the judgment of said creditor, at the election of the said

creditor.

W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN,

Speaker of the Senate.

Passed, March 19, 1860.

CHAPTER 85.

¡AN ACT in relation to Premiums offered at Public Fairs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it shall be lawful for every person upon complying with the rules of said Fairs in this State, to enter and contend for any and all such premiums as may be offered by the Directors of Public Fairs in this State.

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. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Speaker of the Senate.

Passed, March 19, 1860.

CHAPTER 86.

AN ACT to give Grand Jurors discretionary power to make presentments for swearing.

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 profane cursing and swearing, unless some person will be entered as prosecutor; but they may make presentments if in their opinion the public good requires it.

W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN.

Passed, March 19, 1860.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER 87.

AN ACT for the relief of Pensioners.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Clerks of the different County Courts in this State shall not be entitled to any fees for certificates and seals in the application for pension and pensioners' money, or upon powers of Attorney for that purpose, and that Justices of the Peace shall not be entitled to fees in such cases, and that the taking or receiving of fees in any such cases by either of said officers shall be a misdemeanor.

W. C. WHITTHORNE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TAZ. W. NEWMAN,

Speaker of the Senate.

Passed, March 19, 1860.

CHAPTER 88.

AN ACT to amend section 2451 of the Code, in relation to divorce.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That section 2451 of the Code of Tennessee, be so amended, as to authorize persons filing a bill for divorce, to file the same in the County where said parties resided at the time of their separation.

W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives TAZ. W. NEWMAN,

Passed, March 19, 1860.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER 89.

AN ACT to amend sections 2831, 2832, 2833, and 2834, of the Code.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That sections 2831, 2832, 2833, and 2834 be so amended, that hereafter when a corpora

served on agent

tion, company, or individual has an office or agency, or resident director in any county other than that in which Process may be the chief officer or principal resides, the service of process or clerk. may be made on any agent or clerk employed therein in all actions brought against said company growing out of the business of, or connected with said company or principal's business.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall only apply to cases where the action is brought in such counties as such agency, resident director, or office is located.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall apply as well to suits already commenced and process not served as well as to suits hereafter to be commenced, and 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, March 19, 1860.

CHAPTER 90.

AN ACT to increase the jurisdiction of County Courts.

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the County Courts in this State shall have full power at any quarterly or monthly session thereof, when, in their opinion, the public good demands it, to appoint Commissioners, who shall have power to contract for, and have completed any repairs of bridges, levees, or causeways upon any public road in their respective counties that, in the opinion of said Court, the public good requires.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners that may be appointed under the provisions of the first section of this Act, to report to the first term of the quarterly County Court after the completion of any work that they may have had under contract, which report shall set forth the kind of repairs that have been made, by whom made, and for what amount.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That upon the filing of the report of the Commissioners it shall be the duty of said Court to order the same to be paid as other claims against the County.

Guardians.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That when any person assumes the management of the business of a minor without regularly qualifying as guardian as contemplated in existing statutes, shall receive no compensation for such

service.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That when any such person acting as agent as specified in the preceding section shall refuse to deliver the effects of any minor, in his possession, upon the majority or marriage of said minor, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than one thousand dollars.

SEC. 6. Be is further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the County Court Clerks to notify such agents as are acting without authority, to give bond and security as is now required of guardians, and said agent or agents failing or refusing to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

W. C. WHITTHORNE,

Speaker of the House of Representatives
TAZ. W. NEWMAN,
Speaker of the Senate.

Passed, March 19, 1860.

CHAPTER 91.

AN ACT to amend the Registry Laws of this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That in all cases where a deed or deeds conveying real estate have been executed by any person or persons purporting to act as attorney or attorneys in fact, which deed or deeds have been registered whether with or without proper probate, or acknowledgment at all, twenty years or more in the register's office of the County where the real estate is situated, or if the land lay within the Indian Territory at the time of said conveyance, then if registered in the register's office of any County in the State, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, that said conveyance was properly made by the attorney or attorneys in fact, and such deed or deeds, or copies from the Register's books, shall be deemed valid to pass the legal title to real estate in the same manner as if the same had

been executed by the principal or principals: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of creditors or purchasers, for valuable consideration without

notice.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That when a power or powers of attorney authorizing the sale or conveyance of real estate have been registered, whether with or without proper probate or acknowledgment, or any probate or acknowledgment at all, twenty years or more in the Register's office of the county where the real estate is situated, or if the land lay within the Indian Territory, then if registered in the Register's office of any County in the State, such power or powers of attorney shall be deemed good and valid in law to pass the estate conveyed by the attorney or attorneys in fact: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of creditors or purchasers for valuable consideration, without notice.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That when a grant from the State for lands, recites that the lands so granted are situated in one County when they are in a different County, the grant shall be as valid as if the locality thereof were truly recited in said grant, and any subsequent conveyances of said lands in which they are stated to be situate in a different County from that in which they lie, may be registered in the County in which the lands lie, and such registration shall be as valid as if the deeds of conveyance had correctly set forth the locality of said lands: Provided, Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of creditors, or purchasers with notice.

Registers may

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the County Registers of the several Counties in the State are hereby authorized appoint deputies. to appoint each, one deputy, and all deeds heretofore registered by deputies are hereby declared to be good and sufficient registration.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the office of Register

his office at Mem

of Shelby county shall be removed from the town of Raleigh Register of Shelto the City of Memphis, and shall be kept by the Register by county to keep in said City, and it shall be the duty of said Register phis. from and after the adjournment of the Legislature to remove his said office to said city of Memphis, together with all the books and papers belonging thereto.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing section are hereby repealed so far as the provisions of the same are concerned. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN,

Speaker of the Senate.

Passed, March 19, 1860.