Act of Nov. 16, §§ 1–2, 1821 Tenn. Pub. Acts 78, 78–9 (Heiskell & Brown).

“CHAPTER LXLIII.

An Act to prohibit the improper practice of shooting at marks within the limits of the towns of this state, or within two hundred yards of any public [road] of the first or second class.

    Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That any person or persons who shall after the first day of January next, shoot at a mark within the bounds of any town, or within two hundred yards of any public road of the first or second class within this state, such person or persons so offending shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars each, to be recovered before any justice of the peace within the county where such offence may be committed, for the benefit of the informer.
   Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That if such offence shall be committed in the presence of a justice of the peace, it is hereby made the duty of such justice of the peace to give information against such offender or offenders, in which case the forfeiture shall be applied to county purposes."