SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed February 12, 1909. WILLIAM KINNEY, Speaker of the Senate. M. HILLSMAN TAYLOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 19, 1909. MALCOLM R. PATTERSON, Governor. CHAPTER 91. SENATE BILL No. 140. (By Mr. Lane.) A BILL to be entitled "An Act to allow turnpike companies in the State of Tennessee chartered by the General Assembly of the State, which have amended or may hereafter amend their charters, so as to conform to the provisions of Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1899, time in which to make their roads conform to said Act." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all turnpike companies in the State of Tennessee, chartered by the General Assembly of said State, which have amended or may hereafter amend their charters, so as to conform to the provisions of Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1899, shall have twelve months from the time of making said change in their charters in which to make their roads conform to Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1899. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed February 10, 1909. WM. KINNEY, Speaker of the Senate. M. HILLSMAN TAYLOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 19, 1909. MALCOLM R. PATTERSON, Governor. CHAPTER 92. SENATE BILL No. 178. (By Mr. McKinney.) AN ACT to be entitled An Act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Huntingdon, a municipality organized under the Acts of the General Assembly, passed March 23, 1903, and approved April 15, 1903, being Chapter 318 of the Acts of 1903, and subsequent amendments thereto, to issue bonds for the purpose of improving the streets and sidewalks and extending water and light system. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Huntingdon, a municipality organized [under] the Acts of the General Assembly, passed March 23, 1903, and approved April 15, 1903, being Chapter 318 of the Acts of 1903, and the subsequent amendments thereto, is hereby empowered in its corporate capacity to issue bonds of the said town, signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Recorder and Treasurer, with semiannual interest coupons attached, which shall be signed by the Recorder and Treasurer of said town, to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Bonds tion of. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the bonds hereinbefore provided for may be executed in denomina- denominations from one hundred ($100) to five hundred dollars ($500), and they shall mature and be redeemable at such time within twenty (20) years as may be prescribed by the corporate ordinance authorizing the issuance of said bonds. Said bonds shall bear a rate of interest not exceeding six (6) per cent per annum, payable semiannually. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said issuance of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be known as "Improvement Bonds," the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively in improving the streets, sidewalks, and extending water and light systems of said town, as the Mayor and Aldermen of said town may by ordinance direct. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That none of said bonds hereinabove authorized shall be issued with out the passage of an ordinance by the Mayor and Aldermen of said town specifying the purpose for which said bonds are asked to be issued and directing an election to be held by the qualified voters of said town "for" and "against" the issuance of said bonds as provided by the charter of said town, said election to be held in conformity with the charter of said town, and under the general election laws controlling the holding of elections in the town of Huntingdon; providing, that a failure to carry any election for bonds hereunder shall not prevent the submission of another proposition under this Act. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That none of said bonds to be issued by this Act shall be sold, exchanged, or disposed of for less than their said face value. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. Passed February 10, 1909. WILLIAM KINNEY, Speaker of the Senate. M. HILLSMAN TAYLOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 19, 1909. MALCOLM R. PATTERSON, Governor. CHAPTER 93. SENATE BILL No. 181. (By Mr. Hord.) AN ACT entitled An Act to amend Subsections 2, 5, 6, 9, 13, 15, and 21 of Section 8 of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee for the year 1903, passed the thirteenth day of February, 1903, and approved by the Governor on the thirteenth day of March, 1903, the same being an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Murfreesboro, in Rutherford County, Tenn.; to establish the boundaries thereof, and define the powers of the same; to appoint the first Mayor, City Council, and all other officers and agents of the city of Murfreesboro, and to provide for the election of their successors, and for the election of all other officials and agents of said city, and define their qualifications, powers, and duties, and for other purposes incident to the corporation of said city of Murfreesboro," so as to elect a City Tax Assessor, with powers of County Assessors; to elect a City Board of Equalization, with certain powers; to provide for the collection of taxes on property and polls by September 1 of each year, and to fix a penalty when same remain unpaid on said date; to make payment of municipal poll tax requisite to vote in city elections, and to punish for nonpayment of same; to establish a system of free public schools, for studies prescribed by the State; and in case of establishing schools of higher grades, or for Normal-school purposes, to do so jointly or not with county authorities, and to levy a special school tax for said purposes, without a vote of the qualified voters of the city; to condemn private property for sewer purposes within the city limits and for two miles beyond the city limits; to license, tax, and regulate express companies according to laws of the State; to collect an annual tax on poles and boxes of all telegraph and telephone companies; to require all wires to be placed under ground within fire district; and to provide for not more than six months' imprisonment, and expense of conviction, for violation of ordinances of the city. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Subsections 2, 5, 6, 9, 13, 15, and 21 of Section 8 of the Act passed by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee on the thirteenth day of February, 1903, and approved by the Governor on the thirteenth day of March, 1903, the same being the Act described in the caption hereof, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows: There shall be added to Subsection 2 of Section 8 the following: |