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CHAPTER CXL.
Anl act to impose certain duties upon Overseers of Roads.
Src. 1. Be it enacted by the General .ssembly i Dtuy ofoversect
the State of TennesseC, That it shall be the duty of all over-
seers of public roads in this State, vheever a stream or run
crosses such road, over which there is no sufficient bridge,
and when the stream or run is cf a width to admit of it, or
where the banks will admit of it to place across such stream
or run on one margin or the other of said road, or where cir-
cumstances may require it within a short distance of said
road, on the one side or the other of it, a foot log, for (ie
passage of travellers on foot, and others, which foot log
shall be well hewn, of durable timber, at least one foot wide,
flat on the top, and shall be abutted on either side of said
stream or run upon good solid abutments of stone or timber
above high water mark.
SEc. 2. Be it enacted, That in case any overseer as Overseor liable:
aforesaid, shall fail or neglect, within reasonable time after
the passage of this act, to make such erection, and place, or
fix foot logs as aforesaid, that such overseer shall be liable to
an indictment, as for a failure to keep public roads in repair.
SEc. 3. -Be it enacted, That in all cases it shall be the Duty of itinds,
duty of all hands assigned to work upon such roads afore-
said, to assist the overseer of the road in performing said
duties as in otlier cases of working on public roads, and that
in case of failure, such hands shall be subject to the same
penalties as in other cases of failure to work on public roads:
Providod, that where any creek or run over which, by virtue
of this act, a foot log is required to be constructed,. is the
dividing line between two overseers, said log or logs shall be
placed jointly by said two overseers.
BURCHETT DOUGLASS,
Speaker of the House qf Representatives.
SNM. TURNEY,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed Feb. 3, 1842.]
CHAPTER CXLI.
Ani act to Pimend the penial laws or this State.
Src. 1. Be it nacted by the General Assenibly of the Not to eii to
State of Tennessee, That whoever shall sell spirituous or free iersono ot
vinous, or other formented or intoxicaung liquor, in any
quantity, to any free person of color, or to any slave or
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