PUBLIC ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the STATE OF TENNESSEE PASSED BY THE FIFTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD AT NASHVILLE, ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN. CHAPTER 1. HOUSE BILL No. 40. (By Mr. Drane.) AN ACT to establish a levee and drainage district to be known as the Dyer Levee and Drainage District, within the following boundaries to wit: Beginning on the north side of the Obion River at the mouth thereof, and running from thence up the said river as it meanders to the mouth of the Forked Deer; thence up the north side of the Forked Deer River to the east boundary line of the Martin Armstrong Grant No. 164; thenee north with the east boundary line to where the same crosses the center line of the Tiger Trail Branch of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence in a westerly direction to the south boundary line of the corporation of Finley, Tenn.; thence with the south and west boundary lines of the corporation of Finley, to the center line of the Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad; thence with said center line of said railroad to the north bank of the Obion River; thence up said river with its meanders to where the north boundary line of the John Dugan grant for three thousand acres strikes the same; thence west with the north boundary line of the said Dugan tract to where the same crosses the road leading from Cobb's Ferry; thence north with said Cobb's Ferry Road to the road leading from Lane's Ferry to Curtner Springs; thence continuing in a westerly and northerly direction with the said Curtner Springs Road past Curtner Springs and continuing on north with the road that lies nearest the hills, crossing the Dyer and Obion County line to Webb's Store, in Obion County; thence to the edge of Reelfoot Lake at low-water mark; thence south and west with the borders of the lake at low-water mark to the west end of the bridge Boundaries. at the head of the washout in Lake County, Tenn.; thence in a westerly direction to the bank of the Mississippi River; thence down the said river with its meanders to the beginningfor the purpose of erecting a levee from the high grounds south of Tiptonville, Tenn., to the mouth of the Obion River, and for the purpose of draining and the reclamation of the wet and swamp lands within such boundaries, and prescribe the method for so doing, and providing for the assessment and collection of the cost and expenses of such improvements, and the manner of obtaining the means and funds therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the lands contained within the following boundaries-to wit: Beginning on the north side of the Obion River, at the mouth thereof, and running from thence up the said river as it meanders to the mouth of the Forked Deer River; thence up the north side of the Forked Deer River to the east boundary of the Martin Armstrong Grant No. 164; thence north with said east boundary line to where the same crosses the center line of the Tiger Tail Branch of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence in a westerly direction to the south boundary line of the corporation of Finley, Tenn.; thence with the south and west boundary lines of the corporation of Finley to the center line of the Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad; thence with said center line of said railroad to the north bank of the Obion River; thence up said river, with its meanders, to where the north boundary line of the John Dugan grant for three thousand acres strikes the same; thence west with the north boundary line of the said Dugan tract to where the same crosses the road leading from Cobb's Ferry; thence north with said Cobb's Ferry Road to the road leading from Lane's Ferry to Curtner Springs; thence continuing in a westerly and northerly direction with the said Curtner Springs Road, past Curtner Springs, and continuing on north with the road that lies nearest the hills, crossing the Dyer and Obion County line, to Webb's Store, in Obion County; thence to the edge of Reelfoot Lake at low-water mark; thence south and west with the borders of the lake at low-water mark to the west end of the bridge at the head of the washout in Lake County, Tenn.; thence in a westerly direction to the bank of the Mississippi River; thence down the said river, with its meanders, to the beginning-be, and |