Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-23
TENNESSEE
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hereby established, ont of fractions O
the territory comprising The counties o
Sumner, Macon, Smith and Wilson
around the town of HartsSiile, to b
called "Trousdale" in honor of Governo
VIM. Trousdalc. ~. - -
Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, Tha
said county &C Trousdalc shall be bounded
as follows to wit: Beginning on the norrl
bank of Cumberland river, near the house
of DR.. James Alexander, 10 Smith coun4
~; running thence in north-aasterly di
rection on an arc ten miles from Car.
thage to stake on the Hartsviile and
Carthage turnpike, near the house of Mrs.
Bradley; thence north 40 deg east to
Nous Hill; thence with the meanders of
said hill to stake in the Macon county
line near Raglan's; thence with said line
some ten miles to where said line crosses
the middle fork of Goose creek, near
Ephram Parsley's; thence with the mean
derings of said creek TO the mouth of
the west branch of the middle fork;
thence up said branch with its meanders
to James Bsrnley's at the mouthof Love
| Hollow; thence due west TO the Macon
county line; thence with said west boun-
dairy line southwark to Mabery tree, the
southwest corner of Macon county;
thence on q continuation of the south
boundary line of Macon county, due west
| 10 where said line intersects the east fork
of Bledsoe's creek, near George Browns;
| thence south to the Cumberland river,
crossing the Gsllatin and Hartsville turn
pike ten miles from Gallatin, between
Hallum's shop and the old toll-gate;
thence up said river with its meander, to
David Jackson's, in Wilson county; thence
eastward on an arc eleven miles from
Lebanon, to Cumberland river at the
mouth of Eyerett's branch; thence up
the river with its meanders to McDonald's
warehouse; thence eastwardly on an arc
eleven miles from Lebanon, near Fred.
Terry's and Wilson's, to point in the
Smith county line between James Cal
houn's house and Henry Wards; thence
on an arc ten miles from Carthage, to the
beginning.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
for the purpose of perfecting the organi-
zation of said county of Tfousdale, E.
T. Sesy, S. w. Lesueur, J. S. Dyer,
Howard Young, Col. Jas. H Vaughn,
Robert Burford, Cyrus II. Lauderdale, I
John Carr and T. P. Lowe, are hereby
appointed commissioners, who shall be-
fore entering upon the discharge of their
duties, take an oath to faithfully and i'm
partially discharge all the duties imposed
on them by this act, and all vacancies
that msy occur previous to the organ1za-
ton of the county court of said county,
shall be filed by the remaining commits
sioners. A majority of said commission,
ers shall constitute board to transact all
things enjoined on them. and it shall be
the duty of said board to keep true re-
cord of their proceedings as commission |
ers, which shall be returned to the Coun- 4
ty Court of said county of Trousdale, at |
tie first term, to be entered upon the re-
cord of said court, and said commission |
crs shall make such other reports there |
after as said court shall require.
Sec. (. BE it further enacted, Tia. it |
shall be the duty of said Commissioners |
to designate three voting places in the Sum- |
ner fraction, one in the Macon fraction,
four IN the Smith fraction and two in the |
Wilson fraction, .and shall give ten days, |
notice by written or printed circulars, |
posted in five or more public places in |
each fraction taken from the respective !
counties of Sumner, Macon, Smith and |
Wilson, and that an election will be held |
in which all persons entitled to vote for |
members of the General Assembly who |
have resided in the fraction proposed to |
be stricken off for six months immedi- |
ately preceding said election, shall be en-
titled to vote, and each voter who desires
to vote for the establishment of the New |
County, shall have on his ticket the |
words 'sNew County, and those desiring
to vote against the ''New County, shall |
have on their tickets F0ld County," and
upon the counting of al the votes cast at |
said election in that part of each of |
the counties of Sumner, Macon, Smith, |
and Wilson proposed to be taken off to !
form said county of Trousdale, it shall J
appear that two-thirds of the qualified 7
voters in each of the parts so taken off !
vote in favor of being attached to the !
new county, then that part shall be part
of the county of Trousdale, and the same
is hereby declared to be q county, with /.
all the powers, rights, and privileges, and
subject to all the liabilities and duties |
with other counties in this State; proyi- |
ded, however, that If there should not be |
q two-thirds vote in the Wilson county |
fraction in favor of said now county the |
fractions of Sumner, Macon and Smith |
shall constitute the county of Trousdale. |
Provided, the consent of two-thirds of |
the qualified voters residing IN the part 80
taken off has been legally given. |
Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted, That |
said Commissioners shall appoint Judges
and Clerks to hold said election, and also |
some suitable person as an officer In each
place designated in each fraction, who |
shall have all the powers ard perform I'll |
the duties imposed by law upon other
officers holding elections under the laws /
of this State, and who shall after the polls l
are closed and the vote counted, make out |
and certify the result and return the same
with a copy of the poll books to the chair
man OF said Board of Commissioners,
who shall, when the returns are all re-
ceived, in the presence of the said Board
proceed to compare the vote and certify
the result; and the election therein proyi-
ded for shall be held on the same day in
of said fractions, and if for any
cause the election as herein provided shall
not lie l.eld in any of said fractions on the
day appointed, said Board shall provide
for another election as herein provided in
such fraction.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That said
Commissioners shall have power, and it
shall be their duty to mark the boundary
lines of said county of TrOusdsle, guided
by the marks and bearings set forth in the
second section of this act before the cleo
ton provided in the fourth section of this
act, and It shall be their duty to divide the
said county in such number of civil dis
tricts as the convenience of the inhabi-
tants may require (but in no event shall
there be less than ten civil districts in
said eoGnty) designating the boundaries
of and giving the place of holding in said
districts, and they shall perform such
other duties as may be necessary to carry |
out the provisions of this act.
Sec. 7. Be il further enacted, That
said Commissioners shall appoint such |
suitable persons as they think proper, to
o5-en and hold the election for said county |
Of Trous;Iale, and those so appointed shall
have power TO snpoint Deputies, Clerks |
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