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An Act for the better protection of the bodies of deceased persons. 1853-1854 149 (1853)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0174 and id is 1 raw text is: 149 perform the labor of removing the obstruction at their own expense.and without compensation for the same. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts Little river. of laws heretofore passed. making and declaring Little river, in Blount county, navigable. be, and the same are hereby repealed. Provided, however, that that portion of said river, from Kirby's Mills down to the mouth of the same, shall be considered a navigable stream, and shall not be obstructed by mill dams, or otherwise. WM. U. WISENER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. EDWIN POILK, Speaker of the Senate. * Passed, February 17, 1854. CHAPTER LXXXII. AN ACT for the better protection of the bodies of deceased persons. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That hereafter it shall be unlaw- ful and criminal for any person to disinter the body of any free white person in this State, or to remove, violate or distrub the body of any deceased free white person, which has been placed in any grave, vault, or last rest- ing place; and whosoevershall be guilty of either of said offences shall be deemied guilty of' a high misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceed- ing one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned at the dis- cretion qf the court; and all persons aiding or abetting, either before or after, in any such offence. shall be ad. judged principals in the first degree. Provided, that the relations or friends of the deceased may disinter or remove such bodies to other places of interment or safe- keeping; and, provided, further, that the bodies of male- factors may be disintered and removed for anatomical purposes. Sec. 2 Be it enacted, That any person or persons who shall disinter, remove, or violate the body of any de- Bodiesotne- ceased negro or mulatto. shall be guilty of a misde-groes or wm- meanor, and upon conviction thereof. shall be punishedlattoes. as other cases of misdemeanor, at the discretion of the court. Provided, that with the assent of the owner of said deceased negro, if a slave, and if a free person, with

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