be appointed by the State Auditor, whose salaries shall be $1,800 per annum and $1,000 per annum, respectively, payable monthly. The official acts of the Assistant State Auditor, assigned to him by the State Auditor, shall be taken as done by the State Auditor, who shall be responsible for the same. The appointment of the Assistant State Auditor and stenographer shall not be for a longer time than two years, and shall not continue longer than the incumbent making the appointment remains in office. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the State Auditor, Assistant State Auditor, and stenographer shall be entitled to to and shall be paid all necessary traveling expenses, including railroad fare, hotel bills, etc, while away from the seat of government; and the State Auditor shall be allowed all necessary expenses for books, stationery, office equipment, and all other expenses such as are incident to the conduct and management of other State officers. The State Auditor shall be assigned an office or offices in the Capitol or Capitol Annex by the Superintendent of the Capitol. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed January 23, 1913. W. M. STANTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. NEWTON H. WHITE, Speaker of the Senate. Approved January 27, 1913. BEN W. HOOPER, CHAPTER 3. AN ACT to amend Section 4576 of the Code of Tennessee, 1858, increasing the compensation of County Surveyors of the sev- eral counties of the State of Tennessee. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Section 4576 of the Code of Tennessee, 1858 (it being Section 6415 of Shannon's Code of Tennessee), be, and the same is, hereby so amended by striking out the "three dol- lars," and inserting "five dollars" at the end of the following paragraph, so that said paragraph shall "For services per day, computed from the time of leaving home and including the actual time nec- essary for calculating the area of such surveys, five SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take AN ACT to be entitled "An Act to improve the public-school SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That whenever it shall appear to the County Board of Education, or the County High School Board of Education, in any county of the State that the efficiency of the public schools would be improved thereby, said Boards of Education shall have full power, and are hereby granted authority to consolidate two or more SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever, by reason of such consolidation, a sufficient number of SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Boards of schools shall hold an elementary certificate of the SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare AN ACT to amend Chapter 156, Acts, 1901, entitled "An Act to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among domestic animals in the State of Tennessee, and to provide greater pro- tection to the live-stock industry of the State, and to provide penalties for the violation of this Act; and to repeal Chapter 424 of the Acts of 1899, and to amend Chapter 46 of the Acts SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Chapter 156, Acts "Be it further enacted, That whenever, in the under the provisions of this Act, he shall, before ordering the killing or slaughtering of the same, appoint three (3) competent and disinterested freeholders, who shall be affirmed or sworn before proceeding to act, and they shall make a just and true valuation of said animal or animals to be so killed or slaughtered, and in valuing shall consider the health and condition of the animal when killed. In no case shall the owner be awarded in excess of onehalf the market value of the animal. Such appraisal shall in no case exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) for a cow and sixty-five dollars ($65) for a horse or mule, except in the case of pure-bred cattle and horses, when the pedigree shall be proved by certificate of registry from the herd or record books where registered, in which case the maximum appraisal shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100). The board of appraisers shall make and deliver a written certificate setting forth all the essential facts in the case to the lawful owner, who shall present the same for payment to the Chairman of the County Court of the county in which such animal or animals are so killed or slaughtered, and the same shall constitute a county charge, to be paid as other claims against the county are paid." SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed February 13, 1913. NEWTON H. WHITE, Speaker of the Senate. W. M. STANTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 20, 1913. BEN W. HOOPER, Governor. |