Act of 1821 Chapter 143

SECTION 1. That the lines and boundaries of Wayne county shall be as follows, (viz:)
Beginning at the south west corner of Lawrence county on the state line, and running north with
the west boundary of said county to the north west corner thereof, where James Hardin marked
said corner, thence running west to the Tennessee river so as to leave cedar creek in Perry county,
and white oak creek in Wayne county, thence up said river so far as to include the residence of
William B. Ross, thence south parallel with the range line to the south boundary of the state,
thence east with said boundary line to the beginning.
SECTION 2. That James Hollis, John Ingram, John Nunley, Esq. Cary W. Pope, Arthur
Choat, William Pyburn, Esq. and Malachi Wemberly or a majority of them be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners to fix on a place within three miles of the center of said county,
or as nearly so as a suitable situation can be procured, and the said commissioners shall purchase
forty acres of land, at the place which they may fix upon as aforesaid, and shall receive a title to
the same in fee simple to themselves and their successors in office, and shall lay off the said
forty acres of land into a town to be known by the name of Waynesborough, reserving near the
center thereof a public square of two acres, on which the court-house and stocks shall be built,
likewise reserving any other lot they may think proper, for the purpose of having a jail built
thereon, for the use of said county of Wayne.
SECTION 3. That the said commissioners shall sell the lots of said town at public sale
on a credit of twelve months, giving due notice thereof in a public paper printed in Columbia and
Nashville, and shall take bond with sufficient security from the purchasers of said lots payable to
themselves and their successors in office, and shall make titles in fee simple to the respective
purchasers of said lots.
SECTION 4. That the proceeds of the sales of the lots aforesaid, shall be a fund in the
hands of the said commissioners for defraying the expense incurred in the purchase of the tract of
land on which the town above mentioned is directed to be laid off, also for defraying the expense
of building a courthouse, prison and stocks.
SECTION 5. That the said commissioners, shall superintend the building of the said
courthouse, prison and stocks, and shall let the said buildings to the lowest bidder, advertising
the courthouse sixty days in said paper printed in Columbia, setting forth the dimensions of
which it is to consist, and the materials of which it is to be built, and shall take a bond with
sufficient security from the person to whom the said courthouse is let, payable to themselves and
their successors in office in the sum of ten thousand dollars; conditioned for the faithful
performance of his contract, and if the proceeds of the sale of said lots, is not sufficient for the
purposes above mentioned, it shall be the duty of the county court of Wayne to lay a tax, not
exceeding the amount of state tax levied in said county, to be applied to the objects aforesaid,
and to be continued until all arrearages are paid off.
SECTION 6. That the said commissioners before they enter on the duties of their
appointment shall give bond in a sum of five thousand dollars each, payable to the chairman of
the county court of Wayne, to him and his successors in office, for the use of said county,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the trust reposed in them, and shall likewise take the
following oath:
I, A. B. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT AS A COMMISSIONER TO
ACT FOR THE COUNTY OF WAYNE, I WILL DO EQUAL AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE
TO THE CITIZENS OF SAID COUNTY, TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND ABILITY.
SO HELP ME GOD.
And the said bond shall be filed in the clerk's office for said county, and shall not be so construed
as to make any one of the commissioners security for another.
SECTION 7. That so soon as the above mentioned town is laid off it shall be the duty of
the court of Wayne county to hold said court in said town so laid off, and all matters, causes and
things now depending in the county court of Wayne, shall and may be tried and determined in
said town in the same manner as if they had been originally returnable to that place.
SECTION 8. That a majority of the commissioners by this act appoint, shall in all cases
be competent to perform the duties by this act assigned them, and if any one neglects or refuses
to act, a majority of the justices of said county of Wayne may appoint another in his place, and
when the said commissioners shall have performed the duties above enjoined upon them, they
shall lay before the county court of Wayne, a full statement of all their proceeding, and the said
county court, shall make them a reasonable compensation for their services.
SECTION 9. That it shall be the duty of the county court of Wayne, to appoint some
skillful person to run and mark the lines of said county of Wayne, for which they shall allow him
a reasonable compensation.
SECTION 10. That this act, shall be in force and take effect from and after the first day
of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two.
SECTION 11. That all laws, and parts of laws, coming within the purview and meaning
of this act, are hereby repealed.
Passed: November 5, 1821.