becomes a member of one of the Federal reserve banks created by the Federal Reserve Act. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this State shall have the power to subscribe to the capital stock and become a member of a Federal reserve bank. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this State, which is, or which becomes a member of a Federal reserve bank is by this Act vested with all powers conferred upon member banks of the Federal reserve banks by the terms of the Federal Reserve Act as fully and completely as if such powers were specifically enumerated and described herein, and all such powers shall be exercised subject to all restrictions and limitations imposed by the Federal Reserve Act, or by regulations of the Federal Reserve Board made pursuant thereto. The right, however, is expressly reserved to revoke or to amend the powers herein conferred. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That a compliance on the part of any such bank or trust company with the reserve requirements of the Federal Reserve Act shall be held to be a full complicance with those provisions of the laws of this State which require banks or trust companies to maintain cash balances in their vaults or with other banks, and no such bank or trust company shall be required to carry or maintain reserve other than such as is required under the terms of the Federal Reserve Act. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That any such bank or trust company shall continue to be subject to the supervision and examinations required by the laws of this State, except that the Federal Reserve Board shall have the right, if it deems necessary, to make examinations, and the authorities of this State having supervision over such bank or trust company may disclose to the Federal Reserve Board, or to examiners duly appointed by it, all information in reference to the affairs of any bank or trust company which has become, or desires, to become, a member of a Federal reserve bank. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed March 20, 1919. SETH M. WALKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW L. TODD, Speaker of the Senate. Approved March 27, 1919. A. H. ROBERTS, CHAPTER NO. 70. SENATE BILL No. 392. (By Mr. Parks.) AN ACT to authorize the dissolution of the bonds of matrimony in cases where the wife is guilty of such cruel and inhuman treatment or conduct toward her husband as renders it unsafe or improper for him to cohabit with her. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it shall be a cause of divorce from the bonds of matrimony that the wife is guilty of such cruel and inhuman treatment or conduct toward her husband as renders it unsafe or improper for him to cohabit with her. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. CHAPTER NO. 71. SENATE BILL No 452. (By Mr. Louthan.) AN ACT to authorize qualified voters who are compelled by reason of their trade or occupation to be absent from home at the time voters are required by law to register, to register by registered mail. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That any qualified voter who is compelled on account of the trade or occupation in which he is engaged to be absent from his home at the time voters are required under the laws of Tennessee to register in order to qualify them to vote, may register by sending by registered mail to the Chairman or Secretary of the County Board of Election Commissions for said County, and said Chairman or Secretary shall file said sworn statement, with the officer holding such registration, before the expiration of the time during which said registration is authorized, by law to be held. A sworn statement that on all the days during which said registration is authorized by law to be held, said registrant was compelled by reason of his trade or occupation to be absent from his home. Said statement shall also recite that the person so desiring to register is entitled to be registered in said precinct, ward or district. Said sworn statement shall give the place of residence of such absent voter, his occupation, his age, race, whether married or single, and the time of his residence in the State of Tennessee, and the County and City or Town, and ward or district in which he resides. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That on the receipt of the sworn statement made out as required in the preceding section of this Act, it shall be the duty of the officers holding the registration in the precinct, ward or district in which such absent voter desires to be registered, to enroll the name of said voter on the list of registered voters and issue to him a certificate of registration similar to the certificate issued to other registered voters, and which certificate shall recite on its face that it was issued to a voter to be absent on account of his trade or business. Said registered list of voters shall also show that said voter was registered as an absent voter. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sworn statement referred to in the first Section of this Act shall be actually received by the officers holding said registration before the expiration of the time during which said registration is authorized by law to be held, and no certificate of registration shall be issued by said officers holding said registration if the sworn statement referred to in Section 1 hereof has been received after the time of the closing of said registration. The certificate of registration issued in conformity with the provisions of this Act shall be mailed by the officers holding said registration to the place of residence of said absent registrant as given in the sworn statement herein above referred to. All such sworn statements shall be carefully preserved by the officers holding said registration. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any person registers or attempts to register under the provisions of this Act when he is not qualified so to do, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided by existing law for false or fraudulent registration. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. CHAPTER 72. SENATE BILL No. 539. (By Mr. Frank D. Fuller.) AN ACT to amend Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1907, passed April 13th, 1907, being an Act entitled "An Act to empower county courts to appropriate money for exhibits and buildings at fairs held within their respective counties, and for exhibits and buildings at the Tennessee State Fair held annually at Nashville; and to prescribe ways and means, rules and regulations governing expenditures of any moneys so appropriated," by inserting after the word "Building" and preceding the word "at" in line two of the caption and by inserting after the word "Building" and preceding the word "at" in line eight of Section one thereof the words "and other permanent improvements." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1907, passed April 13th, 1907, being an Act entitled "An Act to empower County Courts to appropriate money for exhibits and buildings at fairs held within their respective Counties, and for exhibits and buildings at the Tennessee State Fair held annually at Nashville; and to prescribe ways and means, rules and regulations governing expenditures of any moneys so appropriated" be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the word "building" and preceding the word "at" in line two of the caption thereof and by inserting after the word "building" and preceding the word "at" in line eight of section one thereof the words "and other permanent improvements." SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed March 26, 1919. ANDREW L. TODD, Speaker of the Senate. SETH M. WALKER, of Representatives. Speaker of the House Approved March 29, 1919. A. H. ROBERTS, |