The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-12-07
REPRESENTATION.
Important Changes in the Senatorial
and Representative Districts.

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The following bill--one of the most
important, if not the most important to
the session-was reported to both Houses
Of the General Assembly, by the joint
committee appointed for that purpose
early il tho session;
A hill to be entitled an act to apportion
tho Senatorial and Representative
Districts in the State of Tennessee.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of Tennessee,
That until next enumeration and appor-
tionment Of qualified voters of this State,
each Of the following counties shall elect
one Representative, to-wit:
Sullivan, Washington, Hawkins,
Greene, Jefferson, Knox, Blount, Roane,
McMinn, Hamilton, Warren, Smith, VIII
son, Rutherford, Bedford, Franklin, Lin
coin, Marshall, Williamson, Giles, Maury,
Sumner, Robertson, Montgomery, Hen
ry, Carroll, Weakley, Gibson, Madison,
Henderson, McNairy Hardeman, Fay
cite, Haywood, Dyer, Lauderdale and
Upton.
Sec, 2, Belt further enacted, That the
county of Davidson shall elect four Rep
resentatives, and the county of Shelby
shall elect six Representatives
Sec. 3, Be it further enacted, That the
following counties shall Jointly elect one
| Representative, to-wit: johnson and
Carter Hamblen and Granger, Cooke
and Sewer, Hancock and Claiborne, I'm
ion, Campbell and Scott, Knox and An
dorson, Morgan, Fentress and Brady,
James, DIeigs, Rhea and Cumberland,
Marion, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Grundy
and Van Buren, White and Pullman,
Coffee and Cannon, Wilson, Trousdale
and DeKalb, Jackson, Macon and Clay,
Bedford and Rutherford, Lincoln and
Giles, Williamson and Mamy, Dickson
and Cheatham, Montgomery, Houston
and Stewart, Lawrence and Wayne,
Hickman, Perry and Lewis, Humphreys
and Benton, Hardin and Decatur, Obion
and Lake, Shelby and Fayette, Carroll,
Gibson, Henry and Weakley, Madison,
Haywood and Hardeman, Monroe and
Loudon.
Sec, 4. Be it further enacted, That nm
tiltho next enumeration and apportion-
ment Of the qualified voters of this State,
the following counties shall compose
Senatorial Districts, to-wit:
First District-Johnson Carter, Wash
ingtou and Greene.
Second District Sullivan, Hawkins,
Hamben, Hancock, and Claiborne.
Third District-Cocke, Jefferson, Sew
ier and Blount.
Fourth District-Union, Granger,
Anderson and Knox.
Fifth District Campbell, Morgan,
Scott Roane, Fentress, Overton, White
and Cumberland.
Sixth Dlstrict-Loudon Monroe, Nc
MINI, Meigs, Bradley and Polk.
Seventh District-Rhea, james, Ham
ilton, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Marion, Grun-
dy and Van Buren.
Eighth District-Warren, Coffee, De-
halD anu OdnnOn.
Ninth District-Macon, Smith, Trous-
dale, Sumner, jackson and Clay.
Tenth District-Rutherford and Bed
ford
Eleveth District
Twelfth District-Wilson and David
son.
Thirteenth Marshall, Frank
lin and Lincoln. o1
Fourteenth District-Williamson and
Maury.
Fifteenth District-Giles, Lawrence,
Wayne and Lewis.
Sixteenth District--Hickman, Perry
Humphreys, Dickson and Cheatham.
Seventeenth District-Robertson,
Montgomery, Houston and Stewart.
Eighteenth District-Hardin, Deca-
tur, Benton, McNairy and Henderson.
Nineteenth District-Carroll and Glib
son. Et'-tIf fs,-- %
Twentieth District-Henry, Weakley.
Obion and Lake. ~ .ai. 'as' II
Twenty first District-Madson and
Hardeman. l,.a.A 'u,HnnG,T
Twenty-second District--Haywood,
Lauderdale and Dyer. .li1t igpa
Twenty-third District-Skelby, Fay
ette and Upton. am
Twenty-fourth District--Shelby. gai
Twenty-ffth District-Shelby. t
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
section 80, article 4, chapter 3 of the
Code, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.