Acts of 1901 Chapter 57

COMPILER'S NOTE: The general law describing sufficient fencing is found at T.C.A. § 44- 8-102.

SECTION 1. That in addition to the fences now declared by statute to be lawful fences, for the enclosure of lands, the following shall also be a lawful fence, in all counties of Tennessee, having a population of not less than twenty-one thousand nor more than twenty-two thousand inhabitants, according to the Federal census of 1900 or any subsequent Federal census, according to the following specifications, to-wit: Four wires, rails, or slats securely fastened to substantial post firmly stationed in the earth not more than twenty-five feet apart; the first wire, rail or slat shall be placed horizontally or with the surface, and as nearly as possible, fourteen inches from the ground; and the second fourteen inches from the first; the third fourteen inches from the second; the fourth sixteen inches from the third; Provided, said fence may consist entirely of wire strands, or of boards, or of slats, or of rails, or of wire rails, boards and slats.

SECTION 2. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: April 19, 1901.