The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
BAKKRUPTS
PREVENTED FROM PREFERING CBEDI-
TORS.-THE NEW FISH LAW FISH
TO BE CAUGHT ONLY WITH
HOOK AND LINE AND
TNT

The following is the full text Of
the bankrupt law passed April I'd
| by the Legislature
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State Of Ten
nessee, that preferences Of creditors
in general assignments Of all a debt
| or's property for the benefit Of cred
! itors shall be illegal and void, and
all general assignments shall Oper
ate for the benefit of all the debtors
creditors pro rata, whether all the
creditors are named in the assign
ment or not. The insertion OF q
clause in the assignment giving
preference shall not render the as
signment itself invalid, but the
clause only shall be nugatory, and
all the debtors creditors shall share
ratably property assigned.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that
any mortgage, deed in trust, or 9th
er conveyance Of a portion Of q debt
Ors property for the benefit of any
particular creditor or creditors,
made within three months preced-
ing q general assignment, and in
contemplation Of making a general
assignment, shall be void in the
event a general assignment issmade
within three months thereafter, and
the property conveyed by such con
veyance shall be shared ratably by
all creditors, Just as that embraced
in general assignments. -.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, that
any confession Of judgment by
debtor, or permitting Judgment to
be taken by default, or by colIusion
within three months preceding a
general assignment, and in contem-
pIation of such assignment, shall be
void in the event a general assign
ment shall be made within three
months after said Judgment.
Sec. I. Be it further enacted, that
the debtor making a general assign
ment shall annex thereto a full and
complete inventory or schedule, un-
der oath, Of all his property Of every
description, and that the trustees or
assignee shall be entitled to any
other property Of the debtor not
embraced in the assignment, and
not exempt from execution, and al
so to property conveyed in violation
Of section ? of this act; and to the
property or its proceeds assigned to
satisfy judgments rendered in viola
ton OF section 3 Of this act
Sec. ). Be it further enacted, that
the provisions Of this act shall not
prevent any person from making a
mortgage or deed Of trust to secure
the payment for property bought or
money loaned, provided the mort
gage. or deed Of trust is executed at
the time Of buying the property or
borrowing the money.
THE FISH LAW ...
The following is the text of the
fish law:
Sec, /. Be it enacted by the GEN
eral Assembly Of the State Of Ten /
nessee, that it shall not be lawful
for any person to catch, kin, destroy,
or take fish i'm or from any of the
waters Of this State, whether a run
ming stream, or lakes or ponds hav-
ing outlets into running streams, !
either in high or low water, by
means Of any seine, trap, net, gig,
spike, gun, grab-hook, or snatch
hook, or to use fish berries, lime, or
giant powder, dynamite, gunpow- !
der, or any other explosive substance |
for the destruction Of fish in any Of |
said waters, or by any other means !
otherwise than by angling with |
baitcd hook and line and trot line
provided, that none of the provis- /
ions Of this act shall hinder or pre-
vent the Commissioners Of Fisheries, |
or their agents, from catching or
taking fish from any Of said waters,
at such time and in such manner as
they may deem proper, and to them |
only, for the purpose Of stocking or
restocking the waters Of the State
and provided further, that this act |
shall not be construed so as to pro
hibit the use Of q hand or minnow
net.in taking small fish or minnows
for bait
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. that
it shall not be lawful for any person
to place any trap, Of any kind what
ever, in any stream, or in the mouth
Of any stream or tributary thereof,
or in lake or pond which has an out
let to any stream either in high or
low water, thereby preventing the
free ascent and descent, up and |
down, to and from said waters
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that
it shall not be lawful for any person
to molest, disturb or damage any
fish during the spawning season, or.
to molest, disturb or damage, in any
way whatever, any fish eggs or
young fish in any of said waters in
this State
Sec 4. BE It further enacted, that
any person, company or corporation
violating the first, second or third
sections Of this act shall be guilty Of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof before any court Of compe-
tent jurisdiction, shall be fined not
less than five nor more than twenty
five dollars, and shall forfeit all
boats, nets, seines, gigs, spikes, grab /
and snatch hooks and all other con
trivances used in violating the pro-
visions of this act, which contrivan-
ces shall be sold otpublic auction by
the Sheriff Of the county in which
the Ofense is committed.
Sec. g. Be it further enaced, that
all fines collected any moneys aris-
ing from sales of contrivances for
feitcd, under this act. shall be paid
to the County Trustee for the use of
the public schools Of the county in
which the offense was committed.
Melville Griffin deserted his wife
at Indianapolis, and eloped with her