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CHAPTER 88.

AN ACT to systematize and prescribe the times and places of holding the Chancery Courts.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Chancery Courts shall be held at the times and places prescribed in the following schedule:

IN THE EASTERN DIVISION.

Second Monday of January and first Monday of August, at Elizabethton, for Carter county.

First Mondays of March and September at Newport, for Cocke county.

First Mondays of April and October, at Knoxville, for Knox and Union counties.

Second Mondays of April and October at Sevierville, for Sevier county.

First Wednesdays after third Mondays of April and October, at Taylorsville, for Johnson county.

First Mondays of May and November, at Greenville, for Greene county.

Second Mondays of May and November, at Jonesboro', for Washington county.

Third Mondays of May and November, at Blountville, for Sullivan county.

Fourth Mondays of May and November, at Rogersville, for Hawkins county.

First Mondays of June and December, at Tazewell, for Claiborne county.

Second Mondays of June and December, at Dandridge, for Jefferson county.

Third Mondays of June and December, at Rutledge, for Grainger county.

Friday after the third Mondays of June and December, at Maynardsville, for Union county.

Fourth Mondays of June and December, at Jacksboro', for Campbell county.

First Mondays after fourth Mondays of June and December, at Sneedville, for Hancock county.

Thursday after the fourth Mondays of June and December, at Clinton, for Anderson county.

IN THE FIFTH DIVISION.

First Mondays of February and August, at Benton, for Polk county.

Third Mondays of February and August, at Athens, for McMinn county.

Fourth Mondays of February and August, at Cleveland, for Bradley county.

First Mondays of March and September, at Harrison, for Hamilton county;

Second Mondays of January and July, at Chattanooga. Second Mondays of March and September, at Jasper, for Marion county.

Thursdays after first Mondays of February, and third Mondays of September, at Crossville, for Cumberland county.

Third Mondays of March and September, at Pikeville, for Bledsoe county.

Fourth Mondays of March and September, at Sparta, for White county.

First Mondays of April and October, at Livingston, for Overton county.

Second Mondays of April and October, at Jamestown, for Fentress county.

Thursdays after the second Mondays of April and October, at Huntsville, for Scott county.

Third Mondays of April and October, at Montgomery, for Morgan county.

Thursdays after third Mondays of April and October, at Kingston, for Roane county.

Fourth Mondays of April and October, at Decatur, for Meigs county.

Wednesdays after fourth Mondays of April and October, at Washington, for Rhea county.

Fourth Mondays of May and November, at Marysville, for Blount county.

First Mondays of June and December, at Madisonville, for Monroe county.

IN THE FOURTH DIVISION.

First Mondays of January and July, at Lebanon, for Wilson county.

First Mondays of February, and second Mondays of July, at Lafayette, for Macon county.

Wednesdays after first Mondays of February and second Mondays of July, at Gainesboro', for Jackson county. First Mondays of February, and third Mondays of September, at Cookville, for Putnam county.

Second Mondays of February and August, at Carthage, for Smith county.

Third Mondays of February and August, at Manchester, for Coffee county.

Wednesday after the third Mondays of February and August, at Winchester, for Franklin county.

Fourth Mondays of February and August, at Fayetteville, for Lincoln county.

Mondays after the fourth Mondays of February and August, at Shelbyville, for Bedford county.

Second Mondays of April and September, at Gallatin, for Sumner county.

Thursdays after third Mondays of March and September, at Smithville, for DeKalb county.

Fourth Mondays of March and September, at McMinnville, for Warren and Van Buren counties.

Fridays after fourth Mondays of March and September, at Altamont, for Grundy county.

Fifth Mondays of March and September, when there are five Mondays, otherwise, first Mondays of April and October, at Woodbury, for Cannon county.

Fourth Mondays of April and October, at Murfreesboro', for Rutherford county.

IN THE MIDDLE DIVISION.

Wednesdays after the third Mondays of February and August, at Lewisburg, for Marshall county.

Third Mondays of February, June and October, at Ashland, for Cheatham county.

First Mondays of March and September, at Pulaski, for Giles county.

Third Mondays of March and September, at Columbia, for Maury and Lewis Counties.

First Mondays of April and October, at Franklin, for Williamson county.

Thursdays after second Mondays of April and October, at Dover, for Stuart county.

Third Mondays of April and October, at Clarksville, for Montgomery county.

First Mondays of May and November, at Nashville, for Davidson county.

First Mondays of June and December, at Springfield, for Robertson county.

IN THE SIXTH DIVISION.

First Mondays of February and August, at Huntingdon, for Carroll county:

Second Mondays of February and August, at Lexington, for Henderson county.

Third Mondays of February and August, at Purdy, for McNairy county.

Thursdays after third Mondays of February and August, at Savannah, for Hardin county.

Fourth Mondays of February and August, at Waynesboro', for Wayne county.

First Mondays of March and September, at Lawrenceburg, for Lawrence county.

Second Mondays of March and September, at Centerville, for Hickman county.

Third Mondays of March and September, at Charlotte, for Dickson county.

Thursdays after third Mondays of March and September, at Waverly, for Humphreys county.

Fourth Mondays of March and September, at Camden, for Benton county.

First Mondays of April and October, at Decaturville, for Decatur county.

Thursdays after first Mondays of April and October, at Linden, for Perry county.

IN THE WESTERN DIVISION.

First Mondays of January and July, at Paris, for Henry county.

Second Mondays of January and July, at Dresden, for Weakley county.

Third Mondays of January and July, at Troy, for Obion

county.

Fridays after the third Mondays of January and July, at Dyersburg, for Dyer county.

Third Mondays of February and August, at Jackson, for Madison county.

Fourth Mondays of February and August, at Brownsville, for Haywood county.

Second Mondays in May, and first Mondays in November, at Bolivar, for Hardeman county.

Third Mondays in May, and second Mondays in November, at Somerville for Fayette county.

Fourth Mondays in May and third Mondays in November, at Covington, for Tipton county.

First Thursdays after fourth Mondays in May, and first Thursdays after the third Mondays in November, at Ripley, for Lauderdale county.

Third Mondays of June and December, at Trenton, for Gibson county.

Fourth Mondays of May and November, at Memphis, for Shelby county.

The common law and chancery courts of the city of Memphis, shall hold two terms of the chancery side of the court a year, to commence on the fourth Mondays of May and November in each year; with power to hold special terms either by adjournment or by causing ten days' notice

to be given by the clerk and master, in two newspapers, printed in the city, in which notice the causes to be heard shall be specified.

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH,

Passed March 20, 1858..

Speaker of the Senate:

CHAPTER 89.

AN ACT to enforce returns of tax statements by clerks of county courts.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That every clerk of a county court Clerks required failing to make the return required by law of an aggregate statement of taxes, at the time required by law to the Comptroller, shall forfeit fifty dollars, to be recovered to the State Treasury.

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SEC. 2. The Comptroller, immediately on the expiration of the time within which such returns are required to be made, shall notify each delinquent clerk, by letter sent by mail, and at the same time notify each District Attorney for the State, of any district of this State, of every failure of any clerk in his district, whereupon the district attorney shall, at the next circuit court proceed to take judg ment by motion, for the amount of the penalty prescribed.

SEC. 3. On the clerk producing to the district attorney, before motion, a receipt of the Comptroller for the tax statement, dated after the default, showing that from the date and postmark, it was mailed in time, said attorney shall not proceed; on the production of the same after motion, the clerk shall pay the costs; no other defence shall be allowed.

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH,

Speaker of the Senate.

Passed March 20, 1858.

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