Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-21
THE CONVENTION.
TENTH DAY.

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TENTH DAY.
THURSDAY, Jan. 20, 1870.-The Con
vention met at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Prave
was offered by Rev. Mr.. Inman. of tn,
Second Baptist Church.
The journal of yesterday was read anC
corrected and approved.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
The President directed the Secretary tC
call the roll for petitions and resolutions
MIR. Brooks submitted the following:
Resolved, That the Constitution be SC
amended that Justices of the Peace shall
have full jurisdiction on promisory notes
to the amount of $500; further, that said
/ Justices of the Peace shall have full iuris.
diction of $3.50 on accounts and attach
ments or replevin.
Be it further Resolved, That in trials
under the above section the Justice shall
on application of either party cause to be
submitted to jury of three or five men
to try the cause and hear the testimony,
and render verdict on the same, and be
governed by the rules governing juries in
courts of record, subject to appeal by
either party.
| COUNTY TRUSTEE.
Mr.. Kyle offered the following:
| Whereas, The Office of County Trus-
tee costs the various counties of the State,
annually, from $50, 900 to $4,000, the
incumbents thereof, rendering inadequate
and but little service therefor; and
Whereas, 1t behooves every lover of
the State, in our straitened financial
condition, to look well to an economical
administration of our State Government;
therefore,
Resolved, That the proper committee
be directed to inquire into the propriety
Establishing the Office of County Trus-
tee, and substituting the County Court
Clerk, or some other county official, to
the duties thereof.
SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
Mr.. Coffin presented long petition
from the citizens of Morristown and
vicinity, urging the Convention to pro-
vide for the passage of a law enabling
| citizens of district, town or county to
Danish intoxicating liquors from their
midst by direct vote of the people
Mr.. Fulkerson presented a similar pc
tition from citizens of Jefferson county.
Both petitions were referred to the Com
mittee on Legislative Department.
HOUR OF MEETING.
Mr.. Gibson offered a resolution that
hereafter the Convention meet at 81
o'clock. The resolution was laid over
under the rules.
COUNTY OF sEQUATCHIE.
Mr.. Hill, of Warren, offered the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That the Committee on New
Counties and County Lines be instructed
to report an amendment to article <, sec
ton 4, of the Constitution, so as to de-
clare Sequatchie county constitUtionally
established, as its boundaries are now de-
fined by legislative enactment.
EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
Mr.. Kyle offered the following:
Whereas, 1t is notorious that the Legs
lativc Department of the Government
have granted privileges to express and
telegraph companies that are in conflict
with the interests of the great masses of
the people, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the proper COmmitte be
| directed to inquire into the propriety of
so amending our Constitution as to re-
strain and prohibit the said companies
from making exoTbitant and unreasOn-
able charges for their services. Referred
to the Committee on Internal Improve
ments, Finance, etc.
NEW COUNTY.
Mr.. Kyle presented a petition in regard
4, IL r. e. e l.
also offered the following resolution in
regard thereto:
Resolved, That new county may be
| formed by the Legislature, out of the
territory around the town of LOudOn, in
ROane, and of Philadelphia, in Monroe
counties, to be composed of fractions of
the counties of Roane, Monroe and
Blount, provided that said county shall
not approach within less than ten miles
of the county seats of either of said coun-
ties, and shall not reduce the territorial
limits of either of said old counties to less
than 500 square miles, and said new
county shall contain an area of at least
300 square miles, and voting population
of not less than GOO,
CLERKS AND MASTERS.
Mr.. Thompson, of Maury, presented a
petition from citizens of Maury county,
asking that Clerks and Masters of the
Chancery Courts in this State be elected
by the people of their respective counties
or districts.
By Mr.. Williams:
Resolved, That section /, article NV,
of the Constitution be amended by adding
the following: And every bill which shall
have passed the Senate and the House of
Representatives, shall, before it becomes
law, be presented to the Governor, who, if
he approve, shall sign it, but if not, he shall
return it, with his objections, to that
| house in which it shall have originated
who shall enter the objections at large on
their journal and proceed to reconsider 1t.
| If. after such reconstruction, two-thirds OF
the members present shall agree to pass
the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections,
to the other house, by which it shall
be likewise reconsidered, and if approved
| by two-thirds of all the members present,
| il shall become law, notwithstanding the
| objections of the Governor. But in all
such cases the vote of both Houses shall
be determined by yeas and nays, and the
names of the members voting for and
against the bill, shall be entered on the
| journal of each House respectively. II
any bill shall not be returned by the Gov
ernor within ten days Mondays excepted
after 1t shall have been presented to him,
the same shall be law in like manner as
if he had signed it, unless the Legislature
shall by their adjournment, prevent its re-
| turn, in which case it shall not be a law.
ELECTIONS.
Mr.. Meeks offered the following:
| Resolved, That the Committee on ElcC-
tons be requested to inquire into the pro-
priety of not interfering with the elections
which are to take place on the -- day
of March next for county officers Of this
State.
BILL OF RIGHTS.
The President announced that the
next business in order was the con-
slderatiOn of the unfinished bust
ness of yesterday Without objection
the question will be upon the adoption of
the nineteenth section, which the Secre-
tary will read.
Sec. TO- That the printing presses
shall be free TO every person who under