Public Acts of 1870 - 71 Chapter 92

SECTION 1.  That the line between the counties of Hamblen and Hawkins shall be, and the same is hereby change, so as to run as follows: Beginning on the Holston river where the line between said counties now strikes the river; thence up the river with the meanders thereof, to a point on said river where the line extended from Mount Sterling north forty-one degrees west, will strike said river; thence with said line south forty-one degrees east, to Mount Sterling, so as to include all that part of Hawkins county lying south and east of Holston river, and south and west of said line running from Mount Sterling north forty-one degrees west, to the river, in said county of Hamblen.

SECTION 2.  That the Tax Collector of Hamblen county shall collect the taxes assessed for the year 1871, in the territory or district taken from Hawkins and attached to Hamblen; and the county revenue collected from the people of said territory or district for the year 1871, shall belong to and constitute a part of the county fund of said Hamblen county.

SECTION 3.  That the public welfare requires that this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Passed: January 20, 1871.