Tennessee § 5-2-103 - Memorial for division of county.
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§ 5-2-103. Memorial for division of county.
Any person desiring to divide a county shall prefer a memorial to the general assembly for that purpose. 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.
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Section 5-2-103 ("Memorial for division of county.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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