Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-12

AN ACT to amend an acc entitled AN act 10 amend
the various acts in reference to the Bean Station
ana Cumberland Gap turnpike road,' and consoll-
date the same into one act
SECTION l. Be Il enacted By tie General assembly Of
the state Of Tennessee, That so much of section of
an act passed March TO- 1875. entitled AN Act to
amend the various acts in reference to the kean sta
ton and Cumberland Gap turnpike road, and con-
soIICate the same into one act as relates 10 all
male citizens between the ages OF eighteen and
f0tJ yt ars now compelled 10 WoTk the above named
road for one mile On each side, be repealed and
changed to cne-half mile on either siue, and to
work fou- days during the year instead of six days,
as now. ., -, -.
in Granger county the above said road shall be
leased or let out to the highest bdd aud that the
lessee may fix his gate on either side Of Clinch
mountain, or at some point on said mountain where
the aforesaid turnpike crosses said ountain, and
that he be required 20 Keep said read In good travel
Ing order, ana Cnat he be required TO give bond and
security TO do ia sum to be tXed by the county
court or Granger county. and that the rates OF II
he fixed by court and that printed rates Of toll
be posted 1t the said gate for the information OF the
travelling puzzle. ana that the lessee shall have all
OF the tcl collected at said gate, nut he citizens OF
Granger county shall 60 free unless on journey
out vi the county
TIE aforesaid lessee to keep id road across said
mountain n good travelling order as required by law
ger co unity to determine said lease.
sec 1. ne i further enacted, That the county
court aforesaid snail prescribe the manner in which
said road across said mountain saall be kept.
See 5. BE IL further enacted. That the county
day as praclicaOe, and sufficient amount for which
said gale is leased shall be expended TO make the
due to be equally diviled between tn: counties OF
,-r;i!-Eer, Claiborne and Hamblen, to be expended
upon lie roGd running Though each. The said
county cOurl II Grange county shall on the hTSt
MDnuay ~ Apsil, 1873, eleCt d commissioner OF
oyersesF. whose duly snail be - notify hapd what
DAYS Work aid road, and VINO shall receive Tor
his services such amount as the county court may
allow, 10 paid from the funds derived from the
lease. The commissioner shall be elected once
rear, the first Monday in January 1879, except Tor
the scar 1870 then as aoOys pToSded; anu IurtheT
that the electOl o. tie commissioner or OverSeer
shall alternate between the three OuutSSj GTi1ger
first TO elect, then Claiborne. and Hamblen lastly.
said commissioner elected shall be allowed 10 ap-
pOnt sub-OyeTseer5, TO be paid from the amount al
i.Ssd him by the county court that elect and
further said GOA n Toner snail settle with the
chairman OF each county cOrEt b. Wl!ch he is elect
ed once a gear, or before the FIRST dag Of Degel-
her each var, and that the citizens of Claiborne
and II mbian counties be not required to pay toll
Sec a. II Il fIrtler enacted, That all acts in con
aIct with this act be asc The same are hereby re-
Sec T. Be Il further enacted, That this act take
ssc from and after It's passage, the public welfare
requiring II. 49,
Speaker If the Senate.
Il. /. EOWLEsS,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
Approved March 4, 1879. ~
ALBERT :. MARKS. Governor.
Charles n. Gibbs Secretary OF state OF The state
Of Tennessee certify the above is correct copy OF an
aet Of the General Assembly OF the State OF Ten