The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-04-06
Laws of Tennessaa
AN AcT to amend Sec. 2,II4, Art ,, Chap.
of the Code Of Tennessee.

AN ACT to amend Sec. >, ia Art. >, Chap +
of the Code Of Tennessee.
SECTION , Be 1t enacted 6g the General
Assembly Of the State Of Tennessee, That
Sec. ,, ia, Art ,, Chap. f. of the Code OF
Tennessee, be so amended as to extend to
leasehold property occupied by every house
keeper or head of Il family in this state,
when such leasehOld estate is for more than
two and not exceeding fifteen years, under
the same provisions and exemptions as pro
vided for homesteads in fee
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
homestead upon leasehold estate shall not
be exempted from execution or attachment
for rent due thereon.
See 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the
registration in the county Of Davidson here
tofOre had under the act of May 3D. 1865,
be and is hereby declared null aud void and
no person shall be entitled to vote by virtue
of any certificate issued under said regis
tTation.
Sec + Be 1t further enacted That the
provisions of this act shall extend to any
other county in this State where it shall be
made to appear to the satisfaction Of the
Governor that frauds and irregularities have
intcrvened in the registration of voters in
such county, and the Governor shall make
known such fact and set aside said registra-
ton by proclamation.
Sec 5. Be 1t further enacted, That any
person violating the provisions of the above
sections, by voting or attempting to vote by
virtue of q certificate issued from a regis
tration declared null and void, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanOr, and upon conviction be
fined not less than ten nor exceeding one
hundred dollars.
Sec. 6. Be 1t further enacted. That section
3,222 Of the Code be-, and the same is here
by repealed, so far as the same relates to
the enrolling of State prosecution by the
Clerk
Sec T. Be 1t further enacted, That all
laws requiring the Clerks of the various
courts to afix the seal of their respective
courts to the certificate of the Clerk to bills
of cost in State prosecution be, and the same
is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. Be 1t further enacted, That in any
county of this State where civil law suits
have been removed from the county In which
they have been originally brought, shall be
transferred back to the county where they
were originally brought, upon the afidavits
of three unconditional Union men Of the
county where the suit was originally brought
that justice can be done by all the parties
and then the same shall be tried as in other
cases.
See. g. Be 1t further enacted, That in ad-
dition to the property now exempt from ex-
ecutiOn, there shall be exempt from gar
nishment, attachment or execution, the
wages Of any person laboring for compensa-
ton, to the extent and amount of one hun
dred dollars
Sec 10. Be 1t further enacted, That
where any woman shall die intestate, leav-
ing a natural born child or children, whether
also she leave a legitimate child, or children
or otherwise such natural born child or chill
dren shall take by the general rules Of
descent and distribution equally with other
child or children the estate real and personal
of his her and their mother; and should
either of such children die intestaUe, with
out child, his or her brother and sisters shall
in like manner take his or her estate
Sec. |. Be 1t further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from aud after its pass
age.
Passed March Sth, 1867.
J. S. MULLoY,
Speaker pro tenn. of the House of Represen-
tatives
JOSHUA B. FRIERsoN,
S'peaker of the Senate.
do certify that the above is a true copy
Of the original now on file in my effce.
A. J. FLETCHER,
Sec'y of State.