district.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the town of Coal special school Creek is hereby created a special school district, and the public, common, or high school of said town shall be managed and controlled by said Board of Mayor and Aldermen as directors control the same in districts under the general laws of the State. Said Mayor and Aldermen shall have all the powers, perform all the duties now required and allowed by the laws of the State in reference to the public schools, and be under the supervision of the County and State Superintendents as school directors for school districts and as school commissioners for counties under the general laws of the State.

The general laws of the State in regard to public, high, or common schools shall apply to the town of Coal Creek as far as the same are not modified herein.

The County Trustee of Anderson County is hereby required to pay over on the warrants issued by the order of said Board of Mayor and Aldermen the school fund collected by him on the property, polls, and privileges within the corporate limits of said town, to be used by said Mayor and Aldermen as heretofore directed and provided, and also to pay over to an account of said town the pro rata of the common or public-school fund that shall come into his hands from the State of Tennessee, according to the scholastic population of said town and as the same is paid to the directors, commissioners, or other school officers of the county. The County Court Clerk of Anderson County will report to the County Trustee the amount realized by him for school purposes from merchants and privileges within the limits of said town. Such amount shall pass or be placed to the credit of said Mayor and Aldermen by the Trustee as in case of polls and property taxes paid the Trustee for school purposes as above provided.

The said Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall be a body politic and corporate in like manner as the school directors are under the general laws of the State; provided, said school directors shall be and remain coextensive with the corporate limits of said town, but no larger.

Trustee to pay

over school

fund.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor of Mayor's duties. the said town shall preside at all the meetings of the

Recorder's duties.

To collect privilege taxes, etc.

Board of Aldermen; shall take an oath of office; call special meetings of the Board when deemed expedient; see that the corporate laws and ordinances are duly enforced; issue corporate warrants on the Treasurer when so ordered by the Board; make such reports to the Board as shall be directed by ordinance; appoint person or persons to act as City Marshal until the meeting of the Board, in the absence, resignation, or sickness of the regular corporate officers; and shall appoint special policemen to assist the City Marshal when, in his opinion, the occasion requires it. Said Mayor is also given the same power and authority to perform all the duties pertaining to the office of Recorder, in his absence or sickness or when a change of venue is prayed and granted by said Recorder; and in all cases where the said Recorder is ineligible to try offenses, then the same may be tried by said Mayor.

SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Recorder of said corporation shall be invested with full power and authority to try all offenses for violation of the ordinances and laws of the corporation, and invested with concurrent jurisdiction with Justice of the Peace in all cases of the violation of the criminal laws of the State and ordinances of the corporation of Coal Creek within the limits thereof, and in the case of the violation of the State laws, shall be entitled to the same fees that a Justice of the Peace receives for like services.

SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That said Recorder shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the Board, and shall collect all fines assessed, also all merchants' privileges, ad valorem taxes, and all the judgments rendered against all violators of corporate ordinances and their sureties, and shall be empowered to issue executions thereon, and collect such penalties as Justice of the Peace are authorized in judgments rendered by them. He shall also render such reports as the Board may require.

SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Recorder shall have power and authority to commit to the calaboose, county jail, or workhouse those convicted of the violation of corporate ordinances who fail or refuse to pay or secure the fine and cost assessed by the Recorder; and said offenses shall be disposed of

as provided in Section 3 and Subsection 21 of this

Act.

SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Aldermen to Aldermen shall provide for the election of a City elect officers. Marshal, Recorder, and Treasurer by ordinance, or any other officer or officers that they may deem necessary to the welfare of said town, who shall hold office for a term of not more than two years, or until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, that the Recorder and Treasurer shall each before entering upon the duties of their offices make bond, payable to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, in such sums as the said Board may prescribe, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties as Recorder and Treasurer in the collection and accounting of all moneys coming into their hands, and shall pay out corporate money only on a warrant issued by the Mayor, and shall make such reports of same as the Board may order.

SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the city Marshal's duty of the City Marshal to arrest all violators of duties. the ordinances and laws of said corporation and bring them before the Recorder for trial, or take bond for their appearance before the Recorder for trial in such sums as may be required by law. He shall also be charged with the execution of process, civil or criminal, and shall have the power to execute State warrants or other process as constables have under the laws of the State of Tennessee, and shall perform such other duties of said corporation as may be provided by ordinance.

removed.

SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and officers-how Aldermen shall have full power and authority to dismiss or remove any officer or agent appointed or elected by them for any incompetency or violation, neglect or disregard, of the duties imposed upon them by the laws and ordinances of said corporation, or for any misconduct in office, and a majority of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, acting affirmatively, can effect such dismissal. A majority of the said Board of Mayor and Aldermen may also remove one of their own members for any misconduct in office, if voting affirmatively; and in such proceedings the Aldermen on trial shall be incompetent to vote, and they shall take a special oath for the trial of their members.

Taxes

assessed.

Tax levy.

Warrants.

SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to assess and collect the corporate taxes, either through their own officer or the county officials.

SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen are hereby prohibited from levying a higher tax than $1 on the $100 of taxable property for corporate purposes.

SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That every warrant drawn upon the Treasurer or Recorder shall show upon its face for what purpose it was issued.

SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That in the absence, incompetency, or sickness of the Mayor, the Aldermen may select one of their number to preside at all meetings of the Board.

SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall have power and authority to pass all by-laws, ordinances, and regulations not inconsistent with the laws, Constitution of the United States, and of the State of Tennessee, as they deem necessary and expedient to properly carry into ef fect the provisions of this charter.

SEC. 22. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed February 5, 1909.

M. HILLSMAN TAYLOR,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. KINNEY,

Speaker of the Senate.

Approved February 12, 1909.

MALCOLM R. PATTERSON,

Governor.

CHAPTER 32.

HOUSE BILL No. 107.

(By Mr. Chrisman.)

AN ACT amending Chapter 146 of the Private Acts passed at the Called Session of the Nineteenth General Assembly, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Porter Female Academy, in Williamson County," and appointing trustees for the Porter Female Academy.

WHEREAS by Chapter 146 of the private Acts of the Called Session of the Nineteenth General Assembly the Porter Female Academy, in Williamson County, was incorporated; and

WHEREAS all of the Trustees of said academy and their successors appointed under the provisions of said Act have died without from time to time filling vacancies as herein provided; and

WHEREAS the business relating to the management, interest, and government of said academy is now controlled and managed by Trustees appointed under a decree of the Chancery, Court at Franklin, in Williamson County. but the validity of the appointment of said Trustees having been questioned, therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Section 1 of Chapter 146 of the private Acts passed at the Called Session of the Nineteenth General Assembly be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following words: "But in the event that the Board of Trustees of the Porter Female Academy at any time shall fail to fill vacancies that may happen by death, resignation, or otherwise, and all of said Trustees shall die, without having from time to time filled vacancies in said Board by election, the General Assembly shall appoint Trustees to transact the business relating to the management, interest, and government of said institution, who shall be clothed with all the powers granted to the Trustees herein named."

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Joseph T. Jordan, George W. Waller, A. S. Floyd, F. A. Scales,