Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-07
a. T. LACEY,
Speaker OF the Senate.
). MCGAUGHEN,
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AN ACT to authorize the citizens of Diezsol

| AN ACT to authorize the citizens Of Dickson
county to vote for or against change in the
county site of said county
Section I.-Be L enacted by The General Is
/ seIablV Of the State Of Tennessee, That the cit
iLens of Dickson county, state OF Tennessee,
/ be, and they are hereby, authorized, on the
second Tuesday ia June, 1873, to vote at the
| different voting places In said county, for a
| change of the county site from the town OF
| Charlotte to the town of White Biuf, Burns,
Dickson, or the point where the Columbia dirt
road crosses the Nashville and Northwestern
railroad. a1s-F
| persons voting for or against said change shall
vote by ballot; said ballots for the change
shall have written or printed, on their face,
| Removal" and shall also designate the
point to which the voter desires re-
moval; those against said change shall
renee OF two-thirds Of the qGalifled voters
of the county shall be ascertained by said
| election TO be in favor Of removal, then the
| same shall be changed, under such regula tiOns
| as the County Court shall prescribe, and that
| the different judges Of elections shall certify,
with the returns, the number of votes cast for
removal, and the number against. The clerks
and judges of said election shall make tripli-
cate copies of the polls, and return one to
the office of the Clerk and Master of the Chan
| cery Court for Dickson county, one Withthe
| Clerk OF the Circuit Court. and one with the
County Court Clerk, which returns shall-he
counted by the Justices at the next quarter
| ly term of the court after said election.
Section s. BE Il further enacted, That If
neither one of the aforesaid places designated
| SlOQlQ ItCtlNe u majority OF tlE QlltlAAlcl
voters to select the county seat at the first
election under this act, then II shall be the
duty of the County Court from time TO times
to order a new election until one OF said places
receive the requisite number OF votes or re-
| iect the removal of the same.
I Section 4.-Be IL further enacted. That II, at
said election, two-thirds of the votes cast and
counted for and against removal shall be in
| favor of said removal TO one Of said points
named in this act, then and in that event the
county site Of said county OF Dickson shall
| be removed from Charlotte to said point, and
| the County Court of said county is hereby au-
| thorized and empowered to sell the public
buildings at Charlotte, and provide for the
necessary public buildings at the new county
site.
Section 5-l3e e further enacted, That If said
county site shall be removed, as herein pro-
vided for, all the records Of the various courts
and county Office at Charlotte shall be trans
planted to the new county site, and stand in
the same plight and condition as before their
removal, and all bonds, obligations, recogni-
zances, and process previously executed, shall
have the same force and effect at the new
county site as though it had remained at
Charlotte.
Passed March 20, 1878.
w. s. MCGAUGHEY,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
At LACEY,
Speaker Of the Senate.
Approved March D. 1873.
JOHN c. BROWN, Governor
/ certify that the foregoing is true copy of
an act of the General Assembly of the State
OF Tennessee, the original Of which is now on
file in my office.
Secretary of State.