Journal of the Convention of the State of Tennessee

the purpose of electing a Governor, and for the election of Senators and Representatives to the General Assembly of this State, from the several districts and counties as mentioned and described in this ordinance, at which time and places elections shall also be held for Members af Congress; and said officers shall make returns of said elections under the same rules and regulations as are now required by the existing laws. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to record the returns made from each county or district, and the result of said election in a bound book to be preserved in his office.

IV. Be it further Ordered, That if any sheriff or other acting of ficer, shall fail, within the time prescribed by this ordinance, to discharge any of the duties hereby required, such sheriff or other returning officer so failing as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five thousand dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in any of the courts of record in this State; to be sued for in the name of the Govarnor, for the use and benefit of common schools.

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 dietricts 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 com pose 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.

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 creck.

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 district; 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 respective court houses.

The counties of Sullivan and Hawkins shall jointly elect one representative; 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 elect 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, Madison, 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.

Attest.

WILLIAM B. CARTER, President.

WILLIAM K. HILL, Secretary.

Mr. WHITE submitted the following; to wit:

"Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be given to the Hon. William B. Carter, for the impartiality, courtesy and ability with which he has discharged his various and important duties as presiding officer of this body."

Which was unanimously adopted.

Thereupon the President rose and addressed the Convention as follows:

I accept, gentlemen, with sentiments of unfeigned humility, the compliments so condescendingly bestowed upon me by the resolution you have just adopted.

My gratification would be greatly heightened, could I flatter myself that the humble services it has been my duty to administer, entitled me to so much consideration: to your politeness and partiality, more than any merit of mine, I attribute thefavor, dictated, as I am bound to acknowledge, by the spirit of friendship, it is in the same spirit received by me, and shall ever be cherished with recollections of fervent gratification and respect.

Gentlemen: We shall presently adjourn the deliberations of the most important assembly that has convened in this State for near half a century past. How far the result of your labors may prove acceptable to our constituents, and promotive of the great principles of civil liberty, remains in some degree to be tested. If singleness of purpose, and a zealous and patriotic devotion to the weighty and imposing service that brought us together, can insure the approbation of one, and the establishment of the other, you will find ample recompense for the toils all the and anxieties to which you have necessarily been subjected. Fortified with the hopeful reflection, you have abundant reason to look to the future with unshaken assurance of tranquillity. But should it