"Resolved, That the counties of Henderson, Perry and Hickman shall compose one Senatorial District, and elect one Senator.

"That the counties of McNairy, Hardin, Wayne and Lawrence shall compose one Senatorial District, and elect one Senator."

Whereupon the question was had and determined in the negative; ayes 16, noes 28.

The ayes and noes being demanded by Mr SCOTT,

The affirmative voters are,

Messrs. Alexander, Bradshaw, Cannon, Cross, Kelly, Kendall, Ledbetter, McClellan, Purdy, Ridley, Robertson, Smartt, Sharp, Scott, Ury and Webster; 16.

The negative voters are,

Messrs. Allen, Armstrong, Burton, Blount, Cahal, Cobbs, Cheatham, Fulton, Garrett, Gillespy, Gray, Gordon, Hodges, Hess, Kincannon, Kincaid, Loving, Robert J. McKinney, John A. McKinney, McGaughey, Montgomery, Roadman, Richardson, Stephenson, Senter, Smith, White and Weakley; 28.

And so said proposed amendment was rejected.

Mr GARRETT offered the following as an amendment to said, report; to wit:

"The counties of Hawkins and Greene shall compose one Senatorial District, and elect one Senator."

Which amendment was agreed to.

The question was then had on a concurrence with said report, and determined in the affirmative; ayes 36, noes 17.

The ayes and noes being demanded by Mr CROSS,

The affirmative voters are,

Messrs. President (Carter), Allen, Armstrong, Alexander, Bradshaw, Burton, Blount, Cannon, Childress, Cheatham, Douglass, Fogg, Garrett, Gillespy, Gray, Gordon, Hill, Huntsman, Hess, Kelly, Kincannon, Ledbetter, Loving, Mabry, Montgomery, Roadman, Richardson, Robertson, Senter, Smith, Smartt, Sharp, Whitson, Walton, White and Weakley; 36.

The negative voters are,

Messrs. Cahal, Cobbs, Cross, Fulton, Hodges, Kincaid, McClellan, Robert J. McKinney, John A. McKinney, McGaughey, Porter, Purdy, Ridley, Stephenson, Scott, Ury and Webster; 17.

And so said report, was concurred in.

The said report was thereupon re-committed to the same Committee, in order that the same might be drawn up in form of a section to the Ordinance to be appended to the amended Constitution; and that the places of comparing the poll books in the several districts might be pointed out; with instructions to report accordingly.

Whereupon the Committee retired, and after some time,

Mr GORDON, from said Committee on Senatorial and Representative Districts, made a report;

And the same having been read,

Mr HUNTSMAN moved to fill the first blank in said report with the

word "Monday", as the time for comparing the polls for Senators of the several Districts;

Which was agreed to.

Mr GORDON then moved to fill the second blank in said report with the word "Saturday", as the time for comparing the polls for Representatives in the several Districts:

Which was also agreed to.

Whereupon the said report, as amended, was concurred with.

The amendment to which is in the following words; to wit:

Sec. 5. Be it further Ordered, That until the first enumeration and apportionment of representation in one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, as directed by the amended Constitution, the following districts shall be formed, each of which shall elect one Senator, and the polls of election shall be compared at the several places herein mention-ed, on the first Monday succeeding the day of election; to wit:

The counties of Carter, Sullivan and Washington, shall form one district; and the polls shall be compared in the town of Jonesborough: The counties of Greene and Hawkins, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in the town of Greenville.

The counties of Cocke, Sevier, Jefferson and Blount, shall form one district; and the polls shall be compared in the town of Sevierville.

The counties of Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson and Morgan, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at the house of Robert Glenn Esq., in Campbell county.

The counties of Knox and Roane, shall form one district; and the polls shall be compared at Campbell's Station.

The counties of Monroe and M'Minn shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in the town of Athens.

The counties of Rhea, Bledsoe, Marion and Hamilton, shall compose one District; and the polls shall be compared at the town of Dallas. The counties of Warren and Franklin, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Hillsborough.

The counties of Overton, Jackson, Fentress and White, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Livingston.

The counties of Lincoln and Giles, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at the house of John Kennedy.

The counties of Smith and Sumner shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Hartsville.

The county of Bedford, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Shelbyville.

The county of Maury, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in Columbia.

The county of Rutherford, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Murfreesborough.

The county of Davidson, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in the city of Nashville.

The county of Williamson, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in the town of Franklin.

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The counties of Lawrence, Wayne and Hickman, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Catron and Napier's Fur

nace.

The counties of Dickson, Stewart and Humphreys shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Simmons' Old Place on Yellow creek.

The counties of Robertson and Montgomery shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at Port Royal.

The county of Wilson, shall compose one one district; and the polls shall be compared in Lebanon.

The counties of Hardeman, Fayette and Shelby, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in Sommerville.

The counties of Madison, Haywood and Tipton, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in Brownsville.

The counties of Carroll, Gibson and Dyer, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared in Trenton.

The counties of Henry, Weakley and Obion shall compose one dis trict; and the polls shall be compared iu Dresden.

The counties of Henderson, Perry, McNairy and Hardin, shall compose one district; and the polls shall be compared at the house of James Wright, in Hardin county.

And until said enumeration and apportionment of one thousand eighthundred and forty one, the 'counties of Carter, Sullivan, Washington, Greene, Hawkins, Cocke, Sevier, Jefferson, Blount, Grainger, Claiborne, Knox, Roane, Monroe, McMinn, Rhea and Bledsoe, shall each elect one representative; and the polls shall be compared at their res pective court houses.

The counties of Sullivan and Hawkins shall jointly elect one repre sentative; and shall compare the polls at Kingsport.

The counties of Greene and Washington, shall jointly elect one representative; and the polls shall be compared at the house of Joshua Royston Esq.

The counties of Knox and Roane, shall jointly clect one representative; and the polls shall be compared at Campbell's Station.

The counties of Monroe and McMinn, shall jointly elect one representative; and the polls shall be compared at Athens.

The counties of Campbell, Anderson and Morgan, shall jointly elect two representatives; and the the polls shall be compared at the house of James Ross Esq. in Anderson county.

The counties of Marion and Hamilton, shall jointly elect one representative; and the polls shall be compared at Dallas.

The counties of Warren, Franklin, Bedford, Lincoln, Giles, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson, Davidson, Wilson, Smith and Sumner, shall each elect two representatives; and the polls shall be compared at their respective court houses.

The counties of Lawrence, Wayne, Hickman, Dickson Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart, Robertson, Overton, Jackson, Fentress, White, Hardin, McNairy, Hardeman, Fayette, Shelby, Perry, Henderson, Mad

ison, Haywood, Tipton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry and Weakley, shall each elect one representative; and the polls shall be compared at their respective court houses.

The counties of Obion and Dyer, shall jointly elect one representative; and the polls shall be compared at the house of William Terrell Esq. in Dyer county.

The returns of the elections for Representatives, shall be made at the several places herein pointed out, on the first Saturday succeeding the day of election.

SATURDAY, August 30, 1831

The Convention met according to adjournment and was opened by prayer, by the Rev. Mr SENTER, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr BURTON, from the Committee appointment to superintend the engrossing and enrolling of the Constitution submitted the following

REPORT.

The Committee to whom was assigned the duty of superintending the enrolment of the Amended Constitution have performed that duty, by having the same enrolled on parchment.

The Committee have with great care compared the enrolled with the engrossed copy and find it to be correct.

They tender it to the Convention and ask the attestation of the Members of this Convention and the Secretary thereof.

All of which is respectfully submitted:

ROBERT M. BURTON,

Which was read and laid on the table.

Chairman.

Mr WEAKLEY moved that the resolution submitted on yesterday by Mr John A. McKinney be taken up; which being agreed to, said resolution was read:

Mr WEAKLEY moved that said resolution be adopted.

Whereupon Mr BLOUNT Submitted the following, in lieu of said resolu tion; to wit:

Resolved, That the following be the conclusion of the Amended Constitution; to wit:

"Done in Convention, by unanimous consent of the Delegates present, the thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty-ninth. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.' 99

Mr CAHAL offered the following resolutions:

Resolved, That the President tender the thanks of the Convention to Sam G. Smith, Esquire, Secretary of State, for his kindness and attention in furnishing the information requested by the numerous calls of the House, and in particular for the statistical tables presented by him;

which are compiled with labor, ability and correctness, and have been of great utility and importance to the members of this Convention.

Resolved, That five hundred copics of said tables be published in the journals.

Mr HUNTSMAN then moved a suspeution of the rule, requiring resolutions to be laid for one day on the table, for the remainder of the session: Which motion prevailed.

The first of the two resolutions offered by Mr Cahal was then read and una imously adopted:

And Mr CAHAL withdrew his second resolution.

. Mr HUNTSMAN submitted the following resolutions; which were seve rally read and adopted:

Resolved, That the Secretary of State, in distributing the copies of the old and new Constitution. in pursuance of a resolution of this Convention, be authorized to employ three persons for that purpose, if he shall think proper.

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Whereas, under previous resolutions of this Convention, the Treasurer of West Tennessee was authorized to make arrangements with any of the banks of this city, for the purpose of raising money for defraying the expenses of this Convention; therefore

Resolved, That upon the Treasurer's certifying to the President of this Convention the amount due to any of the Banks of this city, for the purpose aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the President of this Convention to issue a certificate obligatory upon the State of Tennessee, in favor of such Bank, for the payment of such sums of money, so advanced, with the interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; which certificate shall be countersigned by the Secretary of this Convention.

Mr CHILDRESS submitted the following resolution :

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Convention be directed to re'main and complete the Journals by copying the Reports of the different Committees, and the Constitution and other documents, and that the Journals be bound and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State as heretofore ordered: and that he also be directed to superintend the printing of the Journal of the Convention, and that he be allowed one hundred and twenty dollars therefor:

Which was adopted.

The Amended Constitution as enrolled was then read.

Whereupon Mr JOHN A. MCKINNEY submitted the following resolution, in lieu of one heretofore submitted by him :

"Resolved, That the conclusion of the Constitution shall be in the form following: "By order of the Convention" and shall be authenticated by the signatures of the President and Secretary, and that the Members may annex their names thereto.

Mr ALLEN then moved that the Members now be called in alphabetical order, and that such Members as wish to do so, come forward and sign the Constitution.