DEAF AND DUMB, AND HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. An act to provide an annual sum for the support of the State Institution for the education of the EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. An act to incorporate Byrd's Commercial College at Memphis, An act to charter Chapel Hill Academy; Winston Male Academy; Winchester Female Semi- 66 Central University of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal An act to change the name of Hanner High School, in Warren county, and for other purposes, An act to incorate the Bois De Arc Seminary, at Elm Springs, in Robertson county; and Mount Mt. Carmel Academy, in the county of Williamson, and for other pur 207 209 An act to incorporate the Trustees of McCain's Academy, in the county of Maury, and Columbia Athenæum, An act to incorporate the Shelby Military Institute, poses, An act to amend the charter of Bethel College, and for other purposes, An act to charter Mt. Horeb Academy, in Lauderdale county; Clarksburg Female Academy; 217 226 245 An act to incorporate the Covington Female Seminary; Cave Creek Seminary; Philomathian Society of Cany Creek College; and the Columbian Society of Mossy Creek College, and for other purposes, . 248 An act to incorporate the Lewisburg Masonic Female Institute, at Lewisburg, in the county of 259 purposes, 284 An act to incorporate Turner M. Lawrence College, at Alexandria, De Kalb county, and for other An act to incorporate Clifton Masonic Academy; Station Camp Academy; and Cumberland An act to establish the Chattanooga Normal Academy of Music; to incorporate the Nashville ENTRIES. An act so make good certain entries South and West of the Congressional Reservation Line, and to prevent litigation, 298 337 377 409 ESCHEATS. An act granting relief against Escheats in certain cases, 112 FIRE COMPANIES. An act to amend an act to incorporate Invincible Fire Company No. 5, of Memphis, passed 263 An act to incorporate Relief Fire Company No. 7, in the city of Memphis; the Nashville, Memphis, Clarksville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga Fire Police, and for other purposes, 355 FLOUR. An act for the Inspection of Flour in Nashville and Clarksville, and the Landings adjacent thereto, 346 GAS LIGHT COMPANIES. An act to amend the charter of Gas Light Company of the city of Memphis; and to incorporate the Gas Light Company of the city of Clarksville, 353 An act to provide an annual sum for the support and maintenance of the Memphis Hospital, An act to amend an act incorporating the Widows' and Orphans' Asylum of the city of Memphis, 348 351 393 INDIVIDUALS. An act to authorize the State of Tennessee to pay John Blair, James Johnson, and others, cer- An act for the benefit of R. R. Gilbert and S. T. Turner, 66 "Henry C. Angel and securities, An act for the relief of Calvin Adkins, of the county of Anderson; for the benefit of the county of Hamilton; and for the benefit of John Humphreys, of Carter county, James and Kelly, and E. G. Haley, Trustee of Cumberland county, An act for the relief of Dr. Wm. C. Bruce, late Trustee of Haywood county, and for other pur- An act for the relief of Joseph R. Simpson and others, citizens of the county of Washington, and An act for the relief of James Carter and others, An act for the benefit of Wm. B. Bate, An act for the benefit of James C. Luttrell, and for other purposes, LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS. An act to incorporate St. Peter's Literary Association, in the city of Memphis, An act to amend an act passed March 2, 1854, entitled an act to incorporate the Mechanics' Li- brary Association of Fayetteville; and to reduce the several acts incorporating the town of Jackson into one act, and to amend the same; to charter the Mechanics' Institute and Library Association of Knoxville; to amend the charter of the Mechanics' Institute and Library Association of the State of Tennessee; to change the name of the Shelby General An act for the benefit of the Mechanics' Institute and Library Association of the State of Tenn., An act for the relief of Anna Maria, Executrix of Dr. Boyd McNairy, deceased, An act to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the Etna Mining and Manufacturing Company, and for other purposes, passed March 2, 1854; and to amend the act passed January 26, 1856, incorporating the Chattanooga Packing and Milling Company, An act to incorporate Athens Manufacturing Company; the Huntington Manufacturing Com- pany; the Rio Milling and Manufacturing Company of Bedford county; the Lauderdale Manufacturing Company; and the Farmers' Manufacturing Company in Roane county, An act to incorporate the Covington Steam Mill Company, An act to incorporate the New Jersey Copper Company of Tennessee, and the East Tennessee CONTENTS. NAVIGATION. An act to amend the Navigation Laws of Forked Deer river, for steamboats, 66 incorporate Linwood Landing Company, NASHVILLE. An act to repeal the 3d and 4th sections of an act, entitled An act to amend the charter of the city of Nashville, passed February 23, 1856. An act to amend the charter of the Nashville Coal Company, NOMENCLATURE. RAILROADS. : Page. 11 23 145 345 79 An act to amend an act passed Feb. 29, 1856, entitled An act to amend the charter of the Nashville and Cincinnati Railroad Company, and the acts amendatory thereto, and for other purposes, An act in relation to the Chattanooga, Harrison, Georgetown and Charleston Railroad Co., "to incorporate the Tennessee Valley, Georgia and Selma Railroad, An act to give the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad Company, the further time of two years to bring themselves within the provisions of an act passed 11th of February, 1852, entitled An act to establish a system of Internal Improvements in this State, and the acts amendatory thereto, An act for the relief of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company, And act to charter the Greenville and North Carolina Railroad Company, to amend the charter An act to release the State from certain liabilities, and for the benefit of the Central Southern An act to consolidate the Memphis and Ohio, and Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad An act for the benefit of the Railroad running from Chattanooga to Cleveland, An act to incorporate the Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad Company, and for other purposes, An act to construe the law in regard to the Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroad Company, and to change the name of the South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky Railroad Company, An act to charter the Cleveland and Ducktown Railroad, and to amend the charter of the Lookout Turnpike Company, An act for the benefit of the Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad, An act to consolidate the Nashville and Northwestern, and the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad Companies, and for other purposes, An act to amend an act entitled An act to charter the Northwestern Railroad Company, and An act to extend time to the Knoxville and Charleston, and the Southwestern Railroad Com- 66 Central Southern Railroad, and for other purposes, 27 An act to authorize the Register of East Tennessee to transcribe certain Record Books, and for 98 An act to authorize the Register of the Land Office, at Nashville, to perform certain duties of 376 ROADS. An act to keep up Public Roads, by taxation, in Lauderdale county, and for other purposes, SECURITIES. 328 An act for the relief of the securities of James Tidwell, 7 66 Andrew Johnston, late Sheriff of Lewis county, 342 407 SHERIFFS. An act to authorize the Sheriffs of Cumberland, Cocke, Hamilton and Madison counties, to appoint additional deputies, and for other purposes, Page 369 SOCIETIES. An act incorporating the Memphis Christian Advocate and Book Depository Association, and Inebriate Reform Society, of Knoxville, TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. An act to charter the East Tennessee Telegraph Company, and the Paducah and Nashville Telegraph Company, An act to incorporate the Memphis and New Orleans Telegraph Company, 66 66 amend an act regulating the qualifications of School Teachers, incorporate the Franklin Typographical Union, and to amend the act of Feb. 25, 1856, TOWNS. 391 173 39 170 281 An act to amend the act incorporating the town of Somerville, 25 66 charter the town of Spring Creek, to amend the charter of Alexandria, and to amend the act incorporating the town of Harrison, 56 An act to incorporate Rheatown, in the county of Green; to amend the corporation laws of Murfreesboro'; to change the lines of the town of Campbellsville; to amend the acts incorporating the town of Lynnville, in Giles county; to extend the corporate limits of the town of Fayetteville, in Lincoln county, and to amend the charter of the town of Mt. Pleasant, An act to incorporate the town of Tullahoma, in the county of Coffee, 66 amend an act passed 29th October, 1819, ch. 111, entitled An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the town of Carthage, in Smith county; and to amend an act passed March, 1854, entitled An act to incorporate the Etna Mining and Manufacturing Company, and for other purposes, An act to incorporate the town of New Providence, in Montgomery county; and Normandy, in Bedford county; and to incorporate the inhabitants of Fall Branch, in the county of Sullivan; and to incorporate the town of Clarksburg, in the county of Carroll; and to establish a new Civil District in East Knoxville; and to amend an act entitled An act to reduce the several acts incorporating the town of Nashville, into one act, and to amend the same, passed January 31, 1848, An act to incorporate the town of Huntsville, in the county of Sumner, and for other purposes, An act to establish a Mayor's Court in the towns of Shelbyville, Lebanon and Fayetteville, and to amend the charter of the city of Memphis, and to give to the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Jonesboro' certain powers, An act to incorporate the town of Goodlettsville, the town of Smithville, the town of Bellbuckle, the town of Wartrace, and for other purposes, TURNPIKES. An act to amend the charter of the Franklin and Stone's River Turnpike Company, passed 3d 96 118 135 145 160 183 191 An act to amend an act passed Feb. 26, 1856, chapter 204, p. 389, (Memphis and Germantown 6 An act to amend the 30 sec. of an act passed 26th of February, 1856, ch. 141, (Stone's River and An act to amend the charter of the Shelbyville and Fayetteville Turnpike Company, 66 amend the charter of the Jackson, Somerville and Memphis Turnpike Company, An act to authorize the building of the Mt. Pleasant and Hampshire Turnpike Road; to incorporate the Beersheba Springs and Tracy City Turnpike Company; the incorporate the Statesville and Cainsville Turnpike Company; to revive the charter of the Spring Hill and Lewisburg Turnpike Company, and for other purposes, An act to amend the charter of the Nashville, Murfreesboro' and Shelbyville Turnpike Company; and to extend the time of completion of the Fayetteville, Mulberry and Lynchburgh Turnpike Road; and to amend the charter of the Blountville, Middletown and Elizabethtown Turnpike Company; granting further time to the McMinnville and Sparta Turnpike Company to begin their work; and for other purposes, An act giving John G. Simpson, L. D. Simpson and Daniel Simpson, the further time of two An act for the benefit of the Columbia and Campbellsville Turnpike Company, An act to incorporate the Memphis and Big Creek Turnpike Company; to extend the charter of An act to incorporate the Thompson and Bethesda Turnpike Company, and to incorporate the An act to amend the act passed January 27, 1850, entitled An act to incorporate the Franklin An act to extend the charter granted to Jesse Lincoln and William Ussery to open a Turnpike 66 An act to incorporate the Marshall Central Turnpike Company, and for other pursoses, An act to amend the charter of the Columbia Central Turnpike Company, and for other purposes, An act to incorporate the Woodford and Turnersville Turnpike Company, and the Brown's Creek TREASURY. An act to correct a mistake in the payment of moneys into the State Treasury, An act for the benefit of H. K. Walker and others, clerks, WEDLOCK. An act to legalize the marriage between Frederick R. Smith and Martha P. Dinkins, and to legalize their children, and for other purposes, An act to incorporate the Yellow Springs Company, RESOLUTIONS. Joint Resolution to instruct our Senators in Congress and request our Representatives to aid in ACTS AND JOURNALS. Providing for the number of Acts and Journals of the Legislature of 1857-'8, to be printed for distribution among the several counties of this State, 419 HOMESTEAD. Instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress, to aid in the passago of a bill, giving to each of the resident citizens of the United States, a homestead of 160 acres of the public lands of the United States, 422 BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE, &c. Directing the Attorney General to institute judicial proceedings against the Miners' and Manufacturers' Bank, and the Farmers' and Merchants Bank, 422 Instructing the delegates from Tennessee in relation to the Postal laws, 425 |