Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-26
oF-F-ICIAL.
LAWS OFTENNESsEE.


An act to change the county line between the
counties of Scott a3d Fentress.
Section i, Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that
the county line between the counties of
Scott and Fentress county line, on the north
bank of the clear fork, at the mouth of
"Caney Fork Branch" and about two hum
dred poles above where ]. NJ Shoemaker
formerly lived; thence north 45 deg, west
twenty-one miles, to the extreme top of the
mountain, north Of Rock creek; thence along
the top of said mountain, north to the Scott
and Fentress county line, including John
Draughn, Elswich Thompson, C.. Bleyins.
Daniel Blevins, George Smith, Lewis Burk,
Harmon Burk and Samuel Smith in Scott
county.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that moth
ing in this act shall be so construed, as to
include any liners in Scott county, except
those mentioned in the preceding section.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that this
act take effect from and after its passage,
the public welfare requiring it.
Passed Oct. 26, 1871.
JAMES ID. RICHARDSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN G. VAUGHN,
Speaker of the Senate.
Received at Executive Office, Nov. 4, 1871,
and approved.
JOHN G. BROWN, Governor.
l certify that the above is a true copy of
the original now on file in my office.
T. II. BUTLER, Sec'y of State.
An act to amend an act approved Dec 20, 1870,
to establish the county of Bell.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That
an act passed Dec. 16, 1870, and approved
Dec. 20, 1870, entitled ian act to establish
the county of Belr' be, and the same is
hereby so amended that for the purpose of
ascertaining the number of qualified voters
residing in those portions of the counties of
McNairy, Hardeman and Fayette compos-
ing Bell county; that the Commissioners
appointed by said act or majority of them,
shall meet at some convenient point within
said proposed new county, and shall appoint
a census taker for each of said fractions,
whose duty it shall be, after first being duly
sworn by some Justice of the Peace, or 9TH
er person authorized to administer oaths,
to act impartially, and to make true re-
turns, to proceed at once to take an enumer-
alive census of the qualified voters residing
in each of those fractions, and said census
takers, so appointed, when they have com
pleted said census lists, shall make out du-
plicates thereof, one Of which they shall
file with the Clerk of the County Court of
each of the old counties from which frac-
tiOns are to be taken and the other to be
filed with the Commissioners.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That on
receipt Of said census returns by said Com
missioners, that they proceed to open and
hold an election as provided for in the
fourth section of the act this is intended to
amend, and if constitutional majority of
the voters in each fractionlbe in favor of the
county of Bell, then said new county of
Bel is hereby declared to be a new county,
with all the privileges, powers and adyanta-
ges, and subject to all the liabilities of other
counties in this State; then and in that case
the said Commissioners shall proceed to Or
ganize the same in strict conformity with
the act this is intended to amend.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
should conflict of territory arise between
the county of Bell and the proposed new
county of Nashoba, then, and in that case,
the commissioners of each shall meet and
appoint a competent surveyor to establish
the line between said counties: But in no
event shall said line be established so as to
reduce Bell county below the constitutional
limit for the establishment of new counties,
nor to Infringe upon the constitutional
rights Of Fayette county, and that the line
thus established shall be deemed the west
ern boundary of Bell county and shall gov
ern all their action of organization and jur-
isdiction of the same; Provided, that the
commissioners designated in the law that
this act is intended to amend shall have
power to fill any vacancy that may occur in
their body, by death, resignation or refusal
to act.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect from and after its passage,
the public welfare requiring it.
Passed Oct. 26, 1871.
JAMES d. RICHARDSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN G. VAUGHN,
Speaker of the Senate.
Received at Executive office, Nov. /, 1871,
and approved Nov. 4, 1871.
JOHN G. BROWN, Governor.
l certify that the above is true copy of
the original now on file in my office.
7. II. BUTLER, Sec'y of State.