Adams' street or Overton's avenue, shall comprise the eighth, in the same city.

SEC. 8. Be it enacted. That hereafter it shall not be lawful for the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, in the city of Memphis, to allow the Aldermen therein any remuneration whatever for their services, unless a majority of the qualified voters therein, shall so determine, at the annual elections, therein regulating the amount to be paid each of said Aldermen, if anything.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Jonesboro' are hereby vested with

full power, to license, tax and regulate, hackney carriages, Amending charcarts, omnibusses, wagons and drays, and to fix the rates ter of Jonesboro'. to be charged for the carriage of persons and property

within the city.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of said town shall have and exercise concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace, in the trial and punishment of all offences against the ordinances of said town, and be entitled to the same fees for his services, as are now allowed to justices of the peace.

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN C. BURCH,

Passed February 24, 1858.

CHAPTER 81.

Speaker of the Senate.

AN ACT for the benefit of Robert R Gilbert, and S. T. Turner.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Comptroller issue his warrant upon the Treasurer, to Robert R. Gilbert, of the county of Weakley, for the sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars and forty-three cents, to reimburse said Gilbert for expenses actually incurred by him, in pursuing and apprehending, upon the warrant of the Governor of Kentucky, issued upon requisition of the Governor of Tennessee; and in bringing back to justice one Alexander Myers, who had been indicted of felony, in the Circuit Court of Weakely county, and was afterwards convicted and sentenced to the Penitentiary.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Comptroller of the Treasury issue his warrant to S. T. Turner, late Sheriff of Roane county, for the sum of fifty-eight dollars and seventy-eight cents, for himself and guards, for conveying one James A. Inman, on a charge of felony, from Roane county to Esquire Cooke's, in White county, and for "conveying a negro man, named George, charged with murder, from Kingston to Sparta.

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

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH,

Passed February 25, 1858.

Speaker of the Senate.

For Haywood.

Of Davidson.

Of Putnam.

CHAPTER 82.

AN ACT to change the time of holding the Circuit Courts in the counties of Decatur, Haywood, Davidson, Putnam, Lauderdale; and to amend the 15th section of an act passed 28th February, 1856, establishing the county of Cheatham, chapter 122; and to establish the 4th and 14th Civil Districts, in Hamilton county, a separate Chancery District.

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Circuit Court of Decatur county, shall hereafter be held on the first Mondays in March, July and November, in each year, and the county of Decatur is hereby attached to the eleventh Circuit, as the said Circuits are numbered, in the revised Code, at the present session of the Legislature.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the Circuit Court of Haywood county, shall hereafter be held on the fourth Mondays in January, May and September, in every year; but the first Court to be held in Haywood county, after the passage of this act, shall be held at the time now prescribed by law, and thereafter at the time prescribed by

this act.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That hereafter the Circuit Court for the county of Davidson, shall be held on the fourth Monday in January, the 3d Monday in May, and 2d Monday in September, and that all process issued hereafter shall conform to this change, and that this act shall take effect, and be in full force from and after its passage.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That hereafter the Circuit Court for the county of Putnam, shall be held on the 3d Mondays in January, May and September: Provided,

that the next term of said Court shall be held at the time now prescribed by law. Be it further enacted, That the of LauderdaleCircuit Courts, for Lauderdale county, be held on the third Mondays in January, May and September.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That section 15 of an act passed February 28th, 1856, to establish the county of Cheatham, chapter 122, be so amended as to authorize suitors, in the county of Cheatham, to file their bills in the Chancery Court at Springfield, in the county of Rob

ertson.

Chancery District

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the 4th and 14th Civil Districts of Hamilton county, shall constitute a sepa- for Hamilton. rate Chancery District, and the Court of and for the same, shall be held by the Chancellor of the fifth Chancery Division, in the city of Chattanooga, on the first Mondays in January and July, in each and every year.

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court at Harrison, shall be the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court at Chattanooga, who shall, as to the Court at Chattanooga, perform all the duties, have all the rights and powers, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities by law imposed upon the said officer. He shall give a separate bond and security for the faithful performance of his duties, as Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court at Chattanooga. He shall, by himself or his deputy, keep in Chattanooga, his office, as Clerk and Master of the Court at Chattanooga.

SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Sheriff of Hamilton county, and his deputies, shall serve as the officers of said Court, and shall obey the orders of the same, as by law they are now required to do, by the orders of the Chancery and Circuit Courts of Hamilton county. He shall give separate bonds for the faithful performance of his duty, as the officer of said Court, and shall have all the rights, and be subject to the same penalties, as the officers of other Chancery Courts.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the fees of all the officers of said Court shall be the same as allowed by law to officers of other Chancery Courts.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the fines and forfeitures arising from, or growing out of any business in said Court, shall be disposed of as the fines and forfeitures, which are now collected in the Chancery Court at Harrison, in said County.

SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That any suits, now pending in the Chancery Court at Harrison, may, by consent of the parties, be transferred to the Chancery Court at Chattanooga.

SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the expense of erecting a court house and necessary offices for the use of said Court, shall be paid by the 14th Civil District of Hamilton county. The inhabitants of the 4th district, shall never be taxed anything for the public buildings, and shall never be taxed any more to pay the expenses of said Court than the inhabitants of any other district of Hamilton county.

SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of an act passed January 23d, 1846, entitled "An act for the relief of suitors, in Chancery, in the third Judicial Circuit," be applied to this Court.

SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives JOIN C. BURCH,

Passed February 25, 1858.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER 83.

AN ACT for the lenefit of the Columbia and Campbellsville Turnpike Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the existence of the Columbia and Campbellsville Turnpike Company, as organized under the act passed February 7th, 1850, authorizing the formation of Turnpike Companies, be and the same is hereby recognised and legalized as a corporate body, by which name it may perform all the duties, enjoy all the rights, privileges, and be subject to all the limitations, restrictions, pains and penalties, provided by said act, and acts amendatory thereto.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the bed of the road, built, or to be built by said Company, shall be gravelled or McAdamized, sixteen feet wide; that the rock or gravel shall be nine inches thick, for said width, instead of twelve inches in the centre, and six inches on the sides. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Company are hereby authorized to stop the building of their road, at the distance of ten miles from the town of Columbia, and erect thereon two toll-gates.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Company may have condemned for their use, for toll-gates, not more than one-half acre of land, under the rules and regulations prescribed by said act, passed February 7th, 1850, for the condemnation of lands for their road bed.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

DANIEL S. DONELSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN C. BURCH,

Passed February 26, 1858.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER 84.

AN ACT to incorporate the Cumberland Presbyteria Church, at Bear Creek, in the county of Marshall; and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Ashly Moore, Wm. II. Dickens, James Orr, James B. Lowery, Wm. Calvert, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at Bear creek, in the county of Marshall, Tennessee, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all the courts of law and equity in this State, and to do and perform all other things necessary and usual for like corporations.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have power to receive, by gift, donation or otherwise, real and personal property, necessary for and about their said Church, and they shall have power to sell and convey any and all real and personal property they may deem advisable; and to do all other things necessary to complete and continue their organization, by the election of officers of their Board, and to make such rules and regulations, consistent with the laws of this State, as they may deem advisable; any three of said Trustees shall constitute a Board to transact all business in relation to their said corporation.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That Thos. Dillow, Isaac Dalen, Isaac Stephens, Rufus Boyd, Robert Trewett, and Incorporating their successors in office, be and they are hereby consti- the Church of tuted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style

Horse Creek.