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Private Acts of 1915 Chapter 126

Tennessee Code Annotated
Tennessee Attorney General Opinions

SECTION 1. That there be and are hereby created for and within the County of Humphreys in the State aforesaid in lieu of fifteen Civil Districts as now laid out, five Civil Districts only to be and are hereby declared commensurate with the five School Districts of said County.

SECTION 2. That the boundaries of said five newly created Civil Districts shall be as follows:

  1. The territory of Districts Nos. 1, 11, 15 as embraced therein as now laid shall compose and constitute the First Civil District of said County or District No. 1.
  2. The territory embraced in 2, 3 and 6th Civil Districts as now laid out shall embrace and constitute the Second Civil District or District No. 2 of said County.
  3. The territory embraced in the 5th, 10th and 9th Districts as now laid out shall constitute the Third Civil District of said County.
  4. The territory now embraced as laid out in the 7th, 8th and 14th Civil Districts shall constitute the 4th Civil District of said County.
  5. The territory embraced in the 4th, 12th, and 13th Districts as now laid out shall compose and constitute the Fifth Civil District of said County.

SECTION 3. That the Justices of the Peace and Constables as now constituted shall hold their offices until the first Monday in June 1915.

SECTION 4. That an election be held in the said new Districts herein created in the manner provided by law for Justices of the Peace and Constables for the Districts created by this Act on the first day in May 1915, and after that as provided in the general election laws of the State.

SECTION 5. That for the convenience of the voters of the County all election precincts now established and existing in said County of Humphreys shall continue and shall be legal election precincts in and for the several districts of said County as herein established, and provided further that the School Districts and Road Districts in said County shall remain as now existing under the law until altered or changed by legal authority.

SECTION 6. That under the provisions of this Act there shall be one additional Justice of the Peace for Waverly, the County site and McEwen in said County, both being incorporated towns.

SECTION 7. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed, the public welfare requiring it, and that this act take effect from and after its passage.

Passed: March 24, 1915