f - CHAPTER 7. AN ACT to change the place of paying off certain State Bonds. WHEREAS, A portion of the Bonds of the State of Tennessee, which have been issued, are made payable at Nashville instead of New York, and such bonds are greatly below par in consequence thereof: Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That whenever the holder of any bond or bonds of the State shall present the same for that purpose, it shall be the duty of the Governor to cancel the same, and deliver to him a bond or bonds of like character, except that they be made payable at New York instead of Nashville: Provided, That the holders of the bonds shall pay all expenses incurred by the change of bonds: Provided, further, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to register the cancelled bonds, and report to the ensuing Legislature. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Passed, December 2, 1859. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 8. AN ACT for the benefit of Tax Collectors and County Trustees in this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all Tax Collectors in this State shall have until the first day of April, 1860, to make collections and disbursements of State and county taxes for the year 1859, and they shall make their final settlements on or before that day: Provided, Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exempt any Revenue Collector from paying over all the revenue which he may have collected up to the 31st day of December, on or before that day, as now prescribed by law. SEC. 2. Be further enacted, That sub-section 21, of section 207, of article 3d of the Code, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the provision of the first section of this act shall apply with equal force to County Trustees and Rangers of each and every county in this State. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Speaker of the Senate. Passed, December 13, 1859. CHAPTER 9. AN ACT to elect the Revenue Collectors by the People. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That there shall be elected in each county in this State, by the qualified voters thereof, a Revenue Collector, who shall hold his office for two years from the date of his qualification. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the first election for a Revenue Collector, under the provisions of this Act, shall be held on the first Saturday in March next, and elections for said officers shall ever afterwards be held at the same times and places that elections are held for the election of Sheriffs. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That should any Revenue Collector die, resign, or remove from the county before the expiration of his term of office, the vacancy thus created shall be filled by the County Court, who shall elect a Revenue Collector to serve until the next regular election thereafter, and who shall execute the bonds, be subject to all the liabilities, and enjoy all the emoluments of the Revenue Collector elected by the people. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Revenue Collectors, elected under the provisions of this act, shall, at the first County Court after their election, enter into bonds, take the same oath, be subject to the penalties, and liabilities, discharge the same duties, and be entitled to the same commissions, fees, emoluments of office, that are now provided by law in reference to Revenue Collectors, and shall have the same powers, as Revenue Collectors now have to enforce the collection of the Revenue. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said sureties, or surety, authorized to collect the arrearages of taxes as provided by sections 1 and 2 of this Act, shall give bond and take the oath of office required of their principal by section 599, 600 and 601 of the Code, and a failure to do so, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall subject them to the pains and penalties of section 602 of the Code. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws, which are in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed; and this act be in force from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Passed, December 16, 1859. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 10. AN ACT to give Grand Juries Discretionary Power to make Presentment for Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That hereafter it shall not be imperative upon Grand Jurors to make presentments for a single act of drunkenness. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Passed, January 7, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 11. AN ACT to compel County Trustees to settle annually with the Judge, or Chairman of the County Court, and to amend section 427 of the Code. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Trustee of each and every county in this State, be and he is hereby required to settle his accounts annually with the Judge, or Chairman Justice. Ranger. of the County Court, on or before the last day in each and every year. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That paragraph 10, of section 427, of the Revised Code of Tennessee, be so amended as to require the County Trustee to settle with the Judge, or Chairman of the County Court, instead of the Revenue Commissioner, as herein provided. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That section 1639 of the Code, be so amended, that any Justice of the Peace be authorized to issue a warrant on application of the Ranger, if the taker-up be about to remove himself from the county before the expiration of six or twelve months from the appraisement, or before he has paid the Ranger one-half of the appraised value of the stray. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the Ranger be required, and it is made his duty, to collect all moneys from all takers-up of strays in his county. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the Ranger be required to make his settlements with Judge or Chairman of the County Courts the last weeks in June and December in each year, and shall pay what monies found in his hands into the county treasury on the warrant of the Judge or Chairman. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Judge or Chairman of each county in this State shall be required to settle with the Ranger as provided for in section 3 of this act; and he shall issue his warrant, directing the Ranger to pay the same into the county treasury; and it shall be the duty of the Judge or Chairman to charge the County Trustee with the amount found in the hands of the Ranger on each settlement. SEC. 7. This act to take effect from and after the date of its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Passed, January 9, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 12. AN ACT to repeal that part of the Code which compels the inspection of flour, lard, and other articles SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That section 1836 of the Code, which compels the inspection of hogs lard, butter, hemp, flour, and kiln-dried meal, before exportation, be and the same is hereby repealed; and all penalties and forfeitures imposed by law upon the producer, manufacturer or shipper, for exporting any of said articles without inspection, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That section 1835 of the Code, requiring coopers to set their brands upon their barrels and casks, be also repealed. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Passed, January 10, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 13. AN ACT to repeal an act establishing Foreign Banking Agencies in Tennessee. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That sections 1811 and 1812 of the Code of Tennessee, authorizing the establishment of foreign banking agencies, be and they are hereby repealed. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Speaker of the Senate. Passed, January 12, 1860. |