1 to Cumberland Gap, to be designated the Campbell Station and Powell's Valley Turnpike Road; which sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each; books to be opened and subscriptions to be made in the manner prescribed in the first section of this act; and as soon as twenty thousand dol lars shall be subscribed, a meeting of the stockholders shall be held in Clinton, twenty days notice thereof being given as required in this act, and the stockholders shall be organized and constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name and style aforesaid, in the manner prescribed in this act, for the Knoxville and Virginia Turnpike Company, and shall have all the powers and privile ges, and be subjected to the penalties and restrictions, in this act granted to said company. The work shall be com menced at Campbell's Station, and be taken as completed when finished to Big creek in Campbell county, or at the option of the company may be continued to Cumberland Gap, in which case the capital stock may be increased to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 1 BROOKINS CAMPBELL, Passed January 30, 1846.. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER CLIII. An Act to repeal the second section of "an act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Waynesborough in the county of Wayne; to authorize the county court of White county to define the corporate limits of the town of Sparta': and to incorporate the town of Unionville in Bedford county, passed 15th Jan·Juary, 1844," and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Repeal. State of Tennessee, That the second section of the act afore said, authorizing the county court of White county to define the corporate limits of the town of Sparta, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the corporate limits of the town Corporate limof Sparta in the county of White, be established and de-its of Sparta. fined as follows: (to wit:) Beginning at the mouth of a spring branch known as "Jackson's spring branch," where the same empties into the Calf Killer; thence a direct line bearing a north-eastwardly direction to a point including a small frame house called and known by the name of Thom Election. Smithville. as' Law office;" thence a direct line to the turnpike road at the mouth of a lane leading to the residence of Dr. Madison Fiske's; thence northwardly including the resi dence of Dr. Fiske and George G. Dibrell, to a point due east of the north east corner of the lot in the original plan of said town, whereon the widow Ogden now resides; thence west to the north west corner of the original plan of said town, thence south forty-five degrees west to the Calf Killer; thence down said river with its various meanders to the beginning. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the sheriff of White county shall hold an election at the court house in the town of Sparta, on the first Saturday in April next, for the purpose of electing a mayor and aldermen for said town, first giving ten days notice, at which election all free white persons residing within the limits of said corporation, authorized by law to vote for Governor and Members of the General As sembly, shall be entitled to vote; and forever afterwards said election shall be held on the first Wednesday in Janu ary in each and every year, under the same rules and regulations prescribed by an act of the General Assembly incorporating said town, passed 28th December 1841, which is hereby declared to be in full force and effect. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That an act passed December 4th, Corporation of 1843, incorporating the town of Smithville in the county of DeKalb, be and the same is hereby so amended, as to give the sheriff of said county, by himself or his deputy, full power to open and hold an election in the town of Smithville, DeKalb county, at any time when thought expedient by the citizens of said town, for the purpose of electing one mayor, four aldermen, and one constable; and said mayor, aldermen and constable, so elected, to hold their offices for one year, unless in case of death, resignation or otherwise, then and in that case the sheriff, by himself or his deputy, being notified of such vacancy as may be occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise, and such mayor and aldermen elected as above prescribed, shall have full power to appoint one recorder and one treasurer. The officers elected as above prescribed shall hold their offices at the expiration of each year until their successors are chosen and duly qualified. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the mayor and aldermen of Corporation of the town of New Market be and they are hereby authorized New Market, to levy a tax upon the property of non resident citizens who may hold or own property in said town, in as full and ample a manner as it said owner or owners of property lived within the incorporated limits of the same. Authority of mayor, SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That hereafter the mayor of said town of New Market shall be clothed with the au thority of a justice of the peace, in all cases of a violation BROOKINS CAMPBELL, Passed January 31, 1846. Speaker of the Senatc. CHAPTER CLIV. An Act to provide a Sinking Fund for the gradual extinguishment of the Public SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of the Revenue set State of Tennessee, That so much of the revenue of the State, apart. as may be derived from the act of 1843, chapter 115, entitled "an act to preserve the faith and credit of the State," &c., together with the dividends on the State stock in internal improvements, and the State tax on license for the retail of spirituous liquors, shall be set apart as a contingent fund to be applied to the payment of the interest on the State bonds: Provided, That should there be a surplus after paying the liabilities of the Treasury and Bank, the same shall be set apart as a sinking fund, and be made applicable to the purchase of the bonds of the State, at their market price, if not exceeding the par value thereof. SEC. 2. That the purchase of said bonds shall be made Commissioners. under the direction of the Governor of the State, the Comptroller of the Treasury and the President of the Bank of Tennessee, who are hereby constituted commissioners of the sinking fund... SEC. 3. That the bonds purchased in conformity with Bonds of State: this act, be destroyed in the presence of the commissioners aforesaid. troller SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That if there shall be a deficit in Loan by Compthe Treasury to meet and discharge the appropriation by law charged upon the Treasury, then the Comptroller of the Treasury shall negotiate a temporary loan with the Bank of Tennessee to meet such deficit. An Act to legalize the acts of William F. Kercheval, Entry-Taker of Lincola county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all the acts and deeds of William F. Kercheval up to this time, as entry-taker of Lincoln county, be and the same are hereby declared to be as good and valid, to all intents and purposes, as if he had been duly and legally appointed to, and had held his said office by and under the proper authority authorized to fill said office of entry-taker. BROOKINS CAMPBELL, Whereas, in compliance with the 10th section of an act passed the 25th of January, 1840, entitled "an act to repeal all laws authorizing the Governor of the State to subscribe for stock in any internal improvement companies on game behalf of the State, and for other purposes;" The Governor appointed James Berry, A. H. Ruth and J. W. Netherland, commissioners to examine and report on oath, in writing, to the Comptroller, &c., for the State, as to the progress and management of the Hiwassee Rail Road. And, at 14 Whereas, the above named commissioners did examine said Hiwassee Rail Road-Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Comptroller of the Treasury issue his warrant to James Berry for the sum of thirty-two dollars and fifty cents, and to A. H. Ruth for forty-two dollars and fifty cents, and to J. W. Netherland for forty-two dollars and fifty cents. BROOKINS CAMPBELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. H. M. WATTERSON, Passed, January 29, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. An Act to incorporate the Tennessee Deaf and Dumb School in the town of Knoxville. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Incorporation. State of Tennessee, That the Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb now in existence and operation in the town of Knoxville, be and is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the Tennessee Deaf and Duinb Deaf and Dumb school, and shall have perpetual succession, and is hereby invested with the rights to sue in law or equity, to take and hold real and personal property for its use and benefit as a school, to have a seal and all other corporate rights, necess sary and proper to effect the ends for which this charter is granted; and is hereby subject to be sued in law or equity, and to all other liabilities to which a corporation is subject, SEC. 2. That the said Deaf and Dumb school shall be under the control and management of a board of trustees, composed of the following six gentlemen, viz: Rev. R. B. McMullen, Rev. D. R. McAnnally, Rev. T. Sullins, Joseph Estabrook, J. H. Cowan and Campbell Wallace, and their successors in office; and in case of vacancy by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the remaining trustees shall fill the same subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. SEC. 3. The board of trustees shall have the power of Officers. selecting and appointing all the officers of said school, and also the power to remove. The said board of trustees » shall prescribe the salaries of all said officers, and shall have power to make all by-laws necessary and proper for the control and regulation of said school, and all other rights necessary and proper to carry into effect this charter, and shall have the control and management of the household and domestic affairs of said school, and shall have a general controlling influence over all the departments of said Institution and the said board of trustees are required to report to each General Assembly the condition of said school. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That twenty-five hundred Appropriation. dollars out of the State tax of the county of Knox be and the same is hereby annually appropriated for the term of two years from the passage of this act, to the use and benefit of said school, and that it shall be the duty of the sheriff and clerks of said county to pay over to said board of trustees any money in their hands belonging to the State; and the receipt of said board of trustees shall be a sufficient voucher for said sheriff and clerks, in a settlement with the comptroller of the treasury of the State for the same. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the Institution for the instruc |