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An Act for taking an enumeration of the free taxable inhabitants of this State. 1811 69 (1811)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0010 and id is 1 raw text is: shef o-69--. sheriffor constable in this state, into whose hands afty How reltris execution:may cone, to. make return thereof to the are tobemwade. justice of the peace who itsued tlme. saie if sid justice hall. be-in oilce at the tiq'e limited for Ihe return; angdin case the said justice has resigned,.died oi remo- led outof the county, and the palersof said justice shouklbe deposited withthe clerk of the.eo6inty court, it-shall be the duty of the sheriffor constable to make his return to sa id clerk, u nder'the isamie rules and re- gulationms, and be subijectto the same pnaltics in case of failure. as are. prescribed by' law in the ease of til- ing to make his return to the justice i'the peace. JOHN COCKE,'. Speaker of the House of R fresentatives. THOS. HENDIERSON Speaker f the Senate. November Gth, i81f. CHAP. LXVII. AJN' ACT for taking a'ennmnration of tke free taxa- ble inhabitants of this State. *See. i. BE it tncted bythe.Geueral Assenthl'f the State of Tennessee, That the justices of, the peace in Justice to take each county in this state, who shall be appointed after and return list the firstdayofJanuary next, to take lists-of taxable pro- to court. perty and polls, as directed by law, shall, and are here- .byrequired,hiiditishicm cby inadibthe duty of each of the justices, to take, and make out in writing, annaccuratc and complete list of the iames and number of free tax- able inhabitants, who are over the age of- twenty. one years, and who would be entitled to vote for members of the general assembly at the next election ;. and. who, on the first day ofJanuary, in the year is2, did live in the district in which such justice of the peace is.ap- pointed to take such lists of taxable property and polls; and it shall be the duty of cach of the-said justices, to return the.list of taxable inhabitants so taken -by hims as aforesaid, signed with his name, to the courtof pleas and quarter sessioins, which shall be held in and for the county in which hc is. a justice of the peace, next, before the last day of July in said year. Sec. 2. Be it enacted.. That it shaill be the duly of Clerk8otramy the clerks of each county court of pleas and quarter miitlosecemary sessions, and he is hereby required to take the aggro- Digitized from Best Copy Available

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