SECTION 1. That the following shall be the line between the counties of Blount and Monroe, to wit: beginning on the present line at the Militia Springs, thence a direct line from said springs to strike the little Tennessee River, above the farm of David Russell, so as to include said Russell in the county of Monroe: the said river then to be the line to where the said river strikes the North Carolina line;Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the sheriff of Monroe county from collecting all taxes, both state and county, that may be due from that portion of the citizens residing north of said river, and within the territory hereby taken off said county of Monroe and Provided further, that the sheriff and other officers of said county of Monroe shall have full power and authority to collect all judgments that have been rendered by either the county or circuit courts of said county, or any justice of the peace against any person residing in said territory hereby taken off said county of Monroe.
SEC. 2. That Robert Wear, of Blount county, shall run the line from the Militia Springs to the river as contemplated by this act, and that the county court of Blount pay him a just compensation therefor.
Passed February 13, 1836.