Private Acts of 1835-36 Chapter 45

SECTION 1. That all that part of Perry county lying between Purdy's and Daugherty's line, be and same is hereby attached to the county of Benton, to wit:--Beginning on the Tennessee river, at the line that divides Purdy's and Daugherty's districts, and thence running with said line to the north east corner of Henderson county; thence with the Henderson county line to the Carroll county line, where the same intersects the county of Benton.

SECTION 2. That the citizens within the aforesaid boundary shall, in all respects, be entitled to all the privileges and rights that are extended to the county of Benton.

SECTION 3. That all taxes and other public dues from the citizens within the aforesaid boundary, shall be payable and collected by the proper officers of the county of Perry, in as full and ample a manner as if this act had not been passed; and the county courts of said county shall have full power and authority to render judgment for taxes and public dues, against the land and other property of citizens within the aforesaid boundary, in as full and ample a manner as if said citizens had not been detached from the county of Perry.

SECTION 4. That Hamilton Ledbetter, Adam Walker and John Meanes, be and they are hereby directed to hold an election at the precinct within the aforesaid bounds, first giving ten days notice, to receive the votes of the qualified voters within the aforesaid boundary, for and against being attached to the county of Benton; and they are hereby directed to compare the votes as taken before some justice of the peace for Perry county; and if a majority of the citizens shall vote for being attached to the county of Benton, they shall certify the same to the governor, the number of votes given for and against the same, and the governor shall immediately proclaim the fraction hereby proposed to be attached to the county of Benton, shall from twenty days after the date of such proclamation, be attached to the county of Benton; PROVIDED, that the governor shall not issue his proclamation until it shall be shewn [sic] by actual survey, that to attach the territory hereby proposed, will not reduce the county of Perry below its constitutional limits; PROVIDED, also, that the citizens residing within the aforesaid boundary, and voting against being detached from the county of Perry, shall not be required to pay any portion of the expense of making a survey of said county of Perry.

Passed: February 20, 1836.