Commissioner of roads shall have satisfactory proof that the same is fully equal in point of durability to the U rail now adopted by law, and he shall so report to the Governor, and said report be accepted and sanctioned by the Governor. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH, Passed February 3, 1858. Speaker of the Senate CHAPTER 31. AN ACT to change the time of holding the circuit courts in the county of Hardin. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Circuit Courts of the county of Hardin shall hereafter be held on the fourth Mondays in March, July, and November, in each and every year. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That an act passed this session of the Legislature, changing the time of holding the Chancery Court at Centerville, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that the time of holding said Court shall hereafter be on the second Mondays in March and September. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH, Passed February 3, 1858. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 32. AN ACT to abolish military duty. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all laws now in force requiring the militia of this State, (officers and privates,) to master assemble at certain times for the purpose of being drilled and instructed in military tactics, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the officers appointed by law to take a list of the taxable property and polls in the various civil districts of the several counties in this State, to make out a report of the strength and condition of the militia in each civil district, in the same manner that the captains of the companies are now required by law to do, and they shall return the same to the county court clerk against the 10th day of June in each year. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the county court clerks to make out, from the to Adjutant Gen reports furnished them, a statement of the strength and condition of the militia in the entire county, a copy of which shall be transmitted to the Adjutant General of the State against the first day of May in each year, for which services the said clerk and officer shall be allowed such compensation, out of the county treasury, as the county court may think reasonable. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. SEC. 5. Provided, All fines in the hands of judges advocate and collecting officers, as muster fines, shall be Muster fines. applied to the payment of claims that have been allowed; any balance remaining, shall be paid by the judge advocate to the county trustee, and shall be added to the common school fund, and disposed of as other common school funds. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representaties. JOHN C. BURCH, Passed February 15, 1857. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 33. AN ACT to amend the revenue laws of this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That a specific tax shall be paid Insurance upon the privilege of granting policies of insurance on Companies to pay lives by other than companies chartered by the State, of one per cent. upon the amount of premiums received for insurance of lives. Sc. 2. e it further enacted, That the provisions and benefit of this act shall only apply to such companies as are confined by their charters exclusively to life insurance. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That so much of an act passed at this session of the Legislature as requires the Comptroller of the Treasury to attend at Knoxville on the first of March each year, to make annual settlements with the tax collectors and sheriffs of East Tennessee, be and hereby is suspended for the present year; and that the Comptroller of the Treasury shall attend at Knoxville on the first day of July, 1858, to settle for the year 1857. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That so much of the act of 1853-4, as requires the sheriff of Knox county to pay over the railroad tax of said county when he pays over the other taxes of said county, be and is hereby repealed; and that hereafter, the said sheriffs shall not be required to pay the same before the first of June, unless otherwise directed by the county court of Knox county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of January, 1858. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 15, 1858. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 34. AN ACT for the benefit of Constables. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That hereafter all constables in this State be allowed to demand and receive a fee of fifty cnts for each levy by them made by virtue of any attachment or fieri facias in their hands for execution; Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so con- Fees. strued as to allow any constable to receive more than one levy fee upon any one attachment or fi. fa. so placed in his hand. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That constables attending on grand juries and waiting upon courts in this State, be allowed one dollar and fifty cents per day for their services. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH, Passed February 15, 1858. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 35. AN ACT to secure the collection of taxes in certain cases. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it shall be lawful for any tax collector in this State to deputise any constable within his county to collect tax demands, when in his judgment the public interest demands it: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to release any revenue collector, or his securities, from any liability in the event of any defalcation on the part of any constable or constables. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH, Passed February 16, 1858. Speaker of the Senate. Change of county line. CHAPTER 36. AN ACT to change the line between the counties of Campbell and Scott, Fentress and SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the line between the counties of Campbell and Scott be changed as follows: That the line run by Stanfield from Ewell Smith's to William Massengill's, be and the same is hereby established as the dividing line between said counties of Campbell and Scott, so as to include all the citizens west of said line in Scott county; and that said citizens so included shall be entitled to, and enjoy all the rights and privileges of other citizens of Scott county; and that this act take effect from and after its passage. line. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the line between the counties of Fentress and Cumberland be so changed. as to run as follows, to wit: Beginning at the ford of Rice's creek, where Officer's turnpike road crosses the same on the line between Morgan and Cumberland, thence down Rice's creek to the mouth, thence up Clear creek to Change of county where the road crosses leading from French's old stand to Crossville, thence with said road to French's old stand on Officer's turnpike road; and that the land and citizens included in said attachment be, and the same are hereby attached to the county of Fentress; and that the citizens thereof shall have all the rights and privileges of other citizens of said county of Fentress. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the county line. between the counties of DeKalb and Putnam be so changed as to include the farm of Claiborne Vaughn in DeKalb county. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 17, 1858. Speaker of the Senate CHAPTER 37. AN ACT to repeal the proviso to the second section of an act passed 28th of February, 1852, chapter 353. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the proviso to the second section of an act passed February 28, 1852, chapter 353, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act have force and effect from and after the date of its passage. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed February 17, 1858. Speaker of the Senate. |