869, and be empowered to
form Il constitution for the said propos-
ed new State provided a majority of
the said convention, when assembled,
shall desire the formation of a new
State. And the State Of Tennessee
gives its consent, by its Legislature, to
the formation of u new State, upon the
further condition that the said new
State so to be formed shall, through its
said convention, agree to assume all
that portion of the bonded debt of
Tennessee which has been incurred in
aid of the construction of works of III
tcrnal Improvement that have been con-
structcd or now in process Of construc-
ton within the said thirty-onc coun-
ties by way Of loan or Endorsement of
bonds by the State. And should said
State be formed and admitted into the
Union in compliance with these terms,
and those following. the State of Ten
ncssec agrees that the new State TO be
formed shall be subrogated to all
the rights and liens Of the State of Ten
ncssce to secure the payment Of said
bonded debt.
And the consent of the Legislature is
given upon the following conditions
also. to wit: That the said convention
shall release all claims to any property
the Middle and Western grand divis-
ions thereof, consisting, among other
things, of the State Capitol, the Peni-
Tertiary, the Lunatic Asylum. the
Blind Institute and the Hermitage prop
erty, upon the conditions that the State
of Tennessee shall pay to said new
State so to be formed, its equal portion
of the school fund Of the State now in
and due the Treasury; said proportion
to be asccrtained upon the basis of rep
resentation and amount of taXables in
the State. And should said new State
be so formed and admitted into the
Union, the State of Tennessee hereby
assumes all the remaining debt of the
State of Tennessee of all kinds, and will
provide for the payment thereof.
A certified copy Of this resolution,
under the seal of the State shall be
promptly forwarded to the State De-
partment of the United States, and the
members of Congress from this State,
should said convention vote for the for
nation of q new State in accordance
with this resolution, are requested to
urge that the consent of Congress be
given to the admission of said new
State into the Union. ,....
Be it further resolved, That this reso-
luton take effect from and after its
adoption.
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