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CHAPTER XVIII.
AN ACT to do Justice and render persons of African and Indian descent
Competent Witnesses in the Courts of this State.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, That persons of African and Indian descent
are hereby declared to be competent witnesses in
all the courts of this State, in as full a manner as such
persons are by an Act of Congress competent witnesses in
all the courts of the United States, and all laws and parts
of laws of the State excluding such persons from compe-
tency are hereby 'repealed.
Provided, however, that this Act shall not be so con-
strued as to give colored persons the right to vote, hold of-
fice or sit on juries in this State. And that this provision is
inserted by virtue of the provision of the ninth section of
the Amended Constitution, ratified February 22, 165.
WILLIAM HEISKELL,
Speaker qf the House of Representatives.
JOSHUA B. FRIERSON,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed January 25, 1866.
CHAPTER XIX.
SPECIAL ACT to be entitled An Act to Remove the County Site of
Wayne County, &c.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of Tennessee, That the county site of Wayne county
be removed from Waynesboro, the present county site of
said county, to a place on Indian Creek, in said county,
known as Harbour Cave Spring-said spring being at or
near the centre of said county. Provided, The Sheriff of
said county shall open and hold an election in the same,
after having previously given notice for one month of said
Election.] election, by advertising the same in each civil district in
said county. Provided,further, That on the day of said
election two places shall be in nomination, viz: Waynesboro
and Harbour Cave Spring; and at said election those](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactstn0244&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)