Acts of 1903 Chapter 243

SECTION 1.  That the Fourth Civil District, Fifth Civil District, Seventh Civil District, Eighth Civil District, Ninth Civil District, Tenth Civil District, Eleventh Civil District, Thirteenth Civil District, Fourteenth Civil District, Sixteenth Civil District, Seventeenth Civil District, Eighteenth Civil District, Nineteenth Civil District and Twentieth Civil District of Henderson County, as the same have heretofore and up to this time been constituted and existed, be and same are hereby abolished.

SECTION 2.  That the territory heretofore and up to this time embraced in the Eighth, Ninth and Seventeenth Civil Districts of Henderson County be and the same is hereby attached to what has heretofore and up to this time been the First Civil District of Henderson County; and that the said combined territory be hereafter known and nominated the First Civil District of Henderson County; that the territory heretofore and up to this time embraced in the Seventh and Nineteenth Civil Districts of Henderson County be and the same is hereby attached to what has heretofore and up to this time been the Second Civil District of Henderson County; and that the said combined territory be hereafter known and nominated the Second Civil District of Henderson County; that the territory heretofore and up to this time embraced in the Fourth, Eleventh and Twentieth Civil Districts of Henderson County be and the same is hereby attached to what has heretofore and up to this time been the Third Civil District of Henderson County, and that the said combined territory be hereafter known and nominated the Third Civil District of Henderson County; that the territory which has heretofore and up to this time embraced the Thirteenth Civil District of Henderson County be and the same is hereby attached to what has heretofore and up to this time been the Twelfth Civil District of Henderson County, and that the said combined territory be hereafter known and nominated the Fourth Civil District of Henderson County; that the territory which has heretofore and up to this time embraced the Fifth and Tenth Civil Districts of Henderson County be and the same is hereby attached to what has heretofore and up to this time been the Sixth Civil District of Henderson County, and that said combined territory be hereafter known and nominated the Fifth Civil District of Henderson County; that the territory which has heretofore and up to this time embraced the Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth Civil Districts of Henderson County be and the same is hereby attached to what has heretofore and up to this time been the Fifteenth Civil District of Henderson County; and that said combined territory be hereafter known and nominated the Sixth Civil District of Henderson County. 

SECTION 3.  That no civil district in excess of the number of six hereby created and established shall be created out of any of the territory of said county, nor shall the lines of the said six districts of said county herein created be altered or changed unless authorized by Act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.

SECTION 4.  That from and after the first day of May, 1903, the offices of Justice of the Peace and all other civil district officers in the districts hereby abolished shall cease to exist, and the Justices and other civil officers of the districts abolished by this Act shall turn over to the Justices and other officers not affected by this Act, the books, papers and documents pertaining to their respective offices.

SECTION 5.  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 the 31st day of December, 1903, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  April 11, 1903.