Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-13
NEW CouNTIEs.
NEW COUNTIES.
Rv Mr. Gihhs.

, as to read as follows:
: New counties may be established BY
D the Legislature TO consist of not less than
{ three hundred square miles of territory
{ | and to contain not less than four hundred
qualified voters; no part of a county
T shall be taken off to form new county
| or part thereof, without the consent of
majority of the qualified voters in Such
, part taken off, nor shall such old county
be reduced thereof to less than four hun
, dred square miles: provided, however,
that the present or any succeeding .Legis-
lature may establish new county out of
that portion of Obion county lying west
of low water mark on the west bank of
Reel Foot Lake, with less territory than
four hundred square miles and less than
five hundred voters.
/ FINANCE, CORPORATIONS, ETC.
BY Mr.. Heiskell:
Resolved, That the rights and privileges
of the municipal corporations of this State
shall not be infringed or their charters
changed by the Legislature without their
consent.
NEW COUNTIES.
Mr.. Seay, of Sumner, Smith and Macon,
offered the following:
Resolved, That the Constitution sbe
amended SO that new counties may be
established by the Legislature, to consist
of not less than 200 square miles and con-
tain population of $50 votes. No line
of such county shall approach the Court
house of any old county from which it
may betaken nearer than eight miles, and
no part of the county shall be taken from
such county or part thereof without
majority of the qualified voters in such
| part taken off shall consent thereto; and
when an old county may be reduced for
the purpose of forming a new one, the |
area of said old county shall not be re-
duced to less than $50 square miles
| RATE OF INTEREST.
BY Mr.. Heiskell-
| Resolved, That the Legislature shall
have no power to restrict the right of par
| ties to contract for rate of interest not |
| exceeding ten per cent. per anuum on |
money loaned
By Mr., Warner
Resolved, That article 2, section II of |
the Constitution of the State of Tennes-
| see be so amended as to insert the words |
''Of the entire number" between ''twO- |
thirds" and expell.n
IMPEACHMENr.
Mr.. Jones, of Lincoln, Offered the fol |
| lowing:
L. Resolved, That the Committee on the |
Legislative Department inquire into the |
propriety of providing for the pardoning
of persons convicted in impeachments.
LAW MAKING.
BY NJ Burton:
i. Every law enacted by the Legisla- /
| ture shall embrace but one subject or OBJ |
ieet, and that shall be distinctly expressed |
in the title.
2. No law shall be revised or amended |
by reference to its title, but in such case
| the act revised or amended shall be re- /
enacted and published at length.
THE FRANCHISE.
BY Mr.. Sample:
Resolved, That every male person hav-
ing arrived at the age of tWenty-Onc |
years, and not having forfeited his right |
by crime, being citizen of the United |
States, and citizen of the county for six |
months previous to the election, shall be |
entitled TO vote, without regard to race or
color.
Resolved, That no hymenial contracts |
or amalgamation between the white and |
colored races, shall be countenanced or 1
tolerated by law in the State of Tennes-
see.
THE FINANCES.
BY Dir. Brown, of Davidson
To section of article IL, add: But |
the Legislature shall have power to pass |
10, int
and within the limits therein prescribed |
contracts shall be valid and binding.
New section Is, article II: The faith |
of the State is hereby pledged for the re-
demption of all its obligations, and shall
forever remain inviOlate. And the Gen
eral Assembly is required, without delay,
to take such steps and to adopt such
means as may be necessary and adequate
| to meet the interest on the public debt,
| and to discharge the debt itself as fast as
/ it natures.
\ SUFFRAGE.
Strike out section 81 in act 2, and in
| sert "That the General Assembly shall
have power to provide by law that all
voters shall be required to vote within the
| civil districts or wards in which they re-
side, and shall have power also to pass
laws TO protect all voters in the free ex
| ercise of their choice
FINANCE.
| That the following sentence in section
%, act 2, be stricken out, viz: "But the
Legislature shall have power TO tax mer
chants, pedlars and privilege in such man
ner as they may from time to time di-
rect" and insert, "But the Legislature
shall have power TO require of of all per
sons who buy or sell as vocation, to
take out a license, for which they shall
pay o sum not exceeding one per cent in
proportion to the taxes assessed, on their
capital for the current year."
| Sec. Z, article II. Strike out the fol
lowing, viz: provided alwaysthe Legis-
lature shall have power to grant such
character of incorporation as they may
deem expedicnt for the public good" and
insert: "And shall have no power to
grant charters of incorporation, either
municipal or private, but may pass laws
authorizing the Chancery, Circuit or
| County Courts to grant all such charters
under such rules and regulations as are or
may be prescribed by law. Provided,
that no municipal corporation or county
/ SLdll NC duIllOIlLCu W dhJ uOOO
without an adequate levy of taxes to meet
the same, except by vote of twO-thirds
of all the voters of such corporation or
county, counting by the last preceding
gubcfnatorial election.
! CLERKS AND MAsTERs.s
| By Mr.. Warner
Resolved, That the Chancery Court
Clerks and Masters be elected by the quail
fled voters of their respective counties,
and the time place and manner of their
election and term of office be the same as
Circuit and County Court Clerks.
SUPREME JUDGES
Mr.. Staley Offered the following resolu-
lions:
Resolved, That the Judges of the Su-
premc, Circuit and Chancery Courts, and
the Attorney General for the State, and
the Attorney General for the several Judi
cial Circuits in the State, shall be nomi-
mated, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appointed by the
Governor.
Resolved, That Judges of the Supreme
Court shall not be less than forty years of
age, and Judges of the Circuit Courts
shall not be less than thirty-five years
of age.
| MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL.
Mr.. Staley offered the following resolu-
tons:
! : Resolved, That section l of article 8 of