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SEC. 15. Be it enacted, That the corporation of the town of Springfied, in the county of Robertson, be authorized to elect a Constable and Magistrate within said corporation, whose powers, duties, privileges and liabilities, shall be the same as those of other Constables and Magistrates in said county, except that it shall be the especial duty of the Constable, so elected, to arrest each and every person who shall be guilty of a violation of the by-laws and ordinances of said corporation, and take him, her or them immediately before some justice of the peace, whose duty it shall be to try the person or persons so offending, according to the by-laws and ordinances of the corporation of said town.

SEC. 16. Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the charter of the corporation of the town of Kingston, in the county Roane, be so amended, as to authorize the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to appoint a Marshal for said corporation, who shall have full power to arrest any person or persons charged with violating any of the criminal by-laws of said corporation, and who shall have the same powers and privileges in the execution of the criminal by-laws of said corporation, and shall be governed by the same rules and regulations, and receive the same fees as those received by the town Constable of said corporation.

SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That when said Marshal shall be so appointed and qualified, the duties heretofore devolving upon the town Constable, in relation to the execution of the criminal by-laws of said corporation, shall be performed by the Marshal aforesaid, during his continuance in office.

SEC. 18. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the town of Mason's Grove, in ason's Grove. the county of Madison, be, and the same is hereby incorporated, with all the rights, powers and privileges as are conferred by an act, passed January 24, 1854, entitled An act to incorporate the town of Sommerville, in the county of Fayette, except so much of the twelfth section of said act, as refers to livery stable keepers, negro traders and tavern keepers. And that the election of Constable and Recorder shall be by the legal voters, instead of by Mayor and Board of Aldermen, as provided for in the act incorporating Sommerville; and that the election of officers of said town shall be held by the Constable of the district of said county, in which said town is situated, on the first Saturday in April next, 1858, and on the first Saturday in January of every year thereafter.

SEC. 19. Be it enacted, That the following be the limits of the town of Mason's Grove: Beginning at the south

west corner of W. B. Wilson's lot, running north forty-four poles to a stake on Masonic street; thence east on the north side of said street fifty poles to a stake; thence north seventy-six poles to a stake in E. B. Mason's field; Boundary. thence thirty poles to D. W. Thompson's southwest corner; thence north fifteen poles to a stake in D. W. Thompson's west line; thence east seventy-eight poles to two apple trees on Mrs. Hamilton's land; thence south seventy-four poles to a stake; thence east twenty-eight poles to a red oak; thence south sixty-three poles to a stake; thence west fifty-two poles to the north-east corner of Dr. Fox's lot; thence south forty-six poles to a stake; thence west one hundred and sixteen poles to a stake on J. B. Baykin's east boundary line; thence north on the west side of said road forty-eight poles to W. B. Wilsons's south boundary line; thence west with said line eighteen poles to the beginning; and that all laws which come in conflict with this act so far as it relates to the town of Mason's Grove-be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That the corporation laws of the town of Cleveland, in Bradley county, Tennessee, be, and are hereby so amended, that the Mayor of said town Cleveland. shall have jurisdiction to try and determine all cases arising for a violation of the laws and ordinances of the incorporation, and to issue execution on the judgment rendered. That in the absence of the Mayor, the Recorder of said corporation may try the causes aforesaid, render judgment and issue execution as fully as the Mayor. That the Marshal of said town have power to serve all warrants and process issued by said Mayor or Recorder, as the case may be, and collect by process of execution, all judgments rendered in favor of said corporation, making due return thereof. This act takes effect from and after its passage. DANIEL S. DONELSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives
JOHN C. BURCH,

Passed March 15, 1858.

Speaker of the Senate.

Promisory note.

Collected when due.

CHAPTER 135.

AN ACT for the benefit of the securities of Andrew Johnson, late Sheriff of Lewis county

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it shall and may be lawful for each of the securities of Andrew Johnson, late Sheriff of Lewis county, to execute his promisory note, with good and sufficient security, under the supervision of the Attorney General of the District in which the said county is situated, to be approved by the Circuit Court Clerk of Lewis county, for such portion of the State taxes due from the said Andrew Johnson, late Sheriff of said county of Lewis, for the year 1854, as will be his equal proportion of the amount for which he is bound, jointly, with the other securities of said Sheriff for said year; which note shall be made payable two years after date, bearing interest from date, and shall be made payable to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county of Lewis, or his successors in office, for the use of the State of Tennessee, and shall be collected by said Clerk when due, and the proceeds accounted for by him, as other public monies: Provided, nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to release any one of said securities, until notes with good and sufficient security as aforesaid, covering the whole amount of said liability for the year 1854, as aforesaid, shall have been executed as above set forth and required; then the said securities shall be released from all liability on said account, other than that arising out of said notes; and if the Attorney General of the District has heretofore obtained any judgment against said securities of said Sheriff, as by law he is required to do, or if he has taken any steps to obtain judgment as aforesaid, he is hereby authorized and required, upon the execution of said notes as aforesaid, to satisfy said judgment, or to dismiss and discontinue said proceedings upon the payment of said securities, of all costs that may have heretofore accrued in said cause.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the County Court of Lewis county, a majority of the Justices of said county concurring therein, may make the same arrangement of the said Andrew Johnson, under the supervision of the Attorney General of the District, in relation to the county revenue due from the said Andrew Johnson and his said securities, for the year 1854, that is by the first section of this act, authorized to be

Clerk to pay

made in relation to State revenue for said year; and should notes be executed and money collected under the provisions of this section, the same shall be accounted for and paid Trustees. over by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county of Lewis, to the trustees of the said county.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the securities of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county of Lewis, shall be bound for the faithful application of such monies as may be by him collected, under the authority and provisions of this act.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

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

Passed March 16, 1858.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER 136.

AN ACT for the benefit of F. M. Boyd and Lewis M. Luttrell, and to change the line of
Lewis county.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee, is hereby directed to issue his warrant Boyd. upon the Treasurer of this State, in favor of F. M. Boyd, for the sum of twenty-five dollars, for expenses incurred and paid by him in conveying John Gwynn, a fugitive from justice, from Coffee county, to McNairy county, in this State, and for other services rendered the State.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sum of twentyfive dollars, be, and is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury, for the benefit of Lewis M. Luttrell, of the county of Knox, for arresting and delivering to the jailor at Knoxville, Gallaway Campbell.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the Comptroller issue his warrant to William J. McNew, for the cost due him for himself and guard, for bringing Janway, a State's witness, from Knoxville to Jacksboro', by order of the Circuit Court, whenever said costs are certified by the Circuit Court and Attorney General to be correctly taxed and due said McNew and guard.

Luttrell.

McNew.

County line between Lawrence

and Lewis.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the county line between the counties of Lawrence and Lewis, be so changed as to make the Lewis county line, beginning on the south boundary of Lewis, at the north-west corner of Lawrence, run thence southwestwardly with the west boundary of the same far enough to include old man Brewer's premises, on the head of the west prong of Brush creek; thence in a northeasterly direction, running east and north so as to include all of the Brush creek settlers in the county of Lewis, to a point where the old Natchez trace road crosses Little Buffalo, just above Wm. Pollock's; thence with said. Natchez trace road to the south boundary of Lewis.

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

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

Passed March 17, 1858.

Speaker of the Senate.

Suits may be transferred.

CHAPTER 137.

AN ACT to establish a Chancery Court at Maynardsville, in the county of Union.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the county of Union shall constitute a separate Chancery District, and that the Court of the same shall be held by the Chancellor of the Eastern Division of the State of Tennessee, at the court house, in the town of Maynardsville, in the county of Union, on the Thursday before the first Monday in May and November, in each and every year.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That suits now pending in the Chancery Courts at Rutledge, Tazewell, Jacksboro, Clinton and Knoxville, between parties now residing in the county of Union, may, by the consent of the parties, be transferred to the Chancery Court at Maynardsville.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That upon any transfer being made, in pursuance of the second section of this act, it shall be the duty of the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court at Rutledge, Tazewell, Jacksboro', Clinton and Knoxville, within forty days after the order of transfer shall have been made, to make a complete and perfect transcript of all the rules in relation to the same, either upon the Record Books of said Court, or upon the Rule Docket, and transmit the same, together with the original

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