Public Acts of 1873 Chapter 105

SECTION 1. That the lines between the counties of Sequatchie and Marion be changed and included within the limits of the County of Sequatchie that portion of the Third Civil District of Marion County, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the line between Hamilton and Marion counties on Walden's Ridge, so as to run a straight line by the Big Point, where the two suck creeks come together, to the headwaters of Looney's Creek, as it meanders to where it strikes the lands of George S. Smith; then with said George S. Smith's line around to where it comes to said Looney's Creek, so as to include the lands of said George S. Smith in Sequatchie County; then down said Looney's Creek to the mouth where it empties into Sequatchie River; then from the mouth of said Looney's Creek a straight line by the residence of James A. Smith, and on to where it will strike the Grundy County line.

SECTION 2. That the County Court of Marion County shall order an election to be held in that portion of Marion County which this Act seeks to attach to the County of Sequatchie, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of said portion of Marion County, say by their ballots that they desire to be attached to Sequatchie County, then, and in that event, the said portion shall be attached to said County of Sequatchie, and not otherwise. The voters shall have written or printed on their ballots as follows: Those in favor of being attached to Sequatchie County shall have the word "Sequatchie" printed or written on their tickets, and those opposed to being attached to Sequatchie County shall have written or printed on their tickets the word "Marion."

SECTION 3. That said change shall not bring the line of Sequatchie nearer than eleven miles of the county seat of Marion County, nor reduce said County of Marion below its constitutional number of square miles.

SECTION 4. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: March 22, 1873