hereby repealed; and that this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it. AN ACT entitled an Act to amend Chapter 51 of the Acts of 1917, this Act of 1917 being an Act with the following title: "An Act to amend Chapter 116 of the Acts of 1915, providing for the reorganization of the State Board of Education, prescribing its duties, etc.," making the Governor exofficio a member of the State Board of Education and vesting him with power to appoint the Superintendent of Public Instruction with the advice and consent of the Senate. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Section 1 of Chapter 51 of the Act of 1917, the title of which is above recited, be amended so as to read as follows: "The State Board of Education shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall reside in each Grand Division of the State. The Governor shall be exofficio a member and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be exofficio Secretary of the said Board. Provided, that the minority party shall always be represented on said Board by at least three members." SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Section 5 of said Acts of 1917, Chapter 51, be and the same is hereby repealed and that in lieu thereof the fol lowing shall be inserted: "The Governor, with t advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint t State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who sha hold his office for the period of two years and un his successor is appointed and whose salary shall $3600.00 per annum, provision for which shall made in the General Appropriation Bill." SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and t same are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this Act tal effect from and after its passage, the public welfa requiring it. Passed January 31, 1919. ANDREW L. TODD, Speaker of the Senate. SETH M. WALKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 5, 1919. A. H. ROBERTS, CHAPTER NO. 12. SENATE BILL No. 248. (By Mr. Haston.) A BILL to be entitled, "An Act to authorize the Funding Boar of the State of Tennessee to borrow not exceeding $2,000,0 and to execute the State's interest bearing obligations ther for, together with any renewal obligations, which may b necessary or proper, for the purpose of providing funds pay the unpaid obligations of the State incurred prior the passage of this Act." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembl of the State of Tennessee, That the Funding Boar of the State of Tennessee, composed of the Governo Comptroller of the Treasury, Treasurer of the Stat of Tennessee, and Secretary of the State of Ter nessee be, and are hereby authorized and empowere to borrow money and execute the State's interes H bearing obligations therefor, pledging the full faith and credit of the State for the payment of the interest and principal thereof at maturity to such an amount as they deem best and proper, not however, to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), the proeeds to be used in paying the One Million ($1,000,00) Dollars of notes issued by said Funding Board ander Chapter 18, of the Acts of the General Assembly for the year 1917, passed February 2, 1917, approved February 3, 1917, and maturing February 20, 1919, and any and all other unpaid indebtedness of The State existing prior to the passage of this Act, together with the accumulated interest upon all of the same. Said notes shall be in such form or forms bear such rate of interest not exceeding 6% per anum, maturing serially, or all at one time, be in such denomination and be payable at such place or places s the Funding Board of the State shall deem best and proper, and shall not be sold for less than par; provided, that neither the principal nor the interest on said interest-bearing obligations of the State so ssued shall be taxed by this State or any county or municipality thereof, and it shall be so stated in the face of the same, and, provided further, that in case the courts should hold that the foregoing provision in invalid, and that said interest-bearing obigations are subject to taxation, such holding of the courts shall not invalidate the remainder of this Act and shall not affect the validity of said interest-bearing obligations. Said notes or interest-bearing obligations shall recite that they are executed by the order of the Funding Board of the State, shall be signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State, and shall bear the Great Seal of the State, and when so executed, sold and delivered by authority of the Funding Board, shall be incontestible obligations of Bthe State of Tennessee. It shall be the duty of the Funding Board to keep record showing the date, maturity and amount of all notes or interest-bearing obligations issued by it. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That should it necessary or proper, in the judgment of said Fundi Board, to renew the said note or notes or intere bearing obligation, or obligations, or any fraction part thereof, on their maturity, then in such eve the Funding Board is hereby fully authorized execute any notes or obligations in renewal of eith the whole amount or any portion of the original ( ligation as it may be necessary or proper in t judgment of said Funding Board to renew; provid that any renewal notes or obligations made in pu suance of the authority granted in this Section sh be upon like terms, and subject to such limitatio as are provided in this Act with respect to the ori inal obligations. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act ta effect from and after its passage, the public welfa requiring it. Passed February 4, 1919. ANDREW L. TODD, Speaker of the Senate. SETH M. WALKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved February 6, 1919. A. H. ROBERTS, CHAPTER NO. 13. SENATE BILL No. 97. (By Messrs. Haston and Burkhalter.) AN ACT regulating the procedure in suits in equity to qui perfect, or adjudge the title to real estate, or to remo clouds from the title thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembl of the State of Tennessee, That in any suit in equit brought in any court of the State under its gener equity jurisdiction to quiet, perfect, or adjudge th title to real estate, or to remove clouds from th title thereof, situated within the State in which suit it is sought to determine the rights or claims of ny person or persons not in being, such person or persons may be made parties defendant, and such parties defendant may be designated by general words of description, such as the unborn children or representatives of children of A. B. a living person. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if in any such it it shall appear that there is or may be any person who has been made a party defendant under the preceding Section, a general notice of such suit shall be published in a newspaper within the county n which the land involved is situated, and if there no newspaper in the county in which the land is located, in an adjoining county, for four consecutive weeks next preceding the hearing of such suit and also general notice of such suit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises for four weeks ext preceding the hearing of such suit, and notice given in accordance with this Section shall be deemed Constructive service on all unborn parties defendant. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That if, after notice has been given as provided in Section 2, it shall apear to the court that there are parties defendant ho are not in being and who are not represented before the court, the court may of its own motion on the motion of any party, appoint a suitable person to appear and act as guardian-ad-litem or ext friend of any such party or parties, and if here are or may be any parties defendant who have onflicting interests, the court may appoint different nardians ad-litem or next friends to represent hem. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the cost of apearance of any such guardian-ad-litem or next riend, including the compensation of his counsel, hall be determined by the court and paid by the omplainant, and execution against the complainant may issue therefor in the name of the guardian-aditem or next friend. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That after the appointment of a guardian-ad-litem or next friend as |