Private Acts of 1951 Chapter 719

SECTION 1. That all Acts and proceedings heretofore taken in connection with the organization of The Jasper Utility District of Marion County, Tennessee, are hereby legalized and validated and said District is hereby constituted a valid Utility District under the provisions of Chapter 248 of the 1937 Public Acts of Tennessee and shall have all of the powers and duties granted and imposed upon utility districts under said Chapter 248 as now or hereafter amended, including with out limitation of the foregoing, the power to carry out all of the purposes for which utility districts may be created thereunder.

SECTION 2. That the boundaries of The Jasper Utility District of Marion County, Tennessee, shall consist as follows:

Beginning on Town Creek where the Standefer's Branch empties into said creek and running up the said creek to the bridge on U.S. Highway No. 41; thence due west to Fullerton bluff at the top of the mountain; thence due north to the Dry Creek in Pryor's Cove; thence following said Dry Creek and Standefer's Branch as they meander to the point of beginning.

SECTION 3. That all Acts and proceedings heretofore had or taken in connection with the selection of the members of the Board of Commissioners of said District, including the order entered on October 3, 1950, by the Honorable J.V. Barker, County Judge of Marion County, appointing Tom C. Kelly, Hershel Phillips, and Sam R. Henderson as Commissioners to serve for terms of two, three, and four years, respectively, together with all proceedings by said Board relative to the selection of officers thereof, are hereby legalized and validated.

SECTION 4. That all Acts and proceedings heretofore had or taken by the Board of Commissioners of said District in connection with the letting of contracts in connection with the purposes for which said District was organized are hereby legalized and validated.

SECTION 5. That an emergency exists requiring this law to become effective because of the loss of the court records covering the creation of said Utility District under the provisions of said Chapter 248 of the 1937 Public Acts, and this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: March 15, 1951.