The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-19
WORK OF TIE SESSION.
one Hundred aud SiNty.Ninc Hills Passed
by the General Assembly.



house,
For the relief of counties wherein records
ana court houses have been burned, and es'
pecially for the relief of Cooke county,
Extending the time for the collection OF
| the tax of 1876. Became u law without the
governors approval.
Changing the session of the supreme
| court
Declaring the duties of the attorney gen.
erdl for the state.
To provide for the re.registratiOn of deeds
and wills, when court hoIses and records
| have been burned.
Fixing the terms of the court OF Duck.
town.
Repeating the dog law Became a law
March 3, without the governors approval
Repeating the law giving county Judge
| to Cannon county.
| Authorizing municipal corporations to
compromise or settle their Indebtedness.
TO set back toll gates on the Whites Creek
turnpike.
Allowing purchasers of railroads sold
under mortgage to incorporate, etc.
For the benefit Of the Shelby county turn
pike company.
Creating the new county of HaincS out of
portions OF Benton, Carroll, Henderson and
Decatur.
Abolishing the Office of county judge Sum
uer county.
Declaring the mode and manner OF va u
ing the property of telegram companies for
taxation, and OF taxing sleeping cars.
| 10 eHCehu the .,'''o ~. .rto
the diminished ralifoaus III the SC"te'
Amending section G6 Of an act passed
March 90 1875, applying to municipal cor
| norations having more than $500 inhab'
itants.
To amend an act entitled " an Act urciar
ing the mode ana manner ol v"lu'nS wv
property of railroad company Tor taNa''on,
passed March 20, 1910, anu 10 "oJ"S' '"'
rlghts OF the s'''.e any i"'no"uS, , o,u 30 ,,ur
Authorng railroad corporations W P"i
chase other ralffoadS III auJol"ins sea.Is'
hepeallns the ten per celV. i"'tioo' i''', i""'
To oprohlbil the SAFE ol inIoA''aVlhS "q"o''
near institutions Oh learnlhs' u,, Malta,
Relating TO the operatr'hs " 'nG Tn,'', Cn,'e"
states coast survey III '"' ''"'' VI
see. ,c,,u...;o.or or
Ior 'he iotev''"''oI 0S'" A''' Ma"rr Gih.on
Robertson. Moh'SomeIE, nauis, Td,'.Dn' uo",om'
Madison, stewart, rrahSl''', i1Va'o'' -i'''''''
hawkins, Henry "hu I'T'HItv, IHIt, ,,o ,.;,o,it
10 chanSe the I''''e VI no'"'"o '"e
court OF lrousualc couf'y' y',,;, h, oi.or;t
10 change the 'llne Vi "o'"'"S '"' >''''''
ooTt' our VI M"Son IT,. oo" imriSI;c,;or of hoords of
TO extend the IuriSdic''oh Vi "o"''' Vi
health ,..,..;.. e A., oo.ro,.
10 reduce 'he noul9aI'eS i u, ,nv Io,T M"n.
atonS oil the to"hs VI ico''on ""' '''"
chester. ,r.u.-,,, -,
Ni"H'itS W NV III W ,,oaa
additional justice ol the peace t...:.o,
10 declare lhe 'crIiis "n Nnlo' '1' .s,,,ro'
porallolis ols"n'neu 'O' on tbn,r business
tlKlnS purposes may carr! ol' vno'' 1 .,,
AM purchase' hoiu anu convey '''' '"' P''
Sonal properly IN tIis S'a''' ., .,i,,.o.
10 PROVIDE Tor 'ne re'Liovai "n" WtiiI;o
meht oi VIC ''''"'"' w
BIount. io;
For the more eiiclent coiiecuoh ol nI",i'o''
pal taXeS III corporations '"''"S '"o'' '"'''
10000 inhabitants .,,n,,
10 repea' ser'l1h 1l an "'o .h' W,iin,s
Act 10 aIhenu '"e cn"'to. 81 ,,,,',,,s ,',u y
Creek turnpike road ana o'hcr PURPOSES
passed may "A, 1866 .-,.,,...
To amend and declare 'h' ia" Ill rel"''"'
to lawful fences,
10 repeai section ! W d" ".' f'J r',nJ
March H. 1877, emitted An hct 10 ,un"
the past due bonds aud coupons OF inc state
and to sustain the crcdlt thrfcol'
70 repeal an act entlllrd Ah hct =" pIo
~
| tcct prlNate hSh'tlcS' P""'e" '""''" -'
(chapter I'D. ,,, eu
TO repeal anact cntl'Ich an Ac1 ior 'nc M
protection and preservation OF game Ill Lane
county passed March II, 1919.
To repeal section y Ol an ac' lhcorpor"i
| ting the N)hah high schoo'," "t N''N''i''' """
for other purposes,
To fix the time oil holding the cnahcery
and ci cult courts at Vanderbilt tor the
county of Unicoi.
Authorizing insurance companies TO- re-
duCe their capital stock; and to amend an
act passed March ~, 1879, entitled An AcI
to provide for the organization OF corpora
tions."
To repeal an act enttIca' an NSC |" rs.
tablish the law court Of Nashville ana the
act entitled, An Act to amend an act en-,
titled an act to establish the law court "i
| Nashville"
To change the line between the cOulltleS ol
DYER and Lauderdale.
TO establish the line between Jefferson
and Hamben countless and to appoint com
misslOncrS to run ana marx Saiu county
| line.
| To amend the rules of chanCcry practice,
and diminish the costs OF litigation IN all
the courts of Tennessee having equitable or
chancery jurisdiction, and in the supreme
court.
To repeal certain portions OF an act passed
March 10, 1873, relating to the Bean station
and Cumberland Gap turnpike.
70 change the time of holding the chan>
Gerry courts in the 9TH division oil Ieh>
nes,ee.
To establish the lines between Washington
and unicoi counties.
To amend an act entitled, AN Act ior the
benefit OF the pauper deal an" dunlo anu ao
bind children OF the state, passed jan 90,
! 1860, and to amend an act entitled, An act
to repeal section low OF the coue III reicr
ence to the admission OF pups 10 tne len
ne:see deaf and DUMP school, passed March
II, 1850, % ,o--
To amend an act approved March 10, laI2'
lchapter 80 to punish executors aumlhlStra'
tors, guardians and trustees 10Y cohsef.lpS
trust funds to their own u ah" peheh'' anu