Public Acts of 1821 Chapter 32
SECTION 8. That the following described lines shall be the bounds of one other county which may hereafter be established west of Hardin county; beginning at the south west corner of Hardin county; running thence north with the west boundary of the same, twenty seven and a half miles; thence west passing the south east corner of Madison county, to a point three miles west of the first range line in the 9th district; thence south parallel with said range line to the south boundary of the state; thence east on said boundary to the beginning. Which last described bounds shall be attached to, and be a part of, Hardin County, until otherwise provided for by law, and shall enjoy all the privileges, and be subject to all the duties as citizens of Hardin county, with this exception, that no tax shall be laid or collected in said bounds for the purpose of erecting public buildings for Hardin county.
COMPILER'S NOTE: The sections of the act precedent to and subsequent to Section 8 applied to other counties and are not reprinted here.