Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-30

7. H. BUTLER, Sec'y of State.
An act to amend an act approved Dec. %, 1870,
to establish the county of Bell.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That
an act passed Dec. 16, 1870, and approved
Dec. 20, 1870, entitled ian 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 oOmpOs-
ing Bell county; that the Commissioners
appointed by said act or a 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 impartially, 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 tie County Court of
each of the old counties from which frac-
tions are to be taken and the other to be
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 to be 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 a 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 jur-
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 it.
Passed Oct. 20. 1871.
JAMES ID. RICHARDSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN G.. VAUGHN,
Speaker of the Senate.
Received at Executive office, Nov. I, 1871,
and approved Nov. 4, 1871.
JOHN G. Brown. Governor.
certify that the above is a true copy Of
the original now on file in my office.
T. II. BUTLER, Sec'y OF State.