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Miscellaneous Greene Co. Tennessee
Miscellaneous Laws
Reference: "The Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition", Vol 26, Pg
622, Published 1910-1911
For the protection of the property rights of married women the code of
Tennessee provides that the wife's real estate shall be exempt from her husband's
debts; that the proceeds of her real or personal property shall not be paid
to any other person except by her consent certified upon privy examination
of her by the court or a commissioner appointed by the court; and that she
may mortgage or convey her real estate without the concurrence of her husband
provided she be privately examined regarding the matter by a chancellor,
circuit judge, or the clerk of the county court.
When a husband dies his widow is entitled to a dower in one-third of his
real estate, and, if there be not more than two children, to one-third his
personal estate; if there are more than two children her share of the personal
estate is the same as that of each child. If a husband dies intestate (without
will) and leave no other heirs the widow is entitled to all his real estate
in fee simple.
When a wife dies leaving a husband of whom there has been issue born alive,
he has by the courtesy a life interest in all her real estate and all her
personal estate; if the wife died intestate and leave no other heirs the
husband is entitled to all her real estate in fee simple.
The causes for divorce are impotency, bigamy, adultery, desertion for
two years, conviction of an infamous crime, the attempt of one of the parties
to take the life of the other, the husband's cruel and inhuman treatment
of his wife, refusal of the wife to remove with her husband into the state
without a reasonable cause, pregnancy of the wife at the time of the marriage
by another person without the knowledge of the husband, and habitual drunkenness,
provided the habit has been contracted subsequent to the marriage.
The plaintiff must be a resident of the state for two years before filing
a petition for a divorce. If the husband is the plaintiff his interest in
his wife's property is not impaired by the dissolution of the marriage, but
the defendant wife forfeits all her interest in his property. Either party
may marry again, but a defendant who has been found guilty of adultery is
not permitted to marry the co-respondent during the life of the plaintiff.
A homestead of a head of a family to the value of $1000 is exempt from
forced sale except for the collection of taxes, debts contracted for its
purchase or in making improvements upon it, or fines for voting out of the
election district, for carrying concealed weapons, or for giving away or
selling intoxicating liquors on election days. If the owner is married the
homestead cannot be sold without the joint consent of husband and wife, and
the wife's consent, as in other conveyances by married women, must be certified
before the court or a commissioner appointed by the court. The homestead
inures for the benefit of the widow and minor children.
Ninety per cent, of the salary, wages or income of each person eighteen
years of age or over is also exempt from attachment provided such salary,
wages or income does not exceed $40 per month, and in any case $36 per month
of the salary, wages or income of a person eighteen years of age or over
cannot be attached. The employment of children under 14 years of age in any
workshop, factory or mine within the state is forbidden by a law of 1901,
and the employment of women or of boys under 16 years of age in any manufacturing
establishment is limited to 60 hours a week by a law of 1907.
Both the sale and the manufacture of intoxicating drinks are prohibited
by law.
Hospitals & Penal Institutions
State of Tennessee
Reference: "The Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition", Vol 26, Pg
622, Published 1910-1911
The charitable and penal institutions of the state consist of the CENTRAL
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE near Nashville; the EASTERN HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE
near Knoxville; the WESTERN HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE near Bolivar; the TENNESSEE
SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND at Nashville; the TENNESSEE DEAF AND DUMB SCHOOL at
Knoxville; the CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' HOME near Nashville, on the "Hermitage,"
the estate formerly belonging to Andrew Jackson; and the PENITENTIARY AND
THE TENNESSEE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, both at Nashville; and in 1907 the legislature
passed an Act for the establishment in Davidson county of the TENNESSEE
REFORMATORY FOR BOYS.
Each hospital for the insane is governed by a board of five trustees appointed
by the governor, with the consent of the senate, for a term of six years,
and for the immediate supervision of each the trustees appoint a superintendent
for a term of eight years.
The Schools for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb are each managed by a
board of trustees, vacancies in which are filled by the remaining trustees
with the concurrence of the legislature.
The Confederate Soldiers' Home is managed by a board of fifteen trustees,
of whom six are women, each serving until death or resignation, when his
or her successor is appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of
the corporation known as the ASSOCIATION OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
The Penitentiary is governed by a board of three prison commissioners,
a superintendent, a warden, an assistant or deputy warden, a matron, a physician,
and a chaplain, all appointed by the governor, the commissioners for a term
of four years, the other officers for a term of two years. The prisoners
are kept at labour principally in the state coal-mines, in manufacturing
coke, on farms, or at contract labour within the prison walls; not more than
199 prisoners are to be leased to any one firm or corporation, or to be employed
in any one business within the walls. The income to the state from the prison
is greater than the disbursements for its maintenance.
By good conduct a convict may shorten his term of service one month the
first year, two months the second year, three months each year from the third
to the tenth inclusive, and four months each subsequent year.
The Industrial School, which is for orphan, helpless, wayward and abandoned
children, is governed by a board of directors consisting of the governor,
comptroller, secretary of state, and treasurer as ex officio members, and
seven other members, a portion retiring every two years, and their successors
being appointed by the remaining directors with the concurrence of the
senate.
The act for establishing the Tennessee Reformatory for Boys provides that
the institution shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of the
governor and five other members, one retiring each year; that boys under
eighteen years of age who are convicted of a penitentiary offence shall be
sent to it; that the trustees may transfer incorrigible boys to the penitentiary,
put others out in the service of citizens on probation, or recommend them
to the governor for pardon.
A general control of all public charities and correctional institutions
is exercised by an unsalaried Board of State Charities consisting of the
governor and six members appointed by him for a term of three years, two
retiring every two years. The principal duties of this board are to examine
the condition and the management of such institutions and report to the governor;
and county and city authorities must submit to it for criticism all plans
for new jails, public infirmaries, and hospitals.
Population
Reference: "The Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition", Vol 26, Pg
620, Published 1910-1911
The total population in
1790 - 35,691
1800 - 105,602
1810 - 261,727
1820 - 422,823
1830 - 681,904
1840 - 829,210
1850 - 1,002,717
1860 - 1,109,801
1870 - 1,258,520
1880 - 1,542,359
1890 - 1,767,518
1900 - 2,020,616
1910 - 2,184,789
Of the total population in 1900
1,522,600 were native whites
17,746 were foreign-born
480,243 were Negroes
108 were Indians
75 were Chinese
4 were Japanese
Of the inhabitants born in the United States
38,561 born in Georgia
36,052 born in Kentucky
28,405 born in North Carolina
27.709 born in Alabama
25,953 born in Virginia
Of the foreign-born
4569 were Germans
3372 were Irish
2207 were English
Of the total population
59,032 were of foreign parentage, i.e. either one or both parents were
foreign-born
11,164 were of German
9268 were of Irish
3532 were of English on both the father's and the mother's side
Of the total population of the state in 1906
697,570 were members of religious denominations
Baptists 277,179
Methodists 241,396
Presbyterians 79,337
Disciples of Christ 56,315
Roman Catholics 17,252
Protestant Episcopalians 7874
Lutherans 3225
United Brethren 2875
Congregationalists 2426
County Administrator Carolyn
Whitaker
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