Private Acts of 1919 Chapter 32

COMPILER’S NOTE: This act may be superseded by general law regarding regional and municipal planning at T.C.A. §§ 13-3-402, 13-3-404, 13-4-302 and 13-4-304.

SECTION 1. That all owners of land which has been subdivided or plotted into lots in counties of the State of Tennessee having a population of not less than 94,000 or more than 120,000, according to the Federal Census of 1910, or any subsequent Federal Census, shall, where any lot has been sold out of any such subdivision, within ten days thereafter, record in the Register’s office of such county the plot or map showing such subdivision of said land so the engineer of said county or municipality can examine the same and ascertain accurately its location and also so that the tax assessor of such county may properly assess the same for taxes.

SECTION 2. That any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined as in cases of other misdemeanor.

SECTION 3. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: January 23, 1919.