When it is intended to petition the general assembly to create a new county, notice of such intention shall be posted on meeting days of the county legislative bodies, at least sixty (60) days next preceding the annual election of representatives to the general assembly, at the front doors of the courthouses of the counties from which the new county is proposed to be formed, which notice shall set forth the names of such counties, and the metes and bounds proposed for the new county.
Code 1858, § 83 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 112); Shan., § 101; Code 1932, § 120; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-202.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties
§ 5-2-101. New Counties — General Requirements
§ 5-2-102. New Counties — Notice of Petition for Creation
§ 5-2-103. Memorial for Division of County
§ 5-2-107. Transcription of Records
§ 5-2-108. New or Altered Counties — Pending Litigation
§ 5-2-110. Transfer of Court Records
§ 5-2-112. Dissolution of New County — Pending Litigation
§ 5-2-113. Dissolution of New County — Fiduciaries
§ 5-2-114. Location of Boundaries — Authority of State Board of Equalization