Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-03

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An act 10 amend an act approved Dec. % 1870
TO establish the county of Bell.
Section /. Be it enacted by tine General
Assembly Of the State of Tennessee, That
an act passed Dec. Is, 1870, and approved
| Dec. 20, 1870, entitled tan act to establish
the county Of Bell' be, and the same is
hereby so amended that for the purpose OF
ascertaining the number Of qualified voters
residing in those portions Of the counties of
McNairy, Hardeman and Fayette eompOs-
ing Bel county; that the Commissioners
appointed by said act or majority of them,
shall meet at some convenient point within
said proposed new county, and shall appoint
a census taker for each of said fractions
whose duty it shall be, after first being duly
sworn by some Justice of the Peace, or 9th
er person authorized to administer oaths,
to act iInpartially, and to make true re-
turns, to proceed at once to take an enumer-
alive census of the qualified voters residing
in each Of those fractions, and said census
takers, so appointed, when they have com
pleted said census lists, shall make out du-
plicates thereof, one of which they shall
file with the Clerk Of the County Court of
each of the old counties from which frac-
filed with the Commissioners.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That on
receipt Of said census returns by said Com
missioners, that they proceed to open and
hold an election as provided for in the
fourth section of the act this is intended to
amend, and if a constitutional majority of
the voters in each fraction be in favor Of the
county Of Bell, then said new county Of
Bell is hereby declared 10 be a new county,
with all the privileges, powers and advanta-
ges, and subject to all the liabilities of other
counties in this State; then and in that case
the said Commissioners shall proceed to or
ganize the same in strict conformity with
the act this is intended to amend.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
should a conflict of territory arise between
the county of Bell and the proposed new
county of Nashoba, then, and in that case,
the commissioners of each shall meet and
appoint competent surveyor to establish
the line between said counties But in no
event shall said line be established so as TO
reduce Bell county below the constitutional
limit for the establishment of new counties.
nor to infringe upon the constitutional
rights Of Fayette county, and that the line
thus established shall be deemed the west
ern boundary of Bell county and shall GOV
ern all their action of organization and iur-
isdictiOn Of the same; Provided, that the
commissioners designated in the law that
this act Is intended TO amend shall have
power to fill any vacancy that may occur in
their body, by death, resignation or refusal
TO act.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect from and after its passage,
the public welfare requiring il.
Passed Oct. 20, 1871.
JAMES d. RICHARDSON,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
JOHN G. VAUGHN,
Speaker of the Senate.
Received at Executive office, Nov l. 1871,
and approved Nov. 4, 1871.
JOHN c. Brown, Governor.
l certify that the above is a true COPY of
the original now on file in my office.
I. Il. BUTLER, Sec'y of State.
An act TO change the time Of holding the Circuit
Courts in and for the 18th Judicial Circuit.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Genera
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that
the Circuit Courts for the 18th Judicial
Circuit of this State shall be held as follows:
Wayne county, first Monday Of January,
May and September.
Lewis county, second Monday Of January,
May and September.
Hickman county, third Monday In Janu-
airy, May and September.
Perry county, fourth Monday in January,
May and September.
Decatur county, first Monday in Februa-
~, June and October.
Henderson county, second Monday in
February, June and October.
McNairy county, fourth Monday in Feb
ruary, June and October.
Hardin county, first Monday in March,
July and November.
And that all recOgnizances and bonds for
the appearance of defendants or witnesses
at any other time than herein specified, shall
be held good and binding against the parties,
and the Clerks If the courts are authorized
to renew said recOgniZances and bonds 81
the first term of the court held after this act
goes into effect, and all summons or other
process now issued, or which may be issued,
shall be returnable to and receivable at the
first term Of the court held after this act
goes into effect, and the public welfare re-
quiring it, that this act take effect from and
after the 1st day of January, 1872.
Passed Oct. 80, 1871.
JAMES d. RICHARDSON,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
JOHN c. VAUGHN,
Speaker of the Senate.
Received at Executive office Nov. 6,
1871, and approved. JNo. G. BROWN,
Governor.
l certify that the above Is a true copy Of
the original now on file in my office.
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