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Private Acts of 1937 Chapter 562

SECTION 1.  That there be and is hereby created and established for and within the County of Campbell, State of Tennessee, an additional Civil District to be known as the Sixth Civil District of Campbell County.

SEC. 2.  That the boundaries of said Sixth Civil District of Campbell County shall be as follows:

"Beginning at a point on the top of Big Cumberland Mountain, at the water divide, and where the public highway leading from Caryville to Clinchmore crosses same; thence running in a Southerly direction along the top of said Big Cumberland Mountain in the general direction of Coal Creek, Tennessee to the Anderson-Campbell County line; thence running in a westerly direction following the Anderson-Campbell County line to a point where said line joins the Scott County line; thence running in a northerly direction along the Campbell-Scott County Line to a point in the center of the main public highway which leads from Pioneer to Huntsville; thence running in an easterly direction following the center of said Pioneer-Huntsville main highway to the top of Big Cumberland Mountain at what is known as the Pioneer Gap; thence running along the top of said Big Cumberland Mountain along the water divide thereof in a southerly direction to the beginning point."

The territory embraced in the foregoing boundaries is hereby designated as the Sixth Civil District of Campbell County, Tennessee.

SEC. 3.  That within sixty days after the passage and approval of this Act the Commissioners of Election of Campbell County, Tennessee, shall call and hold an election in said Sixth Civil District of Campbell County and there shall be elected at said special election two Justices of the Peace, one Constable, and one District Road Commissioner for said Campbell County and for said Sixth Civil District, and the persons elected to said offices shall qualify and assume office within ten days after said election.  The election precincts now established, known as "Clinchmore" and "Shea," shall continue and be legal election precincts in and for said Sixth Civil District of said Campbell County as herein and hereby established.

SEC. 4.  That the district hereinabove set out shall remain unchanged until repealed or changed by an Act of the Legislature.

SEC. 5.  That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6.  That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  May 14, 1937.