Fees, etc.

CHAPTER LXXXVI.

AN ACT Providing for the Registration of Certificates of Redemption, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all certificates of redemption of land sold in this State, for the direct tax heretofore imposed by the Government of the United States, shall be registered in the County where the land lies, upon presentation to the Register, who shall receive the same fee for registering a certificate as he may be entitled to for recording a deed.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That every certificate Certificates. of redemption for land so sold and redeemed, or a certified copy thereof from the Register's book's, shall be received as legal evidence in all matters involving the title or possessory rights, or any claim to said land.

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

W. O'N. PERKINS.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
D. B. THOMAS,

Passed February 28, 1870.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER LXXXVII.

AN ACT to Amend the Exemption Laws of the State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That section five of An Act passed March 13, 1868, entitled "An Act to change the Eighth and Second Chancery Divisions of the State, and for other purposes;" and section nine of An Act passed March 9, 1867, entitled "An Act to amend section 2114 of the Acts Repeal- Code of Tennessee, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby repealed.

ed.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

W. O'N. PERKINS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
D. B. THOMAS,

Passed February 28, 1870.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER LXXXVIII.

AN ACT to Change the Line Between the Counties of Morgan and Scott. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the line between the counties of Morgan and Scott, be and the same is hereby changed, so as to include the farm on which Samuel Young now lives, within the county of Morgan.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the lines between

the counties of Union and Claiborne, be so changed as to Unionand include, in Union County, all the territory south of the Claiborne. following lines, viz: Beginning at a point above Silas Williams', on the north bank of Powell River, where the Union County line crosses the said Powell River; then Boundary running a north-westerly course, to the head of Long Line. Branch, so as to include James Smith's and William M. Wright's lands in Union County; then running a westernly course to the north-west corner of Elisar Ellison's field, to the Campbell County line; then with the Campbell County line to Powell River.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That section 2, of An Act passed February 19, 1869, entitled "An Act to at- Act repealed. tach the fractions of Lewis County to their original counties," be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the line so changed by said second section of the Act aforesaid, be and the same is hereby restored as it was before the passage of said Act, as between the counties of Perry and Hickman. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the property and polls of said territory so restored to Hickman County, be listed for the year 1870, and thereafter in and for said county of Hickman.

Line restored.

Taxes.

and Powell Counties.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the county line beWashington tween the counties of Washington and Powell be so changed as to make a straight line from the point where the counties of Washington, Greene and Powell corner in the west, to the point where the counties of Washington, Sullivan and Powell corner in the east.

Williamson

Boundary line

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the county line between the counties of Williamson and Cheatham be so

and Cheatham changed as to run as follows: Commencing at the point where the line of said county of Cheatham connects with the line of the county of Williamson, near the residence of Mrs. Nicholas Knight; running thence north to the south boundary of James Russell's land; thence east to his southeast corner; thence north with the land of said Russell and Joel Telley to said Telley's northeast corner; thence west to the line of Cheatham county; thence north with the line of said Cheatham and Davidson counties, to a stake east of northeast corner of the land of John W. Ivey; thence west to the present line between said counties of Cheatham and Williamson; and that said sections thus detached from said county of Cheatham, and attached to said county of Williamson, constitute a part of the First Civil District of Williamson county.

SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the line between Claiborne and Claiborne and Grainger counties be so changed as to inGrainger. clude in Claiborne county that part of the lands of George W. Johnson and Isaac West, lying in the bend of Clinch river (known as Grisom's Island), Eleventh Civil District of Grainger county; and that said addition to Claiborne county shall be a part and parcel of the Seventh Civil District of Claiborne county.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the county line beHancock and tween the counties of Hancock and Hawkins be so changed Hawkins. as to include the land of John Jones in the county of Hancock.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

W. O'N. PERKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. D. B. THOMAS,

Passed February 28, 1870.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER LXXXIX.

An Act for the Protection of Steamboats in Passing Drawbridges. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it shall be, and is hereby made the duty of railroad companies in the State of Tennessee, whose roads cross the navigable water courses within the limits of the State of Tennessee, upon signal being given Signals, etc. by any steamboat for, the opening of the draw of any railroad bridge, to proceed immediately to open the draw and make ready for the passage of the boat; and as soon as the draw is open and ready for the passage of the boat, if in the night time, they shall hoist a large red light, not less than eight inches in diameter, at least ten feet above the tops of the gallies frame of the draw; and they shall keep one white light on each end of the draw, as a signal to the boat that all is ready; and the said light shall remain stationary until after the boat passes the draw.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any railroad company failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of Penalty for the first section of this Act, shall forfeit for each and every failure. such failure or refusal, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction, and one half of the sum so forfeited shall go to the informer, and the other half to the common school fund of the State. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage.

W. O'N. PERKINS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
D. B. THOMAS,

Passed February 28, 1870.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER XC.

AN ACT to Repeal An Act entitled "An Act to Amend An Act for the Protection of Sheriffs, and other Civil Officers, passed June 1, 1865," passed February 1, 1868.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That An Act passed February 1st, 1868, entitled "An Act to amend An Act for the protection of Sheriffs and other officers of the State, passed June 1st, 1865, and for other purposes," be and the same is, together with the Act which it was intended to amend, repealed.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

W. O'N. PERKINS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
D. B. THOMAS,

Passed February 28, 1870.

Speaker of the Senate.

CHAPTER XCI.

AN ACT to Repeal An Act passed June 6, 1865, entitled "An Act for the Benefit of Discharged Union Soldiers."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That An Act, entitled "An Act for the benefit of discharged Union soldiers," passed on the 6th day of June, 1865, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

W. O'N. PERKINS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
D. B. THOMAS;

Passed February 28, 1870.

Speaker of the Senate.