Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-10
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| not less than two hundred and fifty square
miles, and which shall contain a pOpula-
ton of four hundred and fifty qualified
voters. No line of such county shall ap-
| prOach the court house of any old county
from which it may be taken nearer than
twelve miles. No part of county shall
be taken off to make new county, or a
| part thereof, without the consent of a
majority of the qualified voters in such
part taken off, and in all cases where an
old county may be reduced for the pur-
| pose of forming new ones, the seat of
| justice in said old county shall not be
removed without the concurrence of two
thirds of both branches of the Legislature,
nor shall said old county be reduced to
less than six hundred and twenty-five
square miles: Pr00ided, however,
that the following exceptions be
made to the foregoing provisions,
viz: New counties may be
established by the present or any sue
ceeding Legislature, out of the following
territory, tO-wit; Out of that portion of
Obion county which lies west of the low
water mark of Reel Foot Lake.
| Out of territory made up of fractions of
Sumner, Macon and Smith counties, but
no line of such county shall approach the
| Courthouse of Sumner county nearer than
nine and a half miles, nor of Smith county
nearer than ten miles, nor shall any line
thereof include any territory of Macon
county lying within nine and half miles
of the Courthouse of Macon county, nor
shall more than twenty squares miles be
taken from Macon county, nor shall the
area of Sumner or Smith counties be re-
duCed below four hundred square miles in
the formation of said new county.
Out of territory made up of fractions
of jackson and Overton counties, but no
line of such county shall approach the
courthouse of Jackson or of OYerton
county nearer than ten miles.
Out of territory made up of fractions
of Granger and Jefferson counties, but no
line of such county shall approach the
courthouse of Granger county nearer than
the Holston river at the point nearest said
courthouse, nor shall any line thereof ap-
prOach the courthouse of Jefferson county
nearer than eleven miles.
Out of territory made up of fractions
of Rome, Monroe and Blount counties,
but no line of such new county shall ap-
proach the towns of Maryville, Kingston
and Madison, nearer than eleven miles.
The counties of Cheatham and Sc
quatchie, as now established by legisla-
tive enactments, are hereby declared to be
constitutional counties: Provided, that no
other territory of BledsOe county shall be
taken to form a new comfy or any part
thereof, or attached to any adjoining
county.
Sec. 3. The citizens who may be in
cluded in any new county, shall vote with
the county or counties from which they
may have been stricken off, for members
of Congress, for Governor, and for men,
bers of the General Assembly, until the
next apportionment of members to the
General Assembly after the establishment
of such new county.
MINORITY REPORT.
Mcssrs. Gibbs, Seay and Warren pre-
scented a minority report, agreeing with
the majority recommending the establish
ment of new counties with an area of $50
square miles, but nOn-concurring in the
opinion that no old county shall be reduced
below an area Of 625 square miles pre-
scribed by the Constitution of 1884.
They propose to amend the Constitution
as follows:
Provided, That no old county shall be
reduced in forming new county TO
less territory than 45O square miles, and
no section of an old county shall be taken
TO form q new one, or be transferred to
another county without a majority of the
voters of said section voting therefor
One hundred copies were ordered print
ed Of each report
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
The proposition of Mr.. Netherland
adopted yesterday, providing that the
counties of Hawkins, Hancock, Union,
Campbell, Scott, Morgan, Grundy, Sum
ncr, Smith, FentreSs, Van Buren,, White,
Putnam, OvertOn, jackson, Cumberland,
Cooke, Macon, Anderson and ROane be
excepted out of the provisions of article
II, section 90, of this Constitution, and
that the assent of a majority of the quail
ified voters of either of said counties
voting on the question shall be sufficient
when the credit of such county is given
or loaned to any person, association or
WI 'bA i lONlNAIttT lllll lllJ NNil llllbI
of the counties above named shall not be
in force beyond the year 1880, and after
that period they shall be subjected to the
thrce-fOurths majority applicable to the
other counties of the State, was referred
TO the Committee on Enrolment.
TAXATION.
The Convention now took up section
Is of the Legislative Department. The
first paragraph was read as, follows:
All property, real, personal or mixed,
shall be taxed, except such as may be held
by the State, by counties, cities or towns,
and used exclusively for public or corpO-
ration purposes, and such as may be held
and used exclusively for purposes purely
religious, charitable, scientific, literary or
educational, and except 81, 900 worth of
personal property in the hands of each
taxpayer, and the direct product of the
soil in the hands of the producer
Mr.. Thompson, of Maury, proposed TO
amend by making the paragraph read,
''and the Legislature may except s., 900
worth, etc.
After some discussion the amendment
was rejected.
Mr.. Fcntress proposed TO amend by
striking out the words ''except s., 900
worth of personal property in the hands
of each taxpayer" 1t was rejected by
a vote of 50 to 10. ~
Mr.. Porter, of Haywood, proposed TO
amend as follows: After the word "edu-
cational, in section %, line 2, insert the
following: ''ThGre shall be exempt $500
worth of real estate and $500 worth of
personal property in the hands of each
taxpayer, and the direct products of the
soil in the hands of the producer"
On motion of Mr.. Nethcrland, all
amendments were laid on the table
Mr.. Fentrcss moved to strike out the
word personal, 50 that 81, 900 worth of
property, either real or personal, in the
hands of each tax payer should be ex-
Gmpt.
Mr.. Stephens offered an amendment
providing that all property shall be taxed
except such as may be held by counties,
cities and towns, for agricultural fairs or
chartered by the State and used exclusive
ly for public or corporation purposes and
except such real estate as may be held
and used exclusively for the purpose of
religious worship, or held and used ex-
clusivcly as public shhoOls, academies,
colleges, cemeteries, asylums for the in
sane, for orphans or for the INDECENT; also,
$1,000 worth of personal property in the
hands of each tax payer.
This was rejected by a vote of So to
l6.
Mr.. Ivie offered an amendment to the
first four lines of the report of the COM
mittee, as follows: ''All lands held by