Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-14

public notice for at least thirty days, at
five public Tplaces in each of said frac-
tons, that on q day to be designated by
them. in each civil district, an election
| viii be opened and held at which all per-
sons who are entitled to vote for members
of the General Assembly, and who Rave
resided six months in said county, shall
be entitled to vote for county site for.said
county, and who shallnlsovote for andelect
one Sheriff for said county, a Clerk for
the County Court, and also Clerk for
| the Circuit Court and all other officers for
said county required by existing laws ex-
cept such Justices of the Peace and Con-
stables as may be in Office in either of
said fractions, who shall hold their Of
fees, and exercise all the powers with all
the privileges and enloluments vested in
them by existing laws until the expira-
ton of Their term of Office, and until
their successors are elected and qualified,
and all such officers so elected shall con-
| tinue to hold their offices and exercise
the functions thereof until the next regu-
lar election of such officers as now pro-
vided by law, and The returns of said
| election shall be made to the Chairman
of said Board of Commissioners, who
shall proceed to compare the votes in the
presence of said Board as provided in
section six of this act, and shall certify
the result thereof, and said election shall
be held in the same manner, and Judges
and Clerks and officers shall be appointed
! with the same powers and whose duties
shall be the same as provided in section
six of this act.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, That
the place receiving majority of the
votes cast in said election, shall be the
county site of said county, and on the
first Monday in the month succeeding
said election all the Justices of the Peace
in said county now in Office, or who may
| be in office at that time, shall meet at
the place selected by said vote as the
county site for said county, and proceed
to organize the County Court of said
county, by the election of chairman
and other officers that the County Courts
of other counties have right to elect,
and shall proceed to qualify and induct
into Office all such officers for said county
as may have been elected as herein pro-
vided, and who shall produce and file a
certificate of their election from the
Chairman of said Board of Commission
ers, and such officers shall execute the
same bonds and have the same powers
and privileges, and be subject to the same
| duties and liabilities as the officers of
/ other counties in this State.
| Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the
! County Court of said county of Hamblen,
when organized as herein provided, and the
county site shall be located as herein pro-
vided, shall proceed to acquire by pur-
Chase or otherwise such grounds as may
| be necessary for the use of said county,
and to make all such orders and regula-
| tons for the erection of all necessary
public buildings for said county; to levy
and collect taxes to tiefray the expense of
erecting public buildings and other county
expenses in said county in the same man
ner and to theSame extent thai the County
| Courts of other counties have by existing
laws: Provided, That no additional taxes
shall be levied or collected from the
people in said county for the year 1871,
other than has already been assessed.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
said Board of Commissioners, upon the
organization of the County Court of said
county as herein provided, snail be dis
solved and their powers and duties cease,
and that upon filing copy of the original
minutes of their proceedings, the same
shall be entered on the minutes of said
| County Court and shall constitute q part
of the records thereof, and said Board
shall render az account of the expenses
incurred by them in the organization of
said county, which shall be allowed by
the County Court, and paid out of the
County Treasury, together with such
allowance for their services as the County
Court may deem reasonable.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the
Governor shall issue commissions to all
persons elected Justices of the Peace in
said county at the election provided for,
| to serve until the next regular election of
Justices of the Peace under the Constitu-
| ton of this State, and the certificate of
the Chairman of the County Court of said
county of the election of such persons,
shall be evidence to the Governor of that
fact.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the
county of Hamblen shall be attached to
the Second Judicial Circuit, and the Cir.
cult Court for said county shall be held
by the Judge of said circuit on the first
Mondays in June, October and February,
in each and every year; and said county
shall constitute one Chancery District,
and the Chancellor for the Eastern Divi-
sion shall hold the Chancery Courts fol
said county on the second Mondays OF
January and July of each year; provided
nothing in this act shall be construed Sc
as to prevent the courts of Granger ant
jefferson counties from having and exer
cising Jurisdiction over the territory com
posing the county of Hamblen and thu
citizens in as full and ample manner a
they now have, until the organization Of
said county, and the election of county
officers as provided in this act, And Thu
Tax Collectors of Jefferson and Grange
counties shall have two years from thu
passage of this act to collect all taxes as
sessed iu either of said fractions prior t.
the year 1870, with all the powers anC
4 Will lllC ICAuOulCS W IAl1ClOS bu'
| collection of the same that they have BY
existing laws.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, Tha
the Commissioners appointed by this &C
/ be, and they are hereby, authorized tt
exercise all the powers conferred in thi
act, and such other powers as may b,
necessary and proper to complete tn
organization of the county of Hamblen.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That al
causes now pending, or which may b.
. pending at she time of the organization o
said county, in any of the courts of eithe
jefferson and Granger counties, between
citizens pending within the limits of tn,
| new county, shall be transferred to tn
: county having jurisdiction thereof in sal,
county of Hamblen; and all suits pend
ing, or which may be pending against an
defendant residing within the limits o
t the new county, shall, if the plaintiff con
g sent thereto, also be transferred to sal,
D county; and all.prosecutions pending, o
1 which may be pending in the courts o
either of the counties of Granger o
: Jefferson, for violations of the crimins
n law, where the crime is charged to hav
: been committed within the limits of tn
new county, as hereby established, sha,
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