Code 1858, § 603; Acts 1869-1870, ch. 81, § 2; 1879, ch. 139, § 4; 1889, ch. 200, § 1; integrated in Shan., §§ 871-873; mod. Code 1932, §§ 1550-1553; modified; Acts 1907, ch. 602, § 42; 1925, ch. 135, § 2; 1937, ch. 46, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 1551; Acts 1957, ch. 147, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 67-1108 — 67-1111; Acts 1999, ch. 474, §§ 1, 2; 2004, ch. 682, § 1.