Audit claims. Countersign warrants. Receipts and disbursements. Monthly Preside over is, hereby abolished, and said County Judge shall have and exercise all of the powers and jurisdiction of said Chairman, and shall perform all the duties heretofore performed by said Chairman. Said County Judge shall be the accounting officer and agent for said county, and as such shall have the power, and it shall be his duty: 1. To have the care and custody of all county property. 2. To control all books, papers, and documents pertaining to his office, and to the fiscal affairs of the county. 3. To audit all claims of whatever character against the county, and when approved by him, he shall certify the same to the Clerk of the County Court, who shall issue a warrant therefor on the county treasury, to be signed by said County Court Clerk and countersigned by said County Judge. 4. Said County Judge shall countersign all warrants properly issued by the County Court Clerk upon the county treasury, and no warrant shall be paid that is not so signed and countersigned. 5. Said County Judge shall audit and settle the accounts of the County Trustee, and those of all other officers collecting or receiving county revenues, and all officers or other persons entrusted with receiving or expending any money of the county. 6. He shall cause to be entered in a well-bound book to be kept by the Clerk of the County Court, said book to be known as the warrants entered in the order in which they are issued, giving the number, date, and amount, and for what purpose and to whom given. 7. Said County Judge shall keep in a well-bound book, to be provided at the expense of the county for that purpose, an account of the receipts and disbursements of the county. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the County Court to be held by the County Judge under the provisions of this Act shall be held on the first Monday of each month, and shall sit from day to day so long as the business thereof may require, and said Judge shall have the same power to preserve order and to impose fines and imprisonments for contempt as other Judges in Tennessee. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Quarterly Court of Roane County, composed of the Justices of the Peace of said County, shall meet as heretofore on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October of each year, that said County Judge shall preside over same, and that they shall have such jurisdiction as heretofore vested in them by law. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the duties of said County Judge shall not interefere with the duties of the County Court Clerk of said county as now provided by law, that said clerk shall be and continue the clerk of the said court to be held by said County Judge under the provisions of this Act, that he shall have all power heretofore rested in him by law and shall perform all the duties heretofore performed. Duties not to interfere with clerk. cases. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty Docket of of the Clerk of said County Court to keep and preserve in a well-bound book, to be provided for such purpose, a docket of all cases coming before the County Court of said county for trial or other action, and no suit, motion, or other action shall be proceeded with until the same is placed upon the docket, and all suits, motions, and actions shall be tried, continued, or disposed of in the order in which they appear upon the docket. practice in other courts. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That said County Judge may Judge shall not be precluded from practicing law in any of the courts of this State, except in the County Court of Roane County, and in cases appealed from his decisions. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That whenever said County Judge is unable from sickness or other cause to attend and hold his court, the Governor shall have the power to appoint some suitable person to hold said court until the disability of the regular judge is removed. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. CHAPTER 19. HOUSE BILL No. 82. A BILL to be entitled "An Act to amend Section 1, Chapter 131, of the Acts of 1883, being an Act entitled 'An Act to make it a felony for officers of insolvent banks to receive on deposit.' SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Section 1 of Chapter 131, Acts of 1883, be amended by adding after the word "money" in fifth line, and before the word "in" in the same line, the words "notes, checks, drafts, or other valuable securities," so that said section shall read as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it is hereby made a felony for any president, cashier, or other person having the control or management of any bank in this State to receive on deposit any money, notes, checks, drafts, or other valuable securities in the bank with which he is connected as such president or cashier of which he controls or manages, when he knows or has good reason to believe the bank insolvent, and the money or other securities is lost by the insolvency of the bank. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same is hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed January 31, 1905. CHAPTER 20. HOUSE BILL No. 172. AN ACT to change the line between Carroll and Benton Counties. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the line between the counties. of Benton and Carroll be changed, as follows: Beginning on a large cedar tree on the county line runs east 48 feet to a plum tree; thence north 72 feet to a plum tree; thence west 48 feet to the county line; thence with said county line south 72 feet to the beginning, containing about one-eighth of an acre, so as to detach from Benton County and attach to Carroll County the land upon which is situated the residence and outbuildings of S. C. Walker. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed February 1, 1905. W. K. ABERNATHY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. I. COX, Speaker of the Senate. Approved February 3, 1905. JAMES B. FRAZIER, Governor. Definition of trade mark. CHAPTER 21. HOUSE BILL No. 42. AN ACT to regulate trade-marks and to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of this Act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That within the meaning of this Act a trade-mark shall be construed to be any seal, label, term, design, device, or form of advertisement used for the purpose of designating, making known, or distinguishing any goods, wares, merchandise, or other product of labor, as having been made, manufactured, produced, prepared, packed, or put on sale by any person, firm, corporation, association, or union of working men, or by any member or members of such association or union. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever any perUnlawful to son, firm, or corporation or any association or union of counterfeit. working men has heretofore adopted or used or shall hereafter adopt or use any trade-mark, it shall be unlawful to counterfeit or imitate the same; or to use, sell, or to offer for sale, or in any way utter or circulate any counterfeit or imitation of any such trade-mark provided such trademark has been filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, as provided in Section 4 of this Act. Penalty. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That whoever knowingly counterfeits any such trade-marks, or knowing said trade-mark to be counterfeit, sells, offers for sale, or in any way utters or circulate any counterfeit or imitation of such trade-mark, or knowing such trade-mark to be counterfeit, keeps, or has in his possession, with the intent that the same shall be sold or disposed of, any goods, wares, merchandise, or other product of labor to which or on which any such counterfeit or imitation is printed, painted, stamped, or impressed; or knowing said trade-mark so printed, painted, stamped, or impressed thereon, sells or disposes of such goods, wares, merchandise, or other product of labor contained in any box, case, can, or package, to which or on which any such counterfeit or imitation is attached, fixed, printed, painted, stamped or impressed, or |