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Private Acts of 1953 Chapter 447

SECTION 1. That Chapter 86 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee for the year 1870 entitled "AN ACT to establish The Probate Court of Shelby County," and all Acts amendatory thereof, be and the same is hereby amended to provide that:

The Probate Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, is hereby empowered to impose the same punishment for contempt of Court that the Circuit and Chancery Courts of this State are empowered to impose for contempt of Court.

SECTION 2. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: April 10, 1953.