Public Acts of 1833 Chapter 46

SECTION 1.  That the line as run and marked between this State and Mississippi, by John Thompson, commissioner for the State of Tennessee, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be the true southern boundary of the State of Tennessee, being the 35th degree of north latitude, and that the jurisdiction of the State be extended to the said line, in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations, and in as full and ample a manner as the same was extended to the line run by Winchester.

SECTION 2.  That it is hereby made the duty of the principal surveyors in whose districts the counties hereafter named lie, (viz:) Hardin, McNairy, Hardeman, Fayette, and Shelby, to extend the dividing lines of the same from what is called Winchester's line, to the line run by John Thompson, on the 35th degree of north latitude, and cause the same to be laid down on the general plan; and it is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of the western district to pay such surveyors for the same, and to take their receipts, which shall be good in settling his accounts:  Provided, said surveyors shall not receive more than two dollars per mile, for the lines to be run under the provisions of this act:  Provided, also, nothing in this act contained, shall be construed to authorize the location of any land warrant, or grant any right of occupancy between Winchester's and Thompson's line.

Passed:  November 29, 1833.