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Order Of Publication.

No. 3SS2.-In the Second Chsncery Court Of
Shelby County, TENNESSEE. J. MhOon vs.,
Annie Abercrombie, ct al.
On July 5, 1875, upon motion and return OF
the sheriff on sci. IA, 10 being made to appear
to the court that jeremiah Weldon and others
unknown, who are the heirs of K. Weldon, de-
ceased, are nOn-reSidents of the State of Ten
nessee, 1t was ordered that publication be
made for said heirs to appear and show cause,
etc.
1t is therefore ordered, That the said Jere-
mlah Weldon and other heirs of K. Weldon,
deceased, v 40 are unknown. make their ap-
pearanCs herein, at the courthouse Of the Sec
ond Chancery Court OF Shelby county, Ten
nesSee, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee on
or before the first Monday in September, 1915,
and show cause, II any they have, why judg-
ment should not be rendered and lien re-
tanned on the land purchased by p. J. O'Neal
and K. Weldon, under proceedings in this
cause, should not be enforced, and that a
copy Of this order be published once
week, for four successive weeks, in the Mem.
phis Appeal. This July 18th, 1875.
NJ. d. l.. STEWART, Clerk and Master.
A cOpy-Attest:
By Geo. MallerY. d. &. and NJ. nOv2g
Z. ". Frazer. Sol. for ComDl't. fvl2
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AN ACT to increase the number o. LD.gries
Public for the county OF Knox.
Section l. Be IL enacted by the General As
sembly Of the State of Tennessee, That sec
ton seventeen hundred and ninety two OF
tbs Code of Tennessee be amended so as 10
read as follows: That the Chairman or Judge
OF the County Court o: Knox county Is here
by authorized to appoint one other Notary
Public for said county in addition TO the num-
Der now allowed by law Ia said county who
shall be able in addition TO the ordinary Te-
quiremsntS of law now preScriB et, 70 under
stand, speak and write the German language,
and in all respects be governed by the law
now in force in regard TO NOtaries Pubic IN
the State.
secJiOn 1. Be it further enacted, That G. b
son county be allowed an additional Notary
Public In and for civil district No. Il Of said
county, said Notary 10 be elected, commits
stoned and qualified as now by law provided.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after Its PASS
age, the public welfare requiring IL.
Passed March 8, 1875.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
THO MAS RI. PiNEE,
Speaker If the Senate.
Approved March Is, 1870.
JAMES ID. PORTER, Governor.
certify that the foregoing il q true CODY OF
an act of the General Assembly of Teuue--
see, the original OF which Is now on ME in
my Ottlce.
CHA5. y. GTBBS
Secretary OF State,
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ST ATE LAWS.

AN ACT 70 locate a toll gate nearer than one
mile OF Woodbury..
BE IL enacted By the General Assembly OF
the State OF Tennessee, That a toll gate may
be erected nearer than one mile OF the TO gn
OF Woodbury., Cannon county, on the Wood
bury and McMinnvtlle rOaI, upon the u
struction of a turnpike thereon, and the
chancellor Incorporating said road shall in
sert the name in the charter or incOr9ora
ton.
Passed March p, 1875.
LEW IS BOND.
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
THOMAS II. PAINE,
Speaker OF the Senate.
Approved March 3. 1875.
JAMES D. PORTER, Governor.
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Saturday, the Gath day 3, July. 1875,

in front OF the stoTehOuse OF Stewart, Gwynne
q Co., 355 and 355 Front street, in The city OF
Memphis, State of Tennessee, between the
hours of 10 O'Clock am. and O'Clock pm. Of
said day. proceed to sell, for cash, 10 the nigh.
est bidder, the following described real estate,
situate, lying and being in the county OF ST.
Francis, and State of Arkansas, viz.
Lot No. II in block No. 10, lot No. 8 in block
2, lot No. in block II, south fractional half OF
of lot in block 10, south fractional half OF
lot in block 10, and lot in block 2F all in
the town OF Forrest City. Also, the east frac-
tionai half OF section "A, in township 5
north, range east, containing 24O acres; The
north half of the southeast quarter OF section
IL in township north, range east, con-
tanning - acres; and the southwest frac-
tiOnal quarter Of the northeast fractional
quarter Of section %, in township B north, OF
range } east, containing 81 acres.
Equity of redemption waived. Title TO said
property Is believed 10 be perfect but I sell
only as trustee.
CHARLES T. DOBB, Trustee.
Wright 4" EOlkes, Atty's. leg
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DRY GOODS.
BYTELEGRAPH.

NEW YORK, July 28,-Domestic
goods were fairly active in some depart
meDts but foreign goods were very dull.
Cotton fisnRels and Cheviots are in
good demand. Cabot A bleached
shiriings are now 94c. COcheco dark
PRINTS opened at Sc. Wooden goods for
mems wear are in steady request, and
repellants are more active. -Four thou.
sand bales of damaged Langley sheet.
inCs sold fairly at auction.
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Sales $3.50.

sales 300.
Liverpool to sTTive-Arrivals 1-l6d
higher; August and September shipments
from Savannah aud Charleston, line,
SD; August and September delivery
from Savannah and Charleston, I'm. c.,
6 l5-l6d; September and October deliv-
cry from Savannah and Charleston, I'm.
g, l-lGd; new crop, delivery from Sa-
VEnnah and Charleston, line, 3-l0d.
Receipts at the United States seaports
since last Friday, 293S; same time last
week, 40ls; same time last year, 5637
bales.
Total receipts at all the United States
ports up to date. 3, 45O ga; same time
last year, 375 $751; deficit this year, 2S5,-
OO4
stock at the ports, 35,Si2; last week,
li6, 72I; last year, ls7, 1872 bales.
rnT~rnN
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suance of State Warrants.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
Comptroller of the Treasurer be, and he is
hereby directed to have warrants on the
Treasury engraved and printed, in denOmina-
tons OF one, two, five, ten, twenty and fifty
dollars, on good banknde paper, payable to
-O or bearer, received in payment Of all
dues to the state, and have the same so
printed and bound in BOOK form, as that
when warrant is detached It will leave q
stub or check. on which shall be written at
the time OF issuing each warrant, the denOmi-
nation thereof, the date when issued, and
consecutive number, on what account issued,
and on receipt to be signed by the party TO
whom issued. Each denomination shall be
bound in separate books, and numbered con-
seCuuvely from one upwards.
Section 2. Be II further enacted, That sub
section 2, of section 2T of the Code, be amend
ed so as to authorize and empower the Comp
trOller to issue any and all Ofthese denOmina-
lions Of engraved warrants for sums which,
upon examination and adjustment of an ac-
count or claim against the state, may be
found due from the state.
Section 3. Be 1t further enacted, That for
the payment of odd dollars and cents, which
cannot be made by these warrants, the Comp
trOller shall issue his warrant in the same
manner and form now provided by law.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Treasurer, before he
shall pay of any of the warrants hereinpIO-
vided Tor, to compare them with the stubs or
checks provided Tor in the first section of this
act, and if found to correspond, pay the same,
and Immediately cancel and file them for
such inspection and examination as may be
ordered by the General Assembly.
Section >. Be it further enacted, That there
shall be at no time more than five hundred
thousand dollars of the warrants herein au-
thOriZed to be issued, outstanding and unpaid,
and they shall be issued for current expenses
only.
Section6 Be it further enacted, That this
act take take effect frOm.and after its passage,
the public wefafe requiring It.
Passed March q, 1875.
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LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS Ii. PAINE,
CHAS. n. GIBBS,
Secretary of State.
AN ACT to provide for Bills of Exceptions,
and to regulate the practice where new

AN ACT TO provide for Bills of Exceptions,
and to regulate the practice where new
trials are granted or refused.
Section l, Be it enacted by the General As
Sembly of the state Of Tennessee, That where
n motion for new trial shall be granted or
re used, either party may except to the de-
cisicn of the court, and may reduce to writ
ing the reasons offered for said new trial, to-
getheT with the substance of the evidence in
the case, and also the decision of the Court
on said motion; and it shall be the duty of
the Judge, before whom such motion is made,
to allow and sign the same; and such bill of
exceptions shall be part o. the record in the
case, and il shall be lawful for the appellant
in such case to assign for error, that the
judges in the Court below improperly gran ted
or refused new trial therein, and the Su-
preme Court shall have power to grant new
trials, or to correct any errors OF the Circuit
Court in granting or refusing the same.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect from and after its passage, the
public welfare requiring it.
Passed March %, 1915.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of the House of Representa- tiveS.
THOMAS Il. PAINE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved March 81, 1870.
JAMES ID. PORTER, Governor.
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AN ACT to make Uniform the fees OF the
Registers of the Land offices OF the state Of
Tennessee.
Section 1. Be ii enacted D. the General As
sembly of the State OF Tennessee, That all
Registers Of land offices in the state shall re-
ceive one dollar and twenty five cents as COM
pen alton tor each grant recorded by them,
and two dollars for eEch certified COPY OF
grants, and twenty-five cents for each search.
Passed March 70, 1875.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of the House Of Sepreseu t1tiVes,
THOMAS H PAINE
Speaker o. .ug senate.
Approved March y, 1870.
JAMES ID. PORTER Governor.
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CHANCERY BALE
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
On Saturday, July "a, 1885,

No. 13H.-SecOnd Chancery Court of Shelby
county, Tennessee.-MaTy MOriaTty VS. ID,
II. MOriarty, ct al.
DY virtue of an interlOcutory decree for
D sale, entered in the above cause on TIE
DIST day OF October, 1874, 1 will sell, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, in front of the
county courthouse, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, July "a, 1876,
within legal hours, the following described
real estate, to-wit: a certain lot or parcel OF
land, lying and being in Shelby county, State
of Tennessee and in the city of Memphis, be-
ginning at the southeast corner of lot No. n,
on the north side OF Adams street; thence west
with Adams street about twenty (z6l feet
thence north with q brick wall about sixty
(6O) feet; thence east about twenty C2Ol feet 10
an alley thence with the alley about sixty (6O)
feet to the beginning.
Terms OF Sale-One-third cash, balance in
six and twelve months, notes with security
and lien retained to secure same,
This Iune Is, 1875.
NJ. D. L. STEWART. Clerk and Master,
BY Geo. Mallory, ID. c. and NJ.
B. J. Mulvahill. Jarnigan & trayser, soils. for
conn., [. lul6 tn
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HAERSO5 REST0EED-A sic.lu Of
you hful imprudcnce, causing proTC- jr3 dc
cay, nervous debility, etc, having Jrist in
vain every known remedy, has found ~ Sileple
seli-Cure, which pc Will send free TO his selIOB
sufferer. Address }. Ii. REV r., Is Nassau
Now Nnrk
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AN ACT to protect farmers and prevent in
In n

AN ACT to protect farmers and prevent in
jury to crops.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the General A.
sembly of the State of Tennessee, That all
persons owning VIGOROUSLY mischievOuS
stock, that are known to be in the habit of
throwing down or jumping fences, shall be
required to keep the same confined upon
their own premises so that II be not allowed
to run at large TO the injury of the enclosures
or crops of any other person or persons what
ever.
Section 2. Be II further enacted, That all
owners of the stock shall be liable for all
damages done by the same to enclosures or
crops of others, and upon proof Of the amount
of such damages, and of the character Of the
stock committing the treSspass, recovery of
the amount and costs Of >uit may be hau be-
tore any Justice of the Peace
Section 3, Be it further enacted, That to
secure the payment OF such damages and
COSTS execution shall be levisd upon the
stock committing the tTespass, and after ten
days notice shall ne sold to pay said amount
of damages and costs.
Passed March Y, 1870.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
THOMAS fl. PAINE,
Speaker or the Senate,
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AN ACT 70 authorize the Foreman of Grand
Jures TO swear witnesses brought before
them to testify.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Tennessee, That
hereafter the Foreman of the Grand Jury
shall have power and is hereby authorized to
administer oaths to all witnesses brought be-
fore the Grand Jury 10 testify, as to the ViO-
lation OF the criminal laws OF this State in all
cases where the clerks OF the Criminal and
Circuit Courts may now administer said
OathS.
Section 2. Be It further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the said Foreman OF the
Grand Jury to indorSe on the indictment, or
If IL be a preSentment, on the subpoena the
names OF The witnesses so sworn by MIN and
sign the same officially, but the omission 10
ndOrse the same on the Indictment or sub
pU0a shall in no case inValidate the finding
of the Indictment or preSentment, If the wit
neSses were in point of fact sworn by him ac
COrding to law.
Section B. Be 1t further enacted, That tnis
act take effect from and after its passage,
the public welfare requiring it.
Passed March 8, 1873.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker Of the House OF Represent tives.
THOMAS II. PAINE,
Speaker OF the Senate.
Approved March IL, 1873.
JAMES ID. PORTER, Governor.
/ certify that the foregoing is a true copy OF
an act OF the Tennessee General Assent Div,
the original of which is now on file in my
office.
CHAs. n. GIBBS,
Secretary % state.
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Approved March %, 1875.
JAMES d. PORTER, Governor.

AN ACT to amend the Charter of the Uni
YersIty of Nashville.
Section l. Be IL enacted by The General As
sembiy of the stale of Tennessee, That the
charter of the University of Nashville be so
amended that the trustees may have the
power, if in their judgment the interests OF
the institution require, to discontinue p
course OF instruction strictly collegiate and
literary, and convert said institution, either
partially or entirely, into a scientific school
for instruction in the various branches apper-
tanning to chemistry, botany, metalurgy and
other kindred subjects, embraced within the
title OF a scientific school, and also that said
trustees may have the power to dis continue
for time, II in their JUDGMENT it becomes
proper to do so, instruction in the branches
purely collegiate, and make an arrangement
with the trustees of the peabody Fund, =" or
other association for the establishment of
normal school, provided, that any trust funds
heretofore bequeathed to said university
shall be only used in accordance with the
purposes of the trust.
Passed March %, 1875.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. PAINE,
Speaker Of the Senate.
Approved March "a, 1875.
JAMES d. PORTER, GOVernOr.
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AN ACT to amend an act passed January r

AN ACT TO amesd an act passed January p.
1870, Chapter CX\i.- Section I granting
furnisners OF supple lien On crop.
Section l. Be IL enacted by the General As
sembIy of the state O. tennessee, That chap
ter CGXt., section i OF al act passed 18th Of
January, 1870, be - amended a. 90 give O
landlD rds, in addition % liens a.Iea'bg gwen
him by law, a further lien on the CROWN 6
crop for necessary supplies Of FOOD and ClCiL-
ing furnished tenants Tor Ia, ms. yes, or those
dependent on them bg the .a--.JId or his
agent, to enable the tenant Co MAKE the crop;
provided, an account Of such Necessary sup
plies is kept, as tle articles are Turn shed,
ami is sworn to before some Justice Of tine
p ace before the enforcement Of the len;
provided, also, that this lien shall be second
airy to that OF the laudlard for his rent.
Section ,. BE it further enacted, Ih7t this
lien may lie enforced as the landlords lien
for rents; provided. always, that the attiIayi'S
as above provided for, shall be made as 20 the
truth and justice of the account before the
Magistrate or Clerk OF the Court shall issue
WriUS Of diStraint or attachment.
Section 3. Be 70 further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after its pass
age, the public welfare requiring 10.
Passed March %, 1875
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker of the House Of Representative.
THONAS II. PA IavE.
Speaker OF the Senate.
Approved March q 1875.
JAMES y. PORTER, Governor,
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Saturday, August z, 1876,
Notice. .Trustee's Sale.

Under and by virtue Of certain deed in
" trust made by JnO. r. GuTley and susan
A. Guriey, his wife, dated May 2 1874, and re-
corded In the Recorders office OF st. Francis
county, Arkansas, in record book r, on pages
49, III, l7S and l79, to secure the Indebtedness
therein named, l VIII, as the Trustee named in
said deed, on
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AN ACT to prevent Vagrancy.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the state of Tennessee, That il is
hereby declared 90 be a misdemeanOr for any
person who having no apparent means of
subsistence, and neglects to apply himself or
herself to some honest calling.
Section ,. Be it further enacted, That il is
hereby declared to be a misdem eanOr for any
one to ne found lettering about saloons or
dram shops, gambling houses or houses Ofill-
fame, or tramping or StrOliing through the
country without any visible means OF sup
port.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, That any
one found guilty of these Odenses defined in
sectiOns and of this act, shall be fined not
less than five dollars or more than twenty
five dollars, or shall be imprisoned in tue
county wOTkhOuse for not less than ten days
or more than twelve months, at the disc e.
ton Of The court.
Section 4. Be il further enacted, That it is
hereby made the duty of all peace officers of
this State to arrest ali Migrants and carr
them before some Justice OF the Peace TO be
dealt with rs the law directs,
Passed March Is, 1873.
LEWIS BOND.
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
THOMAS II. PAINE,
Speaker OF the Senate.
Approved March d, 1873.
JAMES ID. PORTER, Governor.
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AN ACT to punish Executors, Administrators
Guardians or Trustees fOrs converting to
their own use aud benefit, and failing to pay
over trust funds.
Section l. Be il enacted by the General As
Semhiy Of the state of Tennessee, That any
Executor, Administrator, Guardian or Trus-
tee holding rust funds who shall WilfuNy
and mallclOuSly convert to his own Us3 aud
benefit any moneys, snOtes, stocks, bonds or
other evidences OF value OF whichever nature
and description, the assets OF gHe es;Ote. FOR
which he is Executor, AdmIn,sfra- GUAR
dian or Trustee, a0d on final settlement su a.!
fail to pay TO those entitled 20 the funds thus
entrusted TO and due from such Executor,
Administrator, Guardian Ur Trustee, where
the same are not paid and cannot be SOI-
Iected by due process Of law, sha be All ucEsd
guilty Of felony before any competent Court,
and on conviction shall be punished by im.
prisOnment in the peniteutiary not less than
one year and not more than ten year.
Section :. BE It further enacted, That this
act take effect from and after its pa sage, tle
public welfare requiring 70.
Passed March 9, 1875.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives.
THON As n. PAINE,
Speaker O. the SenBt
Approved March I3, 1873.
JAMES ID. PORTER, Govern r.
certify that the foregoing is a true copy of
an act OF the General Assembly of Tennessee,
the original OF which is on file in my Office.
CHAS. ". GIBBS,
Secretary OF state.
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section /. BE it enacted by the General As
semDly or the state Of Tennessee THAI ft
shall be the cuty OF the Circuit and trrIr.riu4I
Judges Of this state to give lin .Ca4rga f3 me
grand Juriea Of their several district. tho qrt
OF February -, 1850, chapter . section I.
and the act Of November 3 1863 rHinrfDI. 2
section 10. II shall De the duty OF t1e Grand
jury to send for persons or papers Eher. new
have reason 10 believe that there has r.a1 =
violation of either OF said acIs.
Section 2. Be 10 further euactsd THAT
nothing in this act shall! be 50 construed gg 10
debar persons OF parties fro ia b-. a, NJ 4 afyfl
action Tor damages Ss pT0.lGa.f la ~. ,rf
which this IS intended 10 amend
Section 3. Be Il further enacted The
service OF caplas on a-y officer, dIrer .8r or
agent OF any railroad snail D.. deemed srfH-
Client process 70 bring them before the courts
SectOu 4. Be 1t further cu..ted That DO
shall be the duty Of the several Atfp-Eevs
General TO prosecute under s. 40 acts OF as
s-mDly.
Section 5. Be it further euaa.r5- -r.t an
damages recovered under the no 'srsu OF
Ihls act by the AttCyUe. JeueTa .H a upon
collection, be paid By the Clerk .. G. . Court
70 the Comptroller OF the Sts.a IS state
Passed March .. Is.5
Speaker Of the Ho
Approved March a,
JAMHa
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AN ACT to authorize the sale OF the Hunting
Ton Male and Female Academies.
Whereas, The Huntington male and female
academies are in such state of dilapidatiOn
as to be entirely unfit for educational pur-
poses; ana
Whereas, The trustees thereof are indebted
to various persons for material and labor,
whereby the present value of said academies
is enhanced; and
Whereas, Said trustees have no means with
which 10 discharge said Indebtedness or to re-
pair said academy buildings, and the educa.
UOnal interests of the county demand that
said academy buildings, together with the
grounds upon which they are built, be sold
and the proceeds TeinVeSted.
Section l. Therefore, Be II enacted by the
General Assembly of the state Of Tennessee,
That 4. r. Hall, T. f. Jones, b. +. Morrison,
A. &. Mcneil and their aSSOciatlFs as Trustees
Of the huntington Male ard Female Acade-
mics, in the county of Carroll, and thu II sue
ceSsOTs IN office, be and are hereby authorized
TO sell one or both OF said lots upon such
terms as they may deem best, and to re.invest
the proceeds after paying said debts; provided,
however, that the debts alluded TO do not eX-
coed two hundred and fifty dollars in the pur-
chase of sad other grounds and in the cree.
deem expedient for the education of both
sexes, and the public welfare requiring II,
this act shall take effect from its passage.
Passed March 8, 1919.
LEWIS BOND,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives..
THOMAS b. PAINE,
speaker of the Senate.
Approved March I3, 1875.
JAMES ID. PORTER, Governor.
certify that the foregoing is a true copy Of
the original OF which is now on file in my
office.
CHAS. ". GIBBS,
Secretary of