Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08
AN ACT to prohibit the bringing of stolen

AN ACT to prohibit the bringing of stolen
property into the State.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the General As
is hereby declared to be felony for any per-
son to bring into this Stale personal property
stolen in another state, knowing the same to
have been stolen; provided the value OF said
prop rty shall exceed fifty dollars.
Section 2. Be IL further enacted, That when
the value of such property so brought into
the state, as provided n the LIST section Of this
act, shall not exceed fifty dollars, the same
shall be a misdemeanOr.
Section 3. Be il further enacted, That the
punishment for violation OF the LIST section
Of this act shall be a confinement in the peni-
Tertiary for PeriOd of not less than three
OF the I'd section the punishment shall be
confinement in the county jail not less than
six months nor more than three years.
Section :: Be II further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after It's passage
the public welfare requiring It.
Passed March 3, 1870.
LEWIS BOND.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. PAINE,
Approved March Is, 1915.
JAMES D. PORTER, Governor.
1 certify that the foregoing is true copy OF
an act CT the Tennessee General Assembly,
the original of which is now on file in my
Office.
Secretary OF State.
AN ACT to protect private fisheries.
Section 1. Be IL enacted by the General AS
sPm6ly of the state Of Tennessee, That IL
shall not be lawful for any person to catch
fish with seins, nets or traps, in the waters
covering the lands of any other person or
persons in this state, and in case OF a viola
/ tiCn of the above provision the proprietor or
prOpriefOrs may have "A remedy by action at
| law or by dill in Chancery, and Injunction,
| aud n either form OF action may have an at
| tachmeut to attach the seins, nets and traps
| so used and IN Chancery any number OF adj
jacent prOprtetOrS of such lands may iOin in
| Passers, and The bill shall not be dismii sed
| for muitifariOusneSH
| Section 2. Be II further enacted, That.no
| person shall place across any streR n in this
| state, near lis mouth or opposite, any sein,
| net or trap, or other device which Will pre-
! vent the Tree passage OF fish up or down the
! same; nor shall any person or persons be per
/ mltted to fish with such seins, traps or other
| device IN the waters upon the premises of
/ other persons without written permission
/ to do so, nor shall any person or persons be
permitted, with sein or traps, to fish in any of
| me waters OF TINS STATE IN the months Of
| March, or April, or May. Any violation OF
| this section is hereby declared a misde-
/ meanOr, and shall be punished by fne of not
| less than ten dollars and costs, or imprfsOn-
ment for not less than thirty DAYS at the
| option IF the Court.
Section 3. Pc it further enacted, That the
| counties of BlOunt, Clay, Monroe, Macon,
| Jackson, Gibson, Warren, Hamilton. Marion,
| 5ledsOe, sequatchie, Gruudy, Van Buren,,
McMinn, Claiborne, Hancock, Franklin,
| Greene, Lincoln, Moore, Hawkins, Cooke,
! Hamblen, Granger, MRury, OvertOn, Fem
| tress, Morgan, Sullivan, Hardin. Decatur,
| Crockett, sumner, Sewer, Marshall, Harde-
man, McNairy, Carroll, Carter and johnson,
| together with all other counties not men
| TONED above in East Tennessee are excluded
| from the operations of this act.
| Section 4. Be it further enacted, That this
| act snail take effect from and after its pas
| sage the public welfare requiring 10.
| Passed March q, 1875.
! LEWIS BOND,
! Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| THOMAS H. PAINE,
Speaker Of the Senate.
| Approved March "a, 1915.
! JAMES d. PORTER, Governor.