Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-07
PUBLIC LAws BE- rznxEssrr.
BY AUrHjg1rv

AN ACT to ReIess Tax Payer. ef .h,,...,.
SECTION l. Re enacted bI he General dssen,,l, o
S,s I'us lss1essss That the the several Revenue
Collectors. and collectors Of railrosd 80 s s!
State. shll have until the first day os LAY "a TINS
eighteen hundred and sixty-onp - . J.e' 4,ooAJ
over the taxes by them not now coii.o.s, az ~ pay
year QS60) eighteen hundred and s~to soF .ne
before any tax collector shall receive ~, rosiaed,
this act he shall with his securities % q
County Court of his county, and the said seca;+;
shall agree in oreu Court to the proyisons - .
act and their liability sureteis which aoreens-,
shall be put on the minutes OF the Court ''-9--'
Sec. 2. b L farther enacted, That this act take
effect from and after its passage.
W. C. WHTTTHORNE,
Speaker of The House of Representatives.
TAI W. NEWMAN,
Speaker Of the Senate.
Passed January &c, 1861.
AN ACT repeal on day Of February 1850,
aed an aetto amend the laws Of the to etab
blish conventional rate Of interest.
Section l. Be enacted 6y The General Assembly o.
the STATE Of Tennessee That an act passed on the Zst
day OF February, 1860 entitled an act to amend the
usury laws Of the State and to establish a
sona rate Of interest, be and the same hereby
! pealed.
section 2. BE further enacted That this act take
| effect from and after its passage
W. C. WHITTHORNE.
Spedcer Of The House of Representatives.
TAI W. NEWMAN.
., 80, Speaker Of the Senate.
AN ACT reducing rate Of interest from b.Irn.r
eeat 70 SIX per cent in Of Appeal
Section l. Be Il saaeted By the General Assemble Of
The State Of Tennessee, That judgments or DEGREES.
when affirmed in higher Court, shall be for the
judgment decree of the lower tribunal and inter-
est thereon at the rates of six per cent per sRnum
instead Of twelve and a half per cent, as now al
lowed by law.
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hereafter issued by the different Clerks of the Su-
preme Court, shall be returnable to the next term
of said Court after their issuance as executions
from the Circuit and Chancery Courts now are
Sec. B. Be Il further enacted That this act take ef-
feet from and after its passage and that il exnire
by its own limitation the LIST of July, 1868.
W. C. WHITTHORNE.
Speaker Of he House of Representatives
TAI. W. NEWMAN
Speaker Of the Senate.
Passed February LIST, 1861.
AN ACT for the Relief of Justices of the Peace and for other
purposes
Sec. l. Be enacted BIZ the General AasseDbly Of The
State Of Tennessee. That the penalty of one hundred
and twenty five dollars on Justices of the Peace in
section S0I7 Of the Code, for neglecting the duties
required in sections 30I5 and 9O7 be hereafter ten
dollars only
Sec 2. Be Il further enacted, That part of the for
FIXTURES heretoor eaccrued under said sections of the
cOde, except the costs and the part due the Infor
mers be and the same is hereby released.
See B. Be Il further enacted That this act take
effect from ard after its passage.
Sec 4. Be itenacted, That the remedy BY motion
for the non-return insufficient return of exeeu-
tons is hereby repealed but this act shall apply
only to where the debtor ayails himself of the
benefits ofthe act passed Jan. 10Th 1861 to provide
a remedy for the collection of debts and for the
relief of the peoplen-and it shall not apply where
the money has been collected. and shall cease to be
operative on the lst day Of July, 1862. This act
shall take effect from and after its passage
W. G. WHITTH0RNE,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
TAI. W. NEWMAN,
Speaker Of the Senate.