Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-20

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e ing new one, the seat of justice in sal
county shall not be removed without tn
2 concurrence of two-thirds of bot
/ branches of the Legislature, nor shall SAT-
, old county be reduced to less than 90
/ square miles,
Mr.. Hill of Gibson, proposed to strik
out 625 in the above and insert $50. Tn
, amendment was laid on the table
''Six hundred and twenty-five wa
stricken out and ''five hundred" inserted
instead by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Baxter
Blizzard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown
of Henry, Carroll, Gibson and Madison
Burkett, Carter, Chowning, Coffin, Cum
mings, Cypert Davenport, Dibrel,
Doherty, Fielder, Gardner, Gaut, Gibbs,
Gibson, Goldon, He;skell, Henderson,
Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, House OF
Williamson, Ivie, Key, Kirkpatrick,
Mabry, Martin, Meeks, Netherland, Parker,
Porter of Henry, Sample, Seay, Shepard,
Stephens, Thompson of Maury, Turner,
Waters, Warner, Williamson-46
Noes-Messrs. Arledge, Brandon,
Brown of Davidson, Burton, Byrne,
Deaderick, Dromgoole, Finley, Garner,
House of Davidson, Robertson and Mont
gomery, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Kyle,
DIcDougal, McNabb, Morris, Nicholson,
Porter of Haywood, Shelton, Staley, Tay-
lor, Thompson of Davidson, Wright-24.
Mr. Gibbs offered the following in lieu
of the whole subject of new counties:
provided, That no old county shall be
reduced in forming new county to less
territory than $50 square mines, and no
section of an old county shall be taken off
| to form q new one, or be transferred to
another, without a majority of the voters
| of said section voting therefor.
1t was laid on the table by vote of IS
to Is.
Mr.. House, of Montgomery, proposed
the following amendment, 20 be added as
an independent section.
"WheneYer any county may have taken
| stock in railroad or other corporation
and fraction of said county shall be
taken to form a new county, or shall be
added to another county by change of
county lines, the inhabitants or property
holders within said fraction shall cOntin-
ue liable to the payment of all taxes nee
essary to pay heinteIest on any bonds that
may have been issued in aid of any sub
scription of stock to pay said bonds, until
the same are fully paid.
Mr.. Mabry offered the following amend
ment to the above, which was laid on the
/ table: provided the railroad for which
the liability was incurred passes through
any part of the territory taken off to form
new county or within three miles of the
| same"
Mr.. Gardner proposed the following
amendment to Mr.. Houses proposition:
"And the General Assembly shall have
power, by appropriate legislation, to en-
force the provisions of this section"
1t was received, after which Mr.. Houses
amendment was adopted.
A resolution was introduced excepting
a large number of counties from the 500
square mile provision, but was Withdrawn.
Mr.. Fentress offered proposition that
| one-third of the legal voters in an old
| county must first sanction the cutting off
| of any portion of said county with a
view of making new county. It was
laid on the table.
The remainder of the first paragraph Of
| the Committees report was read as fol-
| lows: Provided, however, that the fol-
| lowing exceptions be made to the fore
| going 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 low wa
ter mark of Reel Foot Lake.
Mr.. Gardner offered the following,
which was rejected:
"Strike out lines one and two, and in
sert 'Out of that portion of ObiOn county
| lying west Of low water-mark, on the
east side of Reel Foot Lake. "
The report of the committee was
| adopted as to ObiOn county.
| Mr. Kirkpatrick offered an amendment,
providing that new county may be
| formed as follows:
"Out of territory made up of fractions
of Granger, Jefferson and Green counties,
but no line of such county shall approach
the Courthouse of Granger county nearer
than the HOlstOn river, at the point near
| est said Courthouse, nor shall any line
| thereof approach the Courthouse Of JEFF
| fersOn county nearer than eleven miles,
nor the Courthouse of Greene county
nearer than to begin at the town of War
| renburgh, on the NOlechucky river,
thence directly to Bulls Gap; provided,
| that neither of said old counties shall be
reduced below five hundred square miles. y
The Convention adjourned till P. NJ.
Night Session.
The report of the Committee on New
Counties was taken up. The following
was read:
GA new county may be established out
| of SgTritOry made up of fractions of Sum
ner, Macon and Smith counties; but no
line of such county shall approach the
| courthouse of Sumner nearer than nine
and a half miles, nor 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 square 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.
Mr. Allen offered the following amend
ment, which was accepted:
Provided, That nothing herein con-
tanned shall exempt that portion Of Smith
county thus detached from the payment
of its due proportion of debts of said
county contracted previous TO such separ-
alton.
Mr.. Turner opposed the report of the
committee in the strongest terms.
Mr.. Seay defended the report of the
committee at some length, after which it
was adopted rs amended by a vote of 81
to %.
A motion was made to reconsider, which
was postponed till Monday.
The following proposition was next
taken up:
ga new county may be formed out of
territory made up of fractions of Jackson
and OvertOn counties but no line of such
county shall approach the courthouse of
| jackson county or of Overton county
nearer than ten miles.
Mr.. Brooks offered the following amend
ment, which was adopted:
'tSaid new county shall contain not less
than 400 qualified voters, nor shall the
area of either of said old counties be re-
duced below 450 square miles.
The report of the committee, as
amended, was adopted.
The following proposition of the com
mittee was read:
"The counties of Lewis, Cheatham and
Sequatchie, 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 new county, OF
any part thereof, or attached to any adj
| inininr county "