Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-03-14
The Bill to Regulate the Number Of Magis-
trates.
specIal plspatch 10 the Avalnnche.

Special Dispatch TO the Avalanche.
Nashville, March 6-The bill intro
duced by Mr.. McSwain in January to
redistrict the counties Of the State
and regulate the number OF magis-
trates came up yesterday on third
reading. The judiciary committee
reported a substitute for IL, which was
ordered printed and made the special
order for the 23d OF this month. The
substitute differs from the original by
making more adequate provision for
the large cities. The committee bill
provides that the different counties i'm
the state shall be laid off into six civil
districts, except counties which nj the
the passage OF this act have i'm them
incorporated towns forming separ-
ate civil district or taxing district of
the first class. These latter counties
shall he laid offin seven civil districts,
the incorporated towus or taxing dis.
tricts to form separate district
Section provides that districts out
side of incorporated towns or taxing
districts which shall form separate
district shall, rs noar as possible, re.
spectively contain an equal amount of
territory composing the county.
Section provides that the county
courts OF the different counties, at the
January, 1886, term of said court,
shall appoint two commissioners, who.
together with the county surveyor,
shall lay off the civil districts as pro.
vided in the first and second sections,
and they shall make their report to
to the April, 1886, quarterly term of
the county court. The report thus
made shall be spread upon the minutes
OF the court and the court shall cause
the districts to be numbered and maps
made accordingly and forwarded MS
provided in the code. Thereafter the
civil district shall be composed as laid
down in said report made by the com
missioners.
Sec. 4. The commissioners and
surveyor before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties, shall take an
oath before some Justice OF peace,
faithfully and impartially 10 perform
the service, and for their work shall be
allowed the same which is now by law
for the partition Of lands
Each county is to pay its own fees.
Section 8. At the general election
on the first Thursday in August, 1856,
and every six years thereafter, there
shall be elected by the qualified voters
of the civil districts laid off ms pro-
vided justices of the peace MS follows
/. Each district of every county in
the State, except those hereafter other
wise provided, two justices. . Each
district, including the county town,
being the county seat, where said
county town does now form a civil dis.
trct by itself, three justices. 3. Each
civil district made up of taxing dis
trict Of the second class, or having
within its limits taxing district OF the
second class, four justices T. Each
civil district made up of taxing dis
trict OF the first class, eight justices.
5. Each civil district made up of or
having within its limits an incorpora-
ted town which under the federal
census of 1880 had population OF not
more than 5000 inhabitants, three JUS
tices. 9. Each civil district made up
Of nm incorporated town with popu-
lation of not more than 6O00 nor less
than 5000, five Justices. z. Each civil
district made up OF all Incorporated
towns with population OF not moro
than 9,O0O nor less than 6.0OO inhabi-
Iants, six justices. s. Each civil dis
trict made up of an incorporated
town with a population OF not more
than 1900 nor less than 5000 inhabi-
Iants, seven justices. 8. Each civil
district made up OF an incorporated
.own organized and Chartered under
IN act OF the general assembly, being
'hapter ia OF the acts Of 1888, 10
Justices The last applies 70 Nashville
)nly. This section also enunlerates
number of towns entitled 10 an addi-
ional justice.
Section 6 makes the terms Of six
'ears, beginning September I, 1886.
Section enumerates the sections
II the code repealed, or amended 10
conform with this act.
Section 8 provides that the amend
nent and repeal takes effect on fhe iHt
II September, 1876. The hlil win
pass.