ministrator's bonds are recorded, to pay to the next of kin whose residence is not known their portion of said estate. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the bonds taken by the administrator as provided in the first section of this act, shall be made payable to the State of Tennessee for the use of said next of kin, whose residence is not known, and shall be deposited by the administrator with the Clerk of the County Court of the county where said administration is granted: Provided, The provisions of this act shall not apply to minor heirs or distributees. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That so much of section 2282 and 2283 of the Code, as comes in conflict with this act, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that this act take effect from the date of its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. Passed, March 15, 1860. CHAPTER 72. AN ACT to facilitate Public Travel. keep roads in re SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it shall be the duty of all incorporated towna in this State, when a public road passes Corporation to through said corporation, or to any public place within the pair. same, to keep said road in the same repair that overseers are required to keep their roads: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to apply to any railroad. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Grand Jury to make presentments against the mayor and aldermen of any incorporated town, who violate the first section of this act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all incorporated towns in this State, to keep an organized Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and if any incorporated town fail to keep an organized Board for six months together, the citizens of said town shall be subject to work on the public roads for the space of twelve months thereafter and until a board is elected and organized. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the eastern boundary line McMinnville. of the corporation of the town of McMinnville, be so defined as to run from J. B. Thompson's spring near the line of J. W. Mitchell to North Spring. SEC. 5. 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 15, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 73. AN ACT to authorize the Faculty of the Law Department of the Cumberland University to Grant license to practice law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Faculty of the law department of Cumberland University, or any other Law Schools in this State, shall have the same power to grant license to practice law in the courts of this State, that the Judges of the Courts now have. This act to take effect from date of its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMA.N Speaker of the Senate. Passed, March 15, 1860. CHAPTER 74. AN ACT to amend the General Internal Improvement Law. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Railroad Companies of this State, be and they are hereby authorized to use a solid Trail, weighing fifty-four pounds to the linear yard in the construction of the roadway: Provided, however, That the Commissioner of roads shall be satisfied and report the same in a written report to be made to the Governor of the State, that said rail is equal in durability and point of efficiency to the tubular T rail weighing fifty pounds to the linear yard, and authorized to be used by an act of the last General Assembly of this State. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act go into effect from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. Passed, March 14, 1860. CHAPTER 75. AN ACT to regulate the time of opening and holding Elections in this State. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That in all elections in this State for electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Governor, members of Congress, members of the State Legislature, Judges of the Supreme, Chancery and Circuit Courts, Judges of the County Court, in those counties where County Judges are elected, Sheriffs, Clerks of the Circuit and County Courts, Registers, Trustees, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Attorney Generals, and Reporter for the State, and Attorney Generals for the various Judicial Districts, the polls shall be hereafter opened at nine o'clock, A. M., and closed at 4 o'clock, P. M. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the Senate. Passed, March 16, 1860. CHAPTER 76. AN ACT to modify Section 5581 of the Code. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennesssee, That any person tried and ac- costs. quitted of a public offence, as provided in section 5581 of Costs. the Code, shall be liable for the cost in his behalf sustained, unless the court trying such person shall adjudge the same against the prosecutor, State or county which the court is hereby empowered to do. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where any civil action is brought on behalf of the State, in law or equity, and the State shall be adjudged to pay costs, such costs shall be paid out of the Treasury, upon the same being properly certified. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed, March 17, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 77. AN ACT to amend the Fee Bill of County Court Clerks and Secretary of State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the County Court Clerks of this State shall be entitled to one dollar for the first hundred words, fifty cents for every hundred words thereafter for taking and stating accounts of guardians, executors, and administrators, four figures to be counted one word, and figures to be used when practicable: Provided, That when making settlements with administrators and executors, the clerks shall not be allowed to incorporate the inventory and account of sales of such estates in their settlements; but shall only state the aggregate amount of the inventory of the estates. This act to take effect from and after its passage. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the law regulating the fees of the Secretary of State, be so construed and understood as to allow him to demand and receive ten cents per hundred words for all copies, transcripts, or records made by him, and one dollar for attesting with his signature and affixing the seal of the State to all papers, to be paid for by the party or parties for whom the same is done, whether for the State, or individuals: Provided, The law relative to fees on grants and commissions to Justices of the Peace remain as heretofore. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Speaker of the Senate. Passed, March 17, 1860. CHAPTER 78. AN ACT to modify the Law relative to killing Wolves, Wild-cats and Red Foxes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That section 1678, 1680 and 1681 of the Code be, and they are hereby so modified, that it shall be lawful for any person who kills a wolf, wild cat or red fox running wild in the county, to go before any magistrate in the county, producing the scalp with both ears, and making oath or proof that he killed said animal in the aforesaid county, the magistrate shall issue his certificate, by the applicant paying ten cents, stating the facts, and this certificate accompanied by the aforesaid scalp shall answer every purpose before the County Court as though the applicant was present in person. SEC. 2. Be it fruther enacted, That for the scalp or scalps of each wild cat, or red fox presented, as required in the above section, the person or persons killing the same shall be entitled to a certificate for one dollar for each scalp so presented, which shall be received by the collectors of the revenue, and shall be good vouchers in their hands on the settlement of their accounts with the Comptroller of the Treasury. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. Passed, March 19, 1860. |