Code 1858, § 555 (deriv. Acts 1803, ch. 3, § 3; 1813, ch. 98, § 3); Acts 1870, ch. 96, §§ 2, 3; 1907, ch. 602, §§ 1, 31; Shan., §§ 758, 758a1, 758a3, 759, 760; Code 1932, §§ 1330, 1331, 1333-1335; T.C.A., (orig. ed.), §§ 67-1802, 67-1803, 67-1805 — 67-1807; Acts 1990, ch. 1075, § 12; 2018, ch. 863, § 1.