5-2-103 - Memorial for division of county. - Tennessee Statutes

5-2-103. Memorial for division of county.

(a)  Any person desiring to divide a county shall prefer a memorial to the general assembly for that purpose.

(b)  The memorial shall describe the line or lines of the proposed division and be accompanied by a fair and accurate plat of the county to be divided, representing together the old counties and the new one, the survey and plat to be made by a sworn surveyor, and by such surveyor subscribed and certified to be just and true.

[Code 1858, §§ 88, 89 (deriv. Acts 1796 (March S.), ch. 13, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 110, 111; Code 1932, §§ 129, 130; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-203.]