Private Acts of 1901 Chapter 333

SECTION 1.  That the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Civil Districts of Hancock County be and the same are hereby abolished.

SEC. 2.  That the Territory heretofore embraced in the Thirteenth District of said County be and the same is hereby attached to the First Civil District of said county; that the territory heretofore composing the Seventeenth Civil District of said county be and the same is hereby attached to the Second Civil District of said county; that the territory heretofore embraced in the Twelfth Civil District of said county be and the same is hereby attached to the Fourth Civil District of said county; that the territory heretofore contained in the Fifteenth Civil District of said County be and the same is hereby attached to the Fifth Civil District of said County; that the territory heretofore contained in the boundaries of said Sixteenth Civil District of said county be and the same is hereby attached to the Eighth Civil District of said county; and that the territory heretofore composing the Fourteenth Civil District of said county be and the same shall be known and nominated as the Twelfth Civil District of said county.

SEC.3.  That the County Court of Hancock County may alter or change the lines of the Civil Districts of said county so as to suit the convenience of the citizens of said districts, but no Civil Districts in excess of the twelve districts hereby established shall be created out of any of the territory of said county unless authorized by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.

SEC. 4.  That from and after April the 30th, 1901, the offices of the Justices of the Peace and all other Civil District officers in the districts abolished by this Act shall cease to exist, and that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this Act shall take effect on the 30th day of April, 1901, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed April 18, 1901.