amended as to insert after "Mooneyham Branch" the following, "from Stokely's Mill to Grindstaff's Mill in the old Fifteenth District." SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed April 11, 1905. W. K. ABERNATHY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. E. RICE, Speaker of the Senate. Approved April 12, 1905. JOHN I. COX, Governor. CHAPTER 301. HOUSE BILL No. 718. AN ACT to change the lines between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Districts of Greene County, so as to include the farms of certain persons named in the Act within the Fifteenth District for all purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the lines between the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Districts of Greene County, Tennessee, be, and the same are hereby, changed so as to include the farms of John Ratliff, Geo. A. Crawford, John Bowser, and G. W. Smith in the Fifteenth District for all purposes. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed April 11, 1905. Speaker of the Approved April 12, 1905. W. K. ABERNATHY, Speaker of the Senate. JOHN I. COX, Governor. CHAPTER 302. HOUSE BILL No. 857. AN ACT to be entitled "An Act to create an independent school district in Henry County; define the boundaries thereof, and provide the appointment of Directors for the same." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That an independent School District be, and the same is hereby, created in Henry County, to be known as School District No. 17, with bounds as follows-to-wit: Beginning at Blood River Church; thence west to J. I. Dale's; thence northwest to G. H. Robinson's; thence north to Kentucky line; thence west to the Sixth Civil District line; thence south with Sixth District line to J. B. Brown's; thence east with the Blood River Creek meanderings to W. H. Morse's; thence east and northeast with old Eighteenth and Twenty-Second District line to the beginning, the same being in the old Twenty-second District of said County of Henry. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That three School Directors shall be appointed by the County Superintendent of Schools, as now provided by law in case of vacancy, to serve until the next regular election. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed April 11, 1905. Speaker of the Approved April 12, 1905. W. K. ABERNATHY, Speaker of the Senate. JOHN I. COX, Governor. CHAPTER 303, HOUSE BILL No. 745. AN ACT to create and establish four (4) Civil Districts in the County of Meigs, in lieu of the eight (8) districts now existing, and to define the boundaries of same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That there are hereby created and established for and within the County of Meigs, in this State, and in lieu of the eight Civil Districts therein as now laid out, four Civil Districts only. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the boundaries of said districts shall be as follows: First District shall be the First District as now existing; Second District shall be composed of old Second and Third Districts; Third District shall be composed of old Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Districts; Fourth District shall be composed of old Seventh and Eighth Districts. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it; Provided, that this Act shall in no way interfere with the rights and terms of office of the present Justices of the Peace and district officers of said county; and Provided further, that this Act shall in no way affect the School Districts of said county as now laid out, or that may hereafter be established by the County Court of said county. Passed April 11, 1905. Speaker of the Approved April 12, 1905. W. K. ABERNATHY, Speaker of the Senate. JOHN I. COX, Governor. CHAPTER 304. HOUSE BILL No. 782. AN ACT to fix the times of holding the courts in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Circuit Courts in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit shall, after the passage of this Act, be held as follows-to-wit: In Obion County on the first Mondays in the months of January, May, and September; in Dyer County on the first Mondays in the months of February, June, and October; in Benton County on the fourth Mondays in January, May, and September; in Lake County on the first Mondays in March, July, and November; in Weakley County on the first Mondays in the months of April, August, and December. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and 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 requiring it. Passed April 11, 1905. Speaker of the Approved April 12, 1905. W. K. ABERNATHY, Speaker of the Senate. JOHN I. COX, Governor. CHAPTER 305. HOUSE BILL No. 765. AN ACT to be entitled "An Act to change the line between the Seventeenth and Eleventh Civil Districts of Greene County, Tennessee." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Civil District line between the Seventeenth and Eleventh Civil Districts of Greene County, Tennessee, be changed as follows-to-wit: Beginning at the mouth of Gap Creek, near John R. Weems' bridge; thence up Gap Creek a north course to Zion Church, via the old Bailey burying ground, including in the Seventeenth District the lands of Roy Brown, John Malone, deceased, the lands of Abe Kellar, deceased, John Johnson, Will Reed, G. A. Bailey, Dr. John Linebaugh, Bob Henard, Nathan Tucker, to where said Van Hill Road intersects with the Snapp's Ferry Road; thence up the Snapp's Ferry Road to the line of the Sixteenth Civil District; thence with the line of the Sixteenth Civil District to the line of the Seventeenth Civil District. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That that part of the Eleventh Civil District included in said line be attached and become a part of the Seventeenth Civil District. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed April 11, 1905. Speaker of the Approved April 12, 1905. W. K. ABERNATHY, House of Representatives. E. RICE, Speaker of the Senate. JOHN I. COX, Governor. |