Private Acts of 1925 Chapter 434

SECTION 1. That the line between Tipton County and Shelby County, Tennessee, is hereby changed as follows: The new line between Shelby County and Tipton County hereby established shall begin at the intersection of the southwest corner of a one hundred and seventy-five (175) acre tract of land belonging to the J. C. Walker estate, where the west line of said tract intersects with the old north line of Shelby County, and run thence north from the said point of beginning seventy-five (75) chains along the west boundary line of said 175 acre tract of the J. C. Walker estate and the west line of the Aleck McQuiston one hundred and seventy-eight (178) acre tract of land to the south boundary line of the right of way of the Tipton Road at the north-west corner of said Alex McQuiston 178 acre tract; thence east along the south boundary line of the right of way of said Tipton road two hundred and nine (209) chains to the west line of the R. A. Hewett one hundred and one and one-half (101½) acre tract of land; thence northwest along the west boundary line of said R. A. Hewett 101½ acre tract of land 24 chains to the northwest corner of same at the intersection of a branch; thence northeastwardly along the meanderings of said branch seventeen and fifty one-hundredths (17.50) chains to Beaver Creek; thence southeastwardly along the meanderings of said Beaver Creek four chains to the northwest corner of the tract of land belonging to the C. E. Calhoun estate; thence east eighty-three (83) chains along the north boundary line of said land belonging to the C. E. Calhoun estate and the north boundary line of the land belonging to the J. B. Trobaugh estate to the northeast corner of said Trobaugh lands where the north boundary of same intersects with the west boundary of Mrs. Kate McQuiston' eighty-five and one fourth (85¼) acre tract; thence north along the west boundary of said McQuiston tract twelve (12) chains to the northwest corner of said McQuiston eighty-five and one-fourth acre tract; thence east along the north boundary of said McQuiston land thirty-five chains to the northeast corner of said McQuiston land; thence south twenty-six (26) chains along the east boundary line of said McQuiston land to the north boundary line of the W. J. and L. M. Shaw 50 acre tract at the southeast corner of said McQuiston lands; thence east along the north boundary line of said Shaw tract, three (3) chains to the northeast corner of said Shaw tract thence south along the east boundary line of the said Shaw fifty acre tract of land and the lands belonging to R. T. Thomas estate and the Mary Pierce fifteen (15) acre tract 26.75 chains to a point where the east boundary line of said Mary Pierce fifteen acre tract intersects with the old north boundary line of Shelby County; and all of the lands formerly in Tipton county contained within the area surrounded by the new line between Shelby and Tipton county as hereby established, and the old north line of Shelby County, are hereby taken from Tipton County and annexed to the First Civil District of Shelby County, Tennessee. The line between Shelby County and Tipton County, except as changed by this Act, shall remain as heretofore.

SECTION 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed: March 31, 1925.