Chowning, Fentress, Fielder, Finley, Garner, Gibson, Hill of Warren, Ivie, Kyle, Martin, Meeks, Morris, Netherland, Parker, Sample, Staley, Thompson of Maury and Warner-24. Ordered, that the section be referred to the Committee on Revision. Mr. HOUSE, of Williamson, offered the following as an additional section : "Nor shall that portion of a merchant's capital used in the purchase of merchandise, sold by him to resident citizens of the State, be taxed at more than double the rate of the ad valorem tax on property. Mr. HOUSE moved to suspend the rules and take up the section, which was rejected, and it lies over under the rule. NEW COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES. The Convention proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday, the report of the Committee on New Counties and County Lines. The first part of Clause 4, Section 1, was adopted without amend ment. Mr. SEAY proposed to amend, by striking out in tenth line, the words "six hundred and twenty-five" and inserting "four hundred," which was rejected. Mr. ARLEDGE moved to amend by striking out "and twentyfive" in the tenth line. On motion of Mr. BURKETT, the amendment was laid on the table. Yeas.. Nays.. Those voting in the affirmative are: ....46 24 Messrs. Allen, Bate, Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Henry, etc., Burkett, Carter, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Fielder, Gardner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Gordon, Heiskell, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, House of Williamson, Ivie, Key, Kirkpatrick, Mabry, Martin, Meeks, Netherland, Parker, Porter of Henry, Sample, Seay, Shepard, Stephens, Thompson of Maury, Turner, Walters, Warner and Williamson-46. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Arledge, Brandon, Brown of Davidson, Burton, Byrne, Deaderick, Dromgoole, Fentress, Finley, Garner, House of Montgomery, etc., Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Kyle, McDougal, McNabb, Morris, Nicholson, Porter of Haywood, Shelton, Staley, Taylor, Thompson of Davidson and Wright-24. Mr. HILL, of Gibson, moved to strike out "six hundred and twenty-five," and insert "five hundred and fifty." Mr. SEAY moved to lay the amendment on the table. Mr. GARNER demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to lay on the table sustained. Yeas... Those voting in the affirmative are: ....35 .33 Messrs. Allen, Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Burkett, Burton, Carter, Chowning, Cummings, Deaderick, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Fielder, Gardner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Gordon, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Ivie, Key, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Mabry, Martin, Parker, Seay, Shepard, Thompson of Davidson and Warner-35. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Arledge, Bate, Brandon, Brown of Henry, Byrne, Coffin, Cypert, Dromgoole, Fentress, Finley, Garner, Hill of Gibson, House of Williamson, House of Montgomery, etc., Jones of Giles, Kennedy, McDougal, McNabb, Meeks, Morris, Netherland, Nicholson, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Sample, Shelton, Staley, Stephens, Taylor, Thompson of Maury, Turner, Walters, Williamson and Wright-33. 66 Mr. FIELDER proposed to amend by striking out "six hundred and twenty-five," and inserting " five hundred," which was adopted, and the clause, as thus amended, was adopted by the Convention. Mr. HOUSE, of Montgomery, etc., offered the following as an independent section: "Whenever any county may have taken stock in a railroad or other corporation, and a fraction of said county shall be taken to form a new county, or shall be added to another county by change of county lines, the inhabitants or property holders within said fractions shall continue liable to the payment of their relative proportions of all taxes necessary to pay the interest on any bonds that may have been issued in aid of any subscription of stock, and to pay said bonds until the same are fully paid." Mr. GARDNER offered the following as an amendment to the section proposed by Mr. House: "And the General Assembly shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of this section." Which was accepted by Mr. HOUSE. Mr. MABRY proposed to amend the section as follows: Provided, The railroad for which the liability was incurred passes through any part of the territory taken off to, form a new county, or within three miles of the same." Mr. HOUSE, of Montgomery, moved to lay the amendment of Mr. Mabry on the table. Mr. MABRY demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to lay on the table sustained. Yeas... Nays..... Those voting in the affirmative are: 60 8 Messrs. Allen, Arledge, Baxter, Blizard, Brandon, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Brown of Henry, etc., Burton, Byrne, Carter, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Deaderick, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Dromgoole, Fentress, Fielder, Finley, Gardner, Garner, Gaut, Gibson, Gordon, Heiskell, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, House of Williamson, House of Davidson, etc., Ivie, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Meeks, Morris, Netherland, Nicholson, Parker, Porter of Haywood, Sample, Shepard, Shelton, Staley, Stephens, Thompson of Davidson, Turner, Warner, Williamson and Wright-60. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Bate, Burkett, Gibbs, Mabry, Porter of Henry, Seay, Thompson of Maury and Walters-8. Mr. HOUSE's amendment was then adopted. Mr. FENTRESS offered the following amendment : Provided, however, That no part of an old county shall be taken off without the consent of one-third of the qualified voters of such county. Mr. SEAY demanded the yeas and nays on the adoption of the amendment, which were ordered, and the amendment rejected. Yeas.... Those voting in the affirmative are: 22 47 Messrs. Arledge, Blackburn, Brandon, Byrne, Coffin, Cummings, Deaderick, Dromgoole, Fentress, Finley, Garner, Heiskell, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Morris, Netherland, Porter of Haywood, Shelton, Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Allen, Bate, Baxter, Blizard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Brown of Henry, etc., Burkett, Burton, Carter, Chowning, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Fielder, Gardner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Gordon, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, House of Montgomery, etc., Ivie, Key, Kirkpatrick, Kyle, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb, Martin, Meeks, Nicholson, Parker, Porter of Henry, Sample, Seay, Shepard, Thompson of Davidson, Turner, Walters and Warner-47. Mr. GIBBS moved to amend by striking out all after the word "voters" in the third line, to the word "provided" in the tenth line, and insert "no old county shall be reduced in forming a new county to a less territory than 450 square miles, and no section of an old county shall be taken off to form a new one, or be transferred to another, without a majority of the voters of said section voting therefor." Mr. BAXTER moved to lay the amendment on the table. Mr. HILL, of Gibson, demanded the yeas and nays, and the motion to lay on the table sustained. Yeas... Nays... Those voting in the affirmative are: .44 .16 Messrs. Arledge, Bate, Baxter, Brandon, Britton, Brown of Davidson, Brown of Henry, etc., Burton, Byrne, Carter, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Cypert, Deaderick, Finley, Gardner, Garner, Gordon, Heiskell, Henderson, Hill of Gibson, House of Williamson, House of Montgomery etc., Ivie, Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Kyle, McDougal, McNabb, Meeks, Morris, Nicholson, Parker, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Sample, Shelton, Staley, Stephens, Turner, Walters and Wright-44. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Blizard, Branson, Brooks, Burkett, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Doherty, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Hill of Warren, Kirkpatrick, Mabry, Martin, Seay, Thompson of Maury, and Warner-16. Mr. KIRKPATRICK offered the following amendment: "A new county may be formed out of territory made up of porup ́of tions of Grainger, Jefferson, and Greene Counties, but no line of such county shall approach the Court-house of Grainger County nearer than the Holston River at the point nearest said Court-house, i nor shall any line thereof approach the Court-house of Jefferson County nearer than eleven miles, nor the Court-house of Greene County nearer than to begin at the town of Warrensburg, on the Nolichucky River, thence directly to Bull's Gap; Provided, That neither of said old counties shall be reduced below 500 square miles." Which was adopted by the Convention. Mr. GARDNER offered the following amendment: Strike out lines one and two and insert "out of that portion Obion County lying west of low water mark, on the east side of Reel Foot Lake." Which was rejected, and the provision, as reported by the Committee, was adopted. To the provision authorizing the formation of a new county out of portions of Smith, Macon and Sumner, Mr. ALLEN offered the following amendment : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall exempt that por-tion of Smith County, thus detached, from the payment of its due proportion of the debts of said county, contracted previous to such separation. Which was adopted, and the provision, as thus amended, was adopted. Yeas.... Those voting in the affirmative are: .35 .22 Messrs. Allen, Blizard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Davidson, Burkett, Byrne, Chowning, Coffin, Cummings, Deaderick, Deavenport, Dibbrell, Fielder, Gardner, Gibbs, Gibson, Gordon, Henderson, Hill of Warren, Hill of Gibson, Ivie, Kyle, Mabry, McNabb, Martin, Nicholson, Parker, Sample, Seay, Shepard, Taylor, Thompson of Maury, Walters and Warner-35. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs._ Arledge, Bate, Baxter, Brown of Henry, etc., Burton, Doherty, Fentress, Finley, Garner, Gaut, House of Montgomery, etc., Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Porter of Haywood, Porter of Henry, Shelton, Staley, Turner, Williamson and Wright-22. Mr. MABRY entered a motion to reconsider the vote, the consideration of which, cn motion of Mr. Thompson, of Maury, was postponed until Monday next. To the proposition to form a new county out of portions of Jackson and Overton, Mr. BROOKS proposed to amend by adding: |