Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-19
THE AppORTIONMENT.
How she Representative and Sc.
toriaI Districts are Constr ucted.

fortRt D1Btrtctb are OVhSshuctoh'.
The following is a copy of the bill to
re-district the State as it has finally
passed both Houses: .ra, r9l u
An Act to apportion the Senatorial and Re-
preventative Districts in the State Of Ten
nessee.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State Of Tennes-
see, That until the next enumeration
and apportionment of the quaiihed
voters of this State, each of the follow
ing counties shall elect Que Representa-
tive, to-wit. Sullivan, Washington,
Hawkins, Greene, Jefferson Knox,
Blount, Roane, McMinn, Hamilton,
Warren, Smith, Wilson, Rutherford, Bed
ford, Franklin, Giles, Lincoln, Marshall,
williamson, Maury, Sumner Robertson,
Montgomery, Henry, Carroll, Weakly,
Gibson, Madison, Henderson, McNairy,
Hardeman; Fayette, Haywood, Dyer,
Lauderdale and Upton.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
the county Of Davidson shall elect four
Representatives, 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; Hamblin and Granger; Cooke
and Sewer; Hancock and Claiborne;
Union, Campbell and Scott; Knox and
Anderson; Morgan, Fentress and Over.
ton; Monroe and Loudon Polk and
Bradley; james, Meigs Rhea and Cum
berland Marion, Sequstehie, Bledsoe,
Grundy and Van Buren; White and
Putnam; Coffee and Cannon, Wilson,
Trousdale and DeKalb; jackson, Macon
and Clay; Bedford and Rutherford Lin
coin and Giles; Williamson and Maury;
Dickson and Cheatham; Montgomery,
Houston and Stewart; Lawrence and
Wayne; Hickman, Perry and Lewisi
Humphreys and Benton; Hardin and
Decatur; Obion and Lake; Shelby and
Fayette; Carroll, Gibson, Henry and
Weakley; Madison, Haywood and Har'
deman. ~,
Sec. 4. Be II further enacted, That
until the next enumeration and appor-
tionment of the qualified voters OF this
State, the following counties shall com
pose Senatorial districts, to-wit. ~
First District-Johnson, Carter, Wash
ington and Greene. 10.
Second District-Sullivan, Hawkins,
Hamblin, Hancock and Claiborne. ~
Third District-Cooke, Jefferson, Se-
yier and Blount. ga
Fourth District--Union, Granger,
Anderson and Knox.
Fifth District-Campbell, Morgan,
Scott, Roane, Fentress, Overton, Put
nam, White and Cumberland. ii
Z Sixth Decentralization, Monroe, Nc
Mimi, Meigs, Bradley and Polk. n
Seventh District-Rhea, James, Ham
ilton, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Marion,
Grundy and Van Buren.
Eighth District-Warren, Coffee, De-
Kalb and Cannon. 70
Ninth District-Macon, Smith, Trous-
dale. Sumner, jackson and Clay.
Tenth District--Rutherford and Bed
ford. ''
Eleventh Decentralization.
Twelfth Distriet-Wilson and David
son.
Thirteenth District-Marshall, Frank
lin and Lincoln. iai
Fourteenth District-Williamson and
Maury.
Fifteenth Distriet-G1les, Lawrence
Wayne and Lewis.
Sixteenth District-Hickman, Perry,
Humphreys, Dickson, Cheatham and
Houston.
Seventeenth District-Robertson, Mont
gomery and Stewart. u
Eighteenth District-Hardin, Decatur,
Benton, McNairy and Henderson.
Nineteenth District-Carron and Glib
son. u LII Q[R
Twentieth District-Henry, Weakly
0bion and Lake.
Twenty-Grst District Madison and
Hardeman.
Twenty second District = Haywood
Lauderdale and Dyer. a
Twenty-third District-7Shelby, Fay
ette and Upton.
Twenty-fourth District-Shelby.
Twenty-6fth District-Shelby. a-
Sec. 5 Be it further enacted, Thai
section 80, article 4, chapter g. and sec
tons e6, 81 and 9s, article 3, chapter 3
Of the Code, be and The same are hereby
repealed.