Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-03-09
BY Authority.
LAWS OF TENNESSEE.

AN ACT to fix and mark the boundaryrines between
Tennessee and Virginia.
Whereas, the line rul between the State Of Ten
nesee and the State of Frgiuis In the year eighteen
hundred ana two, by joint commissioners of those
States, due west course, beginning on tn summit
Of the mountain generally known by The usu Of the
White Top Mountain, where the nUTth-easteTn corner
Of Tennessee terminates, to the top Of the Cumber
land mountain, where the southwestern corner of
Virginia ends, has by the lapse of time the improve
meuts of the country natural waste and destruction
comes uncertain aHdt some extentuHk n0V 81 h t
many Inconvenience and ficutics occur tween
the citizens Of the respective States aud 10 the adj
minisLrati0n OF the governments Of those SLgs for
remedy therefor.
SECTION lst. Be 4 enacted By The Genera 4srsm5l9
Of the State Of Tennessee That the Executive be al
thOrized TO appoint two commissioners. whose duty
II shall be to meet commissioners, who have been OF
may be appointed by the State Of Virginia, again
and mark said line, and where there is no grow
ing timber on any part Of the line by which 10 may
be plainly marked, ifthe aid marks are CELEBRATED
that the said commissioners shall cause Monuments
Of stone to be permanently planted on the line, az
least one in every five miles or less where 10 may
seem proper by said commissioners TO d. so, that
the line may be readily identified for us entire
length.
SEc. 2ad Be il enacted That the Cove or shall
be and is hereby authorized to pay one half Of all
the expenses, which may be incurred in running and
marking out saiu line, as aforesaid and also, the
sum Of two dollars per day, for each Commissioner
appointed by the Executive of this State for each
day he may be engaged in performing .he service,
and ten cents per mile for each mile be may travel
to aud from his residence in going to and returning
from the line aforesaid to be paid upon e order Of
the Governor out of any money in the Treasury,
not otherwise appropriated.
SIC. 3rt Bet enacted, That the c0mmlz 1uersl0f
the two States aforesaid shall prepare dur cate re-
ports of their proceedings one Of which av snail
return in due time TO the Governor Of Tennessee
and the other to such department OF the Government
of the State Of Virginia the commission. of said
State shall require.
SEC. 4th. Bet further enacted That this act shall
take effect from and after its passage.
SEC. 9th. Be Il further enacted That sci. commits
si0ners in connection with such commits 7ers as
may be or has been appointed by the Legislature of
Virginia, have full power and authority and it is
hereby made their duty TO employ field 0q~fy TO
consist of one engineer one surveyor one La-ksight
msu and one aEman, and such others as may be
necessary The engineer and surveyor t. be vel
qualified to make said survey upon scientific prin-
cIples, said commissioners to sUperintend he work
and to employ said fel2 party at such as they
may agree upon; and when said service nsudered
said commissioners upon the part 0fTenue .e shall
notify the Executive of the STATE, that s.4 survoe
has been rendered and he is hereby auth 9rized to
pay such persons as may be employed By The com
missioners Ofthis State or such prop0raio1able part
rs may be agreed upon by said commissioners
Passed March lsC, 1858
DANIEL s. DONELs0y.
Speaker Of the House Of Reprs-cr. rrives.
JOHN G. EyugH.
Speaker Of the senate.