Transcribed by Brenda
Thomas
WHEREAS, In accordance with the provisions of an Act passed
May 27, 1870, to establish the county of Christiana, a popular
election was held on the 18th day of June 1870; and
WHEREAS, At said election the popular vote, in each fraction,
has elected to establish the county aforesaid, with great
unanimity; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, That an election for county
officers shall be held at all the voting places established
by the Commissioners appointed to organize and district
the county of Christiana, on the first Thursday in August,
1870; and it shall be the duty of the Chairman of said Board
of Commissioners to furnish to the Secretary of State a
certified return of the result of said election, as provided
for in a similar elections in other counties in this State.
SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That the
Governor shall commission all the officers elected in and
for said county, which are entitled to said commissions,
as in other counties. It shall be the duty of the
Tax Collectors for the Counties of Roane, Monroe and Blount,
to furnish to the Tax Collector of Christiana County, a
transcript of their tax books of all the property and polls
assessed and stricken off the County of Christiana; and
it shall be the duty of the County Court Clerk of said county,
to copy and arrange the same in a book for the convenience
of the said Tax Collector, as is now provided for by law
in other counties in this State.
SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That the
Tax Collectors of the Counties of Roane, Monroe and Blount,
are hereby stopped from collecting the taxes in the County
of Christiana for the year 1870; Provided, that they may
collect all arrearages for years preceding 1870; and Provided,
that the Tax Collector of Christiana shall be held liable
for the revenue placed in his hands, as other Tax Collectors
in this State, and a certified copy of the transcript of
the tax book shall be a voucher in the hands of the Tax
Collectors of Roane, Monroe and Blount on settlement with
their respective counties; said certificate to be made by
the Clerk of Christiana County.
SECTION 4. Be it further enacted, That the
elections for judicial and civil officers, to be held on
the first Thursday in August, 1870, shall be held under
the direction, and returns of the same made by the Commissioners
heretofore appointed for the County of Christiana and Monroe
are so changed as to include the quarter section of land
upon which the residence of J.R. Robinson now is, in the
County of Christiana and the Clerks of the Chancery and
Circuit Courts for the Counties of Roane, Monroe and Blount,
upon the application of the Chancery and Circuit Court Clerks
of the County of Christiana, shall furnish a full and complete
transcript of the record, in either of the Courts of the
Counties of Roane, Monroe and Blount, in which suit or suits
the parties reside in the County of Christiana.
Said transcript shall include
all bills of cost up to the time of transfer; and the Clerks
of the respective Courts for the County of Christiana, shall
enter the same upon the record of their respective Courts,
and the same shall proceed to final hearing, in the Courts
of the County of Christiana, the same as contemplated in
the Courts in which said suits originated; and the fee for
issuing said transcript shall be added to the bill of cost
in each suit, and it shall be the duty of the Clerk, preparing
the Acts and Journals of this session of the General Assembly
for the printer, to strike out the name of Christiana, where
it may occur, in any and all acts in relation to said county,
and insert the name Loudon in its stead, and said county
shall hereafter be known as the County of Loudon, instead
of the County of Christiana.
SECTION 5. 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 June 29, 1870.
W.O'N. PERKINS,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
D.B. THOMAS,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved July 7, 1870.
D.W.C. SENTER,
Governor.
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