Section 47-50-108 - Effect of epidemic(a) Whenever the legally constituted health authorities of any incorporated town or city, or the mayor, in the absence of a board of health, in this state, shall officially announce the prevalence, as an epidemic, within the limits of such town or city, of any contagious or infectious disease of so malignant or dangerous a character as to suspend or seriously interrupt the business transactions of such town or city, as certified to by the health authorities, the owners or holders of any negotiable paper, such as notes, foreign or inland bills of exchange, or any other evidence of debt requiring demand and notice, or demand, notice, and protest, shall be excused from making such demand, giving such notice, and entering such protest while such epidemic prevails.(b) Such demand, notice, and protest made, given, and entered within fifteen (15) days after such epidemic has been declared at an end by the health authorities or mayor is as binding upon the parties sought to be charged as if the same steps had been taken upon the day of the maturity of the paper.(c) If any incorporated town or city within this state has lost, or shall lose, its corporate existence by a surrender or repeal of its charter, this section applies, in all respects, so far as may be practicable, to the territory, by whatsoever name it may be known or distinguished, embraced within the former corporate limits of such town or city.Acts 1879, ch. 28, § 1; Shan., §§ 3207-3209; Code 1932, §§ 5909-5911; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 47-809 -- 47-811, 47-15-110 -- 47-15-112.