Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-03-12

SEC. i. BE u enacted by the General as
sen,Jly Of the State of Tennessee, That there
shall be elected by tho qualified voters Of
Davidson, Shelby, Knox, Montgomery and
Williamson counties, person learned in
the law TO be styled the County Judge,
who shall hold his Office for the term of
eight years from the date of his commits
sion.
Sec. 2. BE 70 enacted, That the FIRST cleo
ton for County Judge, shall be held at the
same place, and by the same officers that
other county elections are held, on the first
Saturday Of March, 1853, and under the
same rules and regulations that are pre-
scribed for other county elections all sub
sequent elections Except for vacancies,
which shall be held whenever they occur
upon giving twenty days, notices, shall be
held on the first Saturday in march, every
eight years thereafter.
SEC. 3. Be Il enacted, That the County
Judge shall be commissioned in the same
manner as other Judges of the State, and
before entering upon the duties of the
Office, he shall take an oath to support the
constitution of the United States, and the
constitution of Tennessee, and an
oath faithfully to discharge the duties of
said Office.
Sec. 4. BE Il enacted, That the quorum
court Of said counties is hereby abolished,
and the Judge shall have and exercise all
the jurisdiction and powers now belonging
to said quorum court. BE shall preside
over the County Court at its quarterly
sessions, which shall be held as heretofore,
and shall have and exercise the same
} powers, jurisdiction and authority which
now belongs to or is exercised by the
Chairman of the County Court, and shall
perform the same duties as are required by
said Chairman either in or out of said
County Court, whether in session or not.
Sec. 8. Be II enacted, That the County
Court to be held by the County Judge,
| shall hold its regular sessions on the first
Monday of each month, provided that on
the Mondays of the quarterly sessions of
the County Court, all the business requir-
ing the presence of all or any of the
justices Of the county shall be first dis
posed of, after which the County Judge
shall dispose of such other business before
! the court as by the provisions of this act,
, is directed to be attended to by him, and
said court shall sit from day to day so long
as the business thereof may require, and
shall have power to keep order by impos-
ing such fines as will effect that purpose.
e Sec 6. Be Il enacted, That all the juris-
, diction and power of the present County
Court, over administrators, executors,
guardians, wards, trustees, wills, dover,
and petition, sale or division of lands, and
! negroes, and of all testamentary and ad-
. ministrative matters or subjects connected
' Herewith, and questions of lunacy are
abolished, and the same is hereby trans
ferred and given to the County Court to
Q be held by the County Judge, who shall
r have all jurisdiction, power, and authority
e now exercised or possessed by the County
Court over all these questions, and all
other jurisdiction, power, and authority
g over all these subjects which may be
4 necessary and proper in the exercise there.
/. of, provided that either party may have
the right of appeal, from any Judgment
/ order, decree or action, of said County
e Judge, as is allowed now by the laws o.
= this State in other cases.
It Sec. z. BE Il enacted, That the County
= Clerk shall be and continue the Clerk O.
the County Court, to be held by the County
= Judge, and shall have all the powers
II jurisdiction, and authority now possessed
y by him.
i Sec 8. BE Il enacted, That the County
r Judge shall be the accounting officer and
. general agent of the county, and as sucl
80 shall have power, and it shall be his duty
) LIST, to have the care and custody of all tn,
= county property, except such as is by Law
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4. End, to control all books, papers, and in
struments pertaining to his Office; Bird, t.
g audit all claims for money against tn,
i county; 4th, to draw and seal with tn,
"a seal of the county court, all warrants upoI
# the county treasury 9Th, to audit aud
: settle the accounts of the county trustee
= and those of any other collector or receiver
= of county revenue, taxes, or incomes pay
; able in the county treasury, and those o
v any other persons entrusted to receive OF
expend any money of the county, and tC
require said officers or persons, to render
y and settle their accounts as directed by
i law, or the authority under which they
s may act 9th, to enter in a book to b,
q known as the warrant book, in the order
of issuance, the number, date, amount
} and name of the drawee of each warran
II drawn upon the treasury 18th, to keep il
a suitable book, an account of the receipts
and expenditures of the county in such
d manner as to show clearly the assets O
II the county, and the debts payable to and
d by it, balancing said account annually anC
II generally to superintend the financial con
, Germs of the county; 9th, no money shall
II be drawn out of the county treasury, ex
o cept upon warrant issued by the county
i Judge; 9th, the duties directed to be per
"a formed by the clerk of the county court
in the administration of insolvent estates
70 shall be as heretofore except that which
+ is judicial in its character.
/ Sec o. BE Il enacted, That the county
r, judge shall receive FIVE dollars per dal
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