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Year 1859, Petition Number 20_

[The cover sheet reads: “Memorial on local option in liquor selling, 1859 Bradley Co. Tippling & Tippling Houses 13 Dec. ’59. Committee recommended the Rejection. Smith (Ch.)”]

Cleveland Dec. 12th, 1859

R.R. Harris, Esqr.

Sir,

By order of the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Cleveland I send you the following Resolution which was addopted by them Nov. 29th 1859.

Yours Respy,

Samy Y. Brown Recorder

Resolved

That we the Mayor & Aldermen of the Town of Cleveland express to the Legislature now convened at Nashville thru our representative Mr. R.R. Harris, that we cordially sanction and highly approve of the passage of a certain Bill offered in the State Senate by Mr. Bradford giving to the Incorporated Citties & villages the privilege of Voting upon all applications to Retail Liquor in their corporate limits.

By order of the Board Nov. 29th 1859

Sam Y. Brown Recorder