Knox county Same. Circuit Court Judge. rity, or securities, and execution shall jointly issue for the collection of the same, which shall be first collected out of the principal ar principals, if it can so be made, and if not, then out of the security or securities. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That no omission or neglect to insert the proper conditions in any such bonds, shall vitiate or impair the validity of the same. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That hereafter it shall and may be lawful for all courts ordering the survey of any land or lands, to allow in addition to the fee now allowed by law, such additional compensation as the services of the county surveyor may be reasonably worth. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the 5th section of an act passed the 20th of March, 1858, chapter 90, be so amended that hereafter the Judge of the County Court, of Knox county, shall cause to be issued a writ of venire facias to the Sheriff of Knox county at the times he is now required by law to do so, for twenty-five competent citizens of said county to act as jurors in the trial of misdemeanors. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That hereafter the Judge of the County Court of Knox county, at each term of said court for the trial of misdemeanors shall cause a grand jury to be selected from the jurors named in the venire and that all bills of indictment and presentments for misdemeanors hereafter found by the grand jury of said County Court, instead of the grand jury of the Circuit Court. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Knox county, be authorized to tax up the costs which have accrued in the Circuit Court of Knox county, on behalf of the State in cases which have been transferred for trial to the County Court, and that the same be certified for allowance by the County Court of Knox county as other costs are certified. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That hereafter the chairman of the County Court, or county Judge shall not affix the seal of the county to warrants drawn by them county treasury. upon the of SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Judge or chairman of the County Courts to prosecute all clerks of the various courts in this State, who have failed to pay over the fees and costs mentioned in section County Court the Code, collected within the last two years, and none others, and to make annual settlements with such clerks, and to collect said fees and costs as therein provided, and a failure to do so upon the part of any County Judges or chairman shall be a misdemeanor in office, upon conviction Judge's duties. whereof, he shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto be removed from office. Court. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the tax of ten dollars imposed upon every defendant in a State case in the Costs in Suprem Supreme Court who has the cost to pay, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed, March 22, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 121. AN ACT to amend the law in relation to Jailors' Fees In certain cases. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That jailors be allowed the same fees. for keeping witnesses committed to jail under sections 5069, and 5071, of the Code, as they are now allowed by section 4574, for keeping prisoners, that the same be taxed in the bill of costs and paid in the same manner as other costs in the same cases. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Passed, March 23, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 122. AN ACT to amend the Act of the 12th of February, 1852, entitled An Act to regulate the business of Banking in Tennessee. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Banks that organized under the provisions of the above recited Act, now in opera tion, or in voluntary liquidation, may withdraw their Bonds now on deposit with the Comptroller, or any portion of said Bonds by their returning a corresponding amount of their circulation, may continue their business with the rights and privileges conferred upon them by the Act under which. they organized: Provided, They will pay to the Comptroller of this State the sum of five hundred dollars annually, which shall go into the Common School fund, and shall be in lieu of all other taxes: Provided, The Comptroller shall retain a sufficient amount of bonds to keep the outstanding circulation at par. SEC. 2 Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed, March 23, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. Trustees. Same. CHAPTER 123. AN ACT to furnish the Pupils of the Tennessee School for the Blind with Musical Instruments, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars per annum, for the next two years, is hereby appropiated to the Tennessee Blind School for the purpose of purchasing books in raised print, apparatus especially prepared for teaching those deprived of sight, and for sustaining the musical department of said School, to be drawn from any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as prescribed by law. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the present number of eight Trustees be reduced to seven, when a vacancy occurs by resignation or otherwise. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Trustees of said School may adopt such measures in establishing a work department, and in boarding the adult blind as they deem the interests of the Institution under their charge demand: Provided, That in no case they shall expend for any pupil more than the amount now annually appropriated for each pupil of said School. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Superintendent and a committee of two of the Trustees of said School shall employ and discharge all persons connected with it, but shall not increase the salary of any person without the consent of the Board of Trustees. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Speaker of the Senate. Passed, March 23, 1860. CHAPTER 124. AN ACT to aid in the publication of books for the Blind. WHEREAS, An Institution under the name and style of the American Printing House for the Blind, has been established under and by virtue of the laws of Kentucky, at Louisville, under the direction of the Hon. James Guthrie, Hon. W. F. Bullock, Theodore S. Bell, M. D., Jno. Milton, A. O. Branrin, and Bryce M. Patton: and, whereas, an auxiliary Board has been chartered in this State, consisting of ExGov. Neill S. Brown, F. B. Fogg, C. K. Winston, M. D., Alex. L. P. Green, J. N. Sturdevant: and, whereas, a considerable sum has been subscribed, and it is contemplated to apply to each of the several States that have or may have organized auxiliary Boards to aid in adequately and permanently sustaining said Printing House for the Blind, in proportion to the number of Blind in each State: and, whereas, the State of Mississippi has appropriated two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the establishing of said institution, and passed a general law appropriating ten dollars per annum for every white blind person in said State, to sustain said institution, and to supply the blind of said State with literature: and, whereas, it is contemplated to apply to the several States to contribute in the said propor tion thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said American Printing House for the Blind. For the said two thousand dollars, the Comptroller is hereby authorized and required to issue his warrant on the Treasurer, upon the requisition of the auxiliary board of this State in behalf of the Treasurer of said Board. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the sum of ten dollars per annum for each white blind person in said State is hereby appropriated, for which the Comptroller is hereby authorized and required to issue his warrant on the requisition of each blind person the said auxiliary board in favor of the Treasurer of said board: Provided, The blind of this State shall receive books. as directed in section 7, of the published charter. Ten dollars for Twenty-five SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the number of blind in this State, for each of whom the said sum of ten dollars is to be annually appropriated as aforesaid, shall be ascertained, from the official returns of the last census taken under the authority of the government of the United States, preceding each annual payment. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the provisions of the second section of this Act shall only apply to white blind persons over the age of six and under the age of sixty years. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect thousand dollars and be in force from and after the sum of twenty-five to be first raised. thousand dollars shall have been raised in cash, including the two thousand dollars in the first section of this Act, for the object of establishing the American Printing House for the Blind. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed, March 23, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 125. AN ACT to amend Section 337 of the Code so as to authorize the election of two Justices from each of the Wards of the City of Nashville, and to amend the charter of said city. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That section 337 of the Code shall be amended so as to read as follows: 337. For the district including the city of Nashville, two Justices of the Peace may be elected for each ward, by the qualified voters therein. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Sheriff of ShelShelby County. by county shall have the right to appoint five deputies. SEC. 3. Territory adjoining the city of Nashville, may be added thereto and included in the corporate limits thereof, as follows, viz: |