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Bank of Tennessee or branches, by attorneys, instructed by the attorney general of the State to bring said suits, said attorneys shall be paid such compensation for their services as the governor, secretary of the State, and the attorney general of the State may deem just; the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the certificate said officers certifying the amount to the comptroller.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where the interest of the State requires in the judgment of the governor and attorney general of the State) additional counsel to the attorney general of the State or district attorney, the governor shall employ such counsel, who shall be paid as provided in the first section of this act. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL R. RODGERS,
Speaker of the Senate.

Passed June 7, 1865.

CHAPTER XXIV.

AN ACT for the protection of sheriffs and other civil officers of the State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the sheriffs of the sevl counties in this State are hereby authorized to raise a posse of men, not to exceed twenty-five in number, as a county patrol, and to aid the sheriff and all other civil officers of the county in enforcing civil law and order; and, further, the sheriffs of the different counties in this State shall, in all cases of emergency, have discretionary power to summon, in addition to the posse granted by this act, as many more men as will, in his judgment, be sufficient to either capture or disperse all opposing forces.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the above county guards shall consist of the citizens of the county, and none shall be eligible to serve but such as have a good moral character and unquestionably loyal to the United States and State of Tennessee.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the expense of raising and keeping in said service the above force shall be paid by the county in which it is raised, and the clerk of said county shall keep a current account of all such expenses, and report the same to the comptroller of the State, and that the county court shall have power to disband the same when in their opinion the causes for which they were raised shall have passed away. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL R. RODGERS,
Speaker of the Senate.

Passed June 7, 1865.

CHAPTER XXV.

AN ACT"to regulate the stock of the county of Sumner in the Nashville and Louisville railroad, and for other purposes."

Whereas, under the authority of an act of the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, the citizens of Sumner county voted to subscribe $300,000 stock in the Louisville and Nashville railroad; and whereas, by a subsequent act of the legislature, said subscription was paid by the issuance of the bonds of the county, payable in twenty years, with six per cent. interest, payable semi-annually in the city of New York, $100,000 of which are dated the 1st of June, 1854, $100,000 of which are dated 1st of June, 1855, and the remaining $100,000 the 1st of June, 1856; all of which were delivered to the president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and for which the county received a certificate of stock in said railroad to the amount of $300,000; and whereas there has been no provision made for the redemption of the bonds of the county, issued as aforesaid to pay off the interest that has accrued since the 1st day of January, 1861:

Now, therefore, in order to enable the people of said county to free themselves from said indebtedness,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the county judge of Sumner county shall have the power, and it is hereby made his duty, to advertise in some one of the papers published in the city of Nashville and Louisville, requesting the holders of the bonds of Sumner county to file in his office their amount, date, and number, and to open a negotiation with said holders for the payment of said bonds in the stock of said county in the Louisville and Nashville railroad, at par; and in all cases where the holders of any of said bonds shall agree to take said stock, or a regular transfer thereof, dollar for dollar, then the said county judge shall make said exchange, and by power of attorney acknowledged before the clerk of the county court, or in person, transfer, said stock upon the

books of the company to such holder, or his, her, or their order, and receive in lieu of said stock such bond or bonds so paid; and he shall report to the next term of the county court all of the bonds so taken up. As he shall so receive a bond, he shall write in legible letters across its face cancelled, with the date and his official signature; and it shall be his duty, in the presence of the clerk thereof and such justices of the peace as may be present, to cancel said bonds, and record shall be made upon the minutes of said court of said cancellation.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That, to meet any interest due on said bonds, the county judge of Sumner county is authorized and required to ascertain from said company what is the amount of dividends due the county on said stock; and after giving three months' notice to holders of coupons in the papers aforesaid, he will pro rata the same among said holders who shall present the same as notified, and give such parties delivering up their coupons authority to draw their portion of said dividends, and as coupons shall be thus taken up, they shall be cancelled in like manner provided for the cancellation of the bonds: Provided, however, That in case any holder of a bond with interest due thereon from the 1st of January, 1861, shall be willing to exchange his bond and interest for the like amount of stock and such dividends as may be due, then said county judge shall make said exchange and deliver the necessary transfers; all of which shall be reported as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.
WILLIAM HEISKELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL R. RODGERS,
Speaker of the Senate

Passed June 7, 1865.

CHAPTER XXVI.

AN ACT to accept the surrender of the charter of the Bank of Middle Tennessee, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the surrender of the charter of the Bank of Middle Tennessee, at Lebanon, be accepted, and that the stockholders in said bank have three years to settle or liquidate the business; and that all persons holding the notes of said bank shall present them to said bank for payment within three years, or afterwards they will be barred; that said stockholders shall have all the privileges conferred by their charter which are necessary to the collecting the debts and liquidating said bank, and that said bank be exempted from the tax imposed by its charter during the three years granted by this act.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That no bank in this State shall be employed to act as a fiscal agent of the State whose president and cashier and directors have not been since the beginning of the rebellion, and are now, unconditional Union men.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all stock banks in this State shall be allowed to surrender their charters upon the same terms, and have the same time allowed them in which to wind up their business as is allowed by this act to the Bank of Middle Tennessee: Provided, That each application shall be accompanied by a special exhibit of the bank, showing its ability to meet all its liabilities.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMUEL R. RODGERS, Speaker of the Senate.

Passed June 8, 1865.

CHAPTER XXVII.

AN ACT to repeal the law apportioning money to division fairs and county societies! SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That section 284 of article 3, chapter 4, title 3, of the code be, and is hereby, repealed.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That section 296 of article 4, chapter 4, title 3, of the code be, and is hereby, repealed.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That no money shall be paid out of the treasury for any an nual appropriation to division fairs and county societies that may be due them, or which they may claim for any past year or years; and that this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL R. RODGERS,

Passed June 8 1865

Speaker of the Senate,

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Whereas, under the casualties of war, many of the records belonging to the several offices of the registers of the different counties in the State have been lost and destroyed, and it is necessary to preserve, as far as possible, the muniments of title to land: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the present or any subsequent owner of land in this State may, for the purpose of perpetuating the evidence of his title to his land, carry to any of the registers of the counties in this State where his land or lands are situated the original conveyances which may be in his possession, or the possession of any one else, and have the same recorded by said register in the register's books, together with the certificate attached to said original conveyances showing that it had been previously duly registered; and if the owner of the land should be informed of the existence of any original conveyance in the possession of any third party who will not voluntarily produce it for regis tration, then the register, on the application of the owner of the land in writing, may cause a subpoena duces tecum to issue to compel the holder to produce said deed or conveyance, so that it may be registered for the security of the title of the claimant or owner. The register shall receive the same fees as now fixed by law for similar services, to be paid by the applicant. And this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMUEL R. RODGERS, Speaker of the Senate.

Passed June 8, 1865.

CHAPTER XXIX.

AN ACT to modify the oath prescribed for liquor dealers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the oath prescribed in article 6, section 691, of the code be, and is hereby, so amended as to read as follows, to wit:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not, under the license which I am about to obtain, knowingly permit or connive at any gaming for money, or any other valuable consideration, in the house in which I may retail spirits, or in any other place of which I may have control, either directly or indirectly; and if any person should game or bet to my knowledge, (and I will exercise due diligence to know,) I will give information thereof to the grand jury of my county at the next term of the court: So help me God."

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all persons now holding license under said section (691) may return the same to the clerk of their respective county courts, and demand in lieu thereof (on payment of the usual clerk's fee for a new license) a license for their unexpired time, in conformity with this act.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That so much of said section as is in conflict with this act be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

Passed May 8, 1865.

WILLIAM HEISKELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL R. RODGERS,
Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER XXX.

AN ACT to release the citizens from paying the State and county taxes for the years 1862, 1863, and 1864.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the people of the State of Tennessee be, and are hereby, released from the payment of the State tax for the years 1862, 1863, and 1864: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be soconstrued as to refund to the people any taxes already collected for said years.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the county courts of the respective counties in this State may release the people of their counties from the payment of the county taxes for the years specified in the first section of this act: Provided, Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to refund any county taxes already collected.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL R. RODGERS,

Passed June 8, 1865.

Speaker of the Senate

CHAPTER XXXI.

AN ACT to amend "An act to reform and regulate banking in Tennessee," passed February 6, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the 32d section of said act be so amended as that the surrender of charters of banks therein provided for may be made to the governor of the State of Tennessee, at any time when the legislature of said State is not in session, and that such surrender shall be, to all intents and purposes, as good and valid as if made to the legislature.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the same privileges mentioned in the first section of this act are conferred upon all stock banks in the State, and each and every bank in the State is hereby authorized and empowered to make an assignment of the effects of said bank or banks, to any trustee or trustees, receiver or otherwise: Provided, That said assignment is made so as to give the preference to the bill-holders thereof, over all other creditors of such bank or association: And provided, The assets so transferred and assigned are made secure in the hands of the trustee, receiver, or agent.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMUEL R. RODGERS,

Passed June 8, 1865.

CHAPTER XXXII.

Speaker of the Senate.

AN ACT to declare and make valid certain acts of certain officers of this State. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all process, original, mesne or final, issued since the first day of September, 1863, by clerks de facto, acting in good faith, of the county, circuit, or chancery courts, holden under the true and lawful government of the State, or under authority of the United States, be, and is hereby declared, good and valid in law.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all process issued from said courts, since said period of time, served or executed by any sheriff, coroner, or constable de facto, and acting in good faith, be, and is hereby, declared to be legally served and executed in law, and shall be held good and valid in law: Provided, No execution of any order, judgment or decree, or sale thereunder, shall be deemed or taken to be good or valid in law, unless said court had jurisdiction thereof, and said order, judgment or decree, or sale thereunder, was valid and binding in law.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the governor of the State be, and is hereby, authorized to commission all officers elected in the county of Carroll, under the proclamation of Andrew Johnson, military governor of the State of Tennessee, on the first Saturday in March, 1864, and that the county and circuit courts of said county take all proper bonds of th said officers, and qualify them according to law.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMUEL R. RODGERS, Speaker of the Senate.

Passed June 8, 1865.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of the governor's staff.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the comptroller of the State shall keep an account with the officers composing the governor's staff, and shall settle with them every two months, and shall issue his warrant upon the treasurer for the amount due them from time to time; and that this act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.

WILLIAM HEISKELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SAMUEL R. RODGERS,

Passed June 9, 1865.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER XXIV.

AN ACT to apportion the representation in the Congress of the United States. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the coun ties of Johnson, Carter, Sullivan, Washington, Hawkins, Hancock, Green, Cocke, Jefferson, Granger, and Sevier shall compose the first congressional district of this State.

The counties of Claiborne, Union, Knox, Campbell, Scott, Morgan, Anderson, Blount, Monroe, Polk, McMinn, Bradley, and Roane shall compose the second congressional district of this State.

The counties of Meigs, Rhea, Hamilton, Marion, Grundy, Bledsoe, Van Buren, Sequatchie, Warren, White, Smith, Cumberland, Putnam, Jackson, Macon, Overton, DeKalb, and Fentress shall compose the third congressional district of this State.

The counties of Rutherford, Cannon, Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln, Bedford, Marshall, and Giles shall compose the fourth congressional district of this State.

The counties of Williamson, Davidson, Wilson, Sumner, Robertson, and Cheatham shall compose the fifth congressional district of this State.

The counties of Lawrence, Wayne, Hardin, Decatur, Perry, Lewis, Maury, Hickman, Humphreys, Dickson, Montgomery, and Stewart shall compose the sixth congressional dis+ trict of this State.

The counties of Benton, Henry, Weakley, Obion, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Henderson, and Carroll shall compose the seventh congressional district of this State.

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The counties of McNairy, Hardeman, Fayette, Shelby, Tipton, Madison, and Haywood shall compose the eighth congressional district of this State.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That sections two, three, and four of an act of the general assembly of this State, passed the 20th day of February, 1852, entitled "An act to apportion the representation in the Congress of the United States," be, and the same is hereby, revived, and the same shall govern and control all persons therein named. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. WILLIAM HEISKELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMUEL R. RODGERS, Speaker of the Senate.

Passed June 9, 1865.

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AN ACT to secure the funds provided for public education.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the pres ent funds in coin belonging to the Bank of Tennessee be invested by the governor, secretary of State, and comptroller, in United States or Tennessee bonds, and be subject to future legislative control.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary of state, and comptroller of the State be authorized to employ such agencies as they may deem necessary for the pur pose to investigate into the assets of the Bank of Tennessee, and to ascertain and schedule the amount and value thereof; and that the sum of ($1,500) fifteen hundred dollars, if so much be necessary, be, and it is hereby, appropriated, out of the treasury of the State, to meet the services provided for by this section.

WILLIAM HEISKELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMUEL R. RODGERS, Speaker of the Senate.

Passed June 9, 1865.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

AN ACT to pay the current expenses of this session of the general assembly, and for other

purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the comptroller of the treasury issue his warrant to each member of the senate and house of representatives for the sum stated to be due to each in the annexed report of the committee on finance.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the comptroller issue his warrant to the officers of the senate and house of representatives, viz: To E. P. Cone, principal clerk, senate, 71 days, $426; H. G. Flagg, engrossing clerk, senate, 71 days, $426; G. O. Cate, doorkeeper, senate, 71 days, $284; H. W. Barr, messenger, senate, $64; James T. Shelley, principal clerk,

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