CHAPTER NO. 73.

HOUSE BILL No. 526.

(By Mr. Montgomery of Henderson County.)

AN ACT to provide that any person who knowingly and wilfully makes a misstatement of fact in any affidavit made before any officer of this or any other State, authorized by law to administer an oath, when said affidavit so made is intended to be used or filed with any officer of this State having power to recommend or grant paroles or pardons to prisoners, shall be guilty of the crime of perjury and may be punished accordingly, and to fix the venue in all such cases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That when any person knowingly and wilfully makes a misstatement of fact in any affidavit made before any person authorized by the laws of this State, or by the laws of any other State to administer oaths, when such affidavit is used or is intended to be used in securing a parole or a pardon for any misdemeanant or felon in Tennessee before any person or board having power to issue paroles or grant pardons, or recommend the same, shall be guilty of the crime of perjury and punished therefor under the statutes of this State fixing the penalty for the crime of perjury. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the venue in such case shall be in the county where the affidavit was made, if same was made in any county in Tennessee, and also in the county of this State where the officer or board has its place of business, but only one conviction shall be had in this State for any offense hereunder. In case such affidavit is made before some officer outside of the limits of the State of Tennessee, then the venue shall be the county in this State where the officer or board with whom said affidavit is filed has its regular place of business.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall apply only to persons who make affidavits with the intent and knowledge that same are or may be used

for the purpose of securing a parole or a pardon for some person who has been convicted under the laws of Tennessee of a crime or misdemeanor.

In the event an affidavit is made beyond the limits of the State, the offense shall be deemed complete when the affidavit is filed in this State with the officer or board having power to recommend or issue paroles or pardons.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

(By Mr. Chas. W. Longhurst, Davidson County.)

AN ACT requiring every person, co-partnership, or company, to make application in writing in order to obtain a license to engage in business, and requiring each and every member of such co-partnership or company to sign the same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That hereafter every person, co-partnership or company engaged in any mercantile or other business requiring a license by the laws of this State to engage in such business, shall, in order to obtain such license, make application therefor in writing to the County Court Clerk, and the same to be signed by each and every member of such co-partnership or company, and that when such application is made by an individual doing business under a trade name, he shall sign his name thereto

as the owner of such business, and such application to be retained by the clerk in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be open to inspection to all parties desiring to inspect the same.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That no license shall be issued by the County Court Clerk to any person, co-partnership or company, to engage in the mercantile or other business until application has been made therefor, as provided in the first section of this Act.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

(By Messrs. Norvill and Thronesberry, Coffee County.) AN ACT to fix Jailers' fees.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That hereafter all Jailers in this State who shall furnish good, wholesome water, diet and bedding, shall be entitled to receive seventy-five cents per day for keeping and feeding each prisoner in his jail; that the jailer shall be entitled to have and receive for each prisoner said seventy-five cents per day, and one dollar for each turnkey, provided there be but two turnkeys for each prisoner, and provided that no allowance shall be made to Jailers.

Under the provisions of this Act by county courts, unless a committee of three Justices to be appointed by the County Court shall have reported to said Court that the Jailer has complied with the provisions of this Act in reference to food, water and bedding.

SEO. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring.

(By Dr. Griffin, Lake County.)

AN ACT to abolish the Department of History and Archives, and transfer all articles, books and papers thereof to the State Library, and require the State Librarian, without additional salary, to look after the same; and authorizing the appointment of a porter by the State Librarian to aid in the additional work imposed by this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Department of History and Archives be, and the same is hereby abolished, and that all of the articles, books and papers in charge of said department be, and the same are transferred and made part of the State Library, and it shall be the duty of the State Librarian, without additional salary, to look after and

care for all the books, papers and articles in said Department of History and Archives.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the State Librarian be authorized to employ, if needed, in caring for and looking after the articles, books and papers belonging to the Department of History and Archives, an extra porter for that purpose, who shall be paid not more than the sum of sixty dollars per month, on warrant drawn by the Comptroller of the Treasury.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed, and this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed March 25, 1919.

SETH M. WALKER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ANDREW L. TODD, Speaker of the Senate.

Approved March 29, 1919.

A. H. ROBERTS,
Governor.

CHAPTER NO. 77.

HOUSE BILL No. 303.

(By Mr. R. W. Bratton, Davidson County.)

AN ACT providing for a uniform law for the probate in this State of probated foreign wills.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That a will, duly proved, allowed and admitted to probate outside of this State, may be allowed and recorded in the proper court of any county in this State, in which the testator shall have left any estate.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That when a copy of the will and the probate thereof, duly authenti