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PRIVATE ACTS

F THE STATE OF TENNESSEE,

PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOR THE YEARS 1857-8.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

APPROPRIATION.

An act to defray the expenses of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, with the report of the Committee on Finance,

AGRICULTURAL.

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An act for the benefit of the Agricultural Bureau, and for other purposes,

An act providing suitable compensation to the Committee created by the act passed February 18, 1856, for the purpose of selecting suitable Fair Grounds for the Agricultural Bureau, BANKS AND BANKING.

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An act to give Sequatchie county a Director in the Branch Bank of Tennessee at Sparta; and to give Cheatham county a Director in the Branch Bank at Clarksville,

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THE BAR.

An act to abolish certain privileges, and to confer certain equal rights upon members of the bar and their clients in Middle Tennessee,

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BLIND.

An act to incorporate an Auxilliary Board to Publish Books for the Blind,

BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

An act supplemental to an act incorporating the Memphis Building and Loan Association Company, passed February 1, 1854, to amend the charter of the Mechanics' Loan Association of Nashville, the City Building Association of Nashville, and the Nashville Building Association,

CITIES AND TOWNS.

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An act to repeal certain provisions in the acts regulating the city of Chattanooga,
An act to amend the charter of the city of Knoxville; to incorporate the town of Manchester, in
Coffee county; to amend the charter of the city of Memphis; to amend the charter of the
town of McMinnville; and to amend the second section of an act passed February 28, 1856,
chap. 133, entitled An act to provide for the election of a Justice of the Peace in the town
of Rome,

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An act to amend the acts incorporating the city of Knoxville, establishing a voting place in East Knoxville, and authorizing a Constable; and establishing a voting place at Pearce's Mills, in Rheatown; and to extend the corporate limits of Maryville, in Blount county,

CEMETERIES.

An act to incorporate Marshland Cemetery, in Coffee county; Poplar Grove Male High School, in Williamson; and the town of Cainsville, in the county of Wilson,

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CHURCHES.

An act to incorporate the Presbyterian Church, "St. Paul," in Jefferson county; and to incor-
porate the church of the United Brethren in Christ,
An act to incorporate the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at Bear Creek, in the county of
Marshall, and for other purposes.

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An act to incorporate the Young Men's Christian Association of Nashville; and to incorporate
the First Baptist Church in the city of Nashville,
An act to incorporate the Holston Presbytery; to repeal the act passed February 25, 1856, chap.
79, to amend the charter of the Tennessee Female College; to incorporate the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Advent; to incorporate the Christianburg United Baptist Church;
to incorporate the Edgefield Cemetery; to incorporate the Wardens and Vestrymen of
Christ's Church; and to incorporate the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of
the Diocese of Tennessee,

CIRCUIT COURTS.

An act providing the time and place of holding the Circuit Court of Cheatham county,
An act to change the time of holding the Circuit Court in the counties of Decatur, Haywood.
Davidson, Putnam, and Lauderdale; and to amend the 15th section of an act passed 28th
February, 1856, chap. 122, establishing the county of Cheatham; and to establish the 4th
and 14th Civil Districts, in Hamilton county, a separate Chancery District,
An act to supply the Circuit Court Clerk's office of Sevier and McMinn counties with the reports,

CLARKSVILLE.

An act to promote Common School Education in the city of Clarksville,

CHANCERY COURTS.

An act to change the time of holding the Chancery Court at Shelbyville, in the county of Bedford; to change the time of holding the Circuit Court in the Seventh Judicial Circuit; to establish a Chancery Court at Ashland, in the county of Cheatham; to establish a Chancery Court at the town of Crossville; to change the time of holding the Chancery Court in the town of Centreville, in the county of Hickman; and to change the time of holding the Chancery Court at Bolivar,

An act to establish a Chancery Court at Maynardsville, Union county,

CODE.

An act to provide for printing the Revised Code, and to compensate the Revisors, and for other purposes,

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COUNTIES AND COUNTY LINES.

An act to ascertain the sense of the voters of Tipton county, concerning the removal of the
Seat of Justice from Covington to the centre of said county,

An act to establish certain Civil Districts in Hamilton county, and for other purposes,

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66 the Fourteenth Civil District in Hickman county, and for other purposes,
66 two Civil Districts in the county of Sullivan; and to establish an additional
district in the county of Dickson, and the Thirteenth District in Overton county; and to
provide for opening the polls in each ward in the city of Memphis,

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An act to authorize the election of an additional Constable in the Tenth Civil District of Lincoln county, and for other purposes,

An act to change the place of comparing the polls for Joint Representative for the counties of
Scott, Morgan and Fentress, and for other purposes,

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An act for the benefit of Sequatchie county,

An act to consolidate the office of Surveyor and Entry taker in the counties of Lawrence, DeKalb,
White, Macon, Grundy, Decatur, Humphreys, and Wilson, -

An act to change the line between the counties of Morgan and Scott; to change the line between
Monroe and McMinn; to change the line between the counties of Wayne, Decatur, and
Hardin; to change the line between the counties of Roane, Anderson and Morgan; Maury
and Hickman; Van Buren and Bledsoe; and to change the line between DeKalb and
Putnam,

An act to organize the county of Powell under the act of 1853-4,

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An act to allow the citizens of Van Buren county to file bills in McMinnville, Tennessee, and for other purposes,

An act to ascertain the will of the people of Tipton county, as to the removal of their Seat of
Justice, and for other purposes,

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An act for the relief of Cheatham county,

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An act to authorize the election of an additional Justice of the Peace in the Tenth Civil District in Blount county,

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