Public Acts of 1982 Chapter 855

SECTION 1.  The boundary line between the counties of Greene and Washington is hereby changed by detaching from the county of Greene and attaching to the county of Washington, all of the hereinafter described territory to wit:

A parcel or tract of land not lying wholly or partially in Greene County adjacent to the existing Washington County boundary line, and beginning at Gent Taylor's corner maple and sourwood pointers, then with his line N. 86 ¾ W. 58 9/25 poles to a planted rock, Taylors corner then with Ira Brown's line S. 2 ¾ W. 25 8/25 poles to a planted rock, Julia S. Painters corner, then with her line S. 83 ¾ E. 58 poles to a planted rock on Harry Birds line, then with his line N. 2 ¾ E. 29 11/25 poles to the beginning.  Containing by estimation 10 acres more or less.  But there is excepted from the above tract 1.85 acres sold to C. C. Fox, reference to deed made March 20, 1929.

Being the same property conveyed to Charlie Brown by Deed of Laura Brown, dated December 30, 1944, and recorded in the Register's Office for Washington County, Tennessee, in Deed Book No. 226, page 31, to which reference is here made.

SECTION 2.  If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  April 8, 1982.