Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-13


to each member of said board the perioC
at which their terms Of service shall sue
= eessively expire, the first to hold from
r the date of his appointment until th'
election in March, 1865; the second un
til the election in March, 1863; the thirC
2 until the election in March, 1870
the fourth until the election il
March, ISL, and the fifth un
til the election =. in MJrch, 1872
the last named to be com missiOned a!
l president of said board, and to hold hi:
effice as such until the term Of his Office
, as commissioner shall expire; aftel
which each member Of said board shal
be the president thereof, from the com
year of his term of service.
Sec. %. That whenever it shall be
come necessary to fill a vacancy Occa-
stoned by the death, resignation or re-
mOval Of any one OF said com missioners
the same shall be filed by appointment
of the said board of commissioners but
such con- missioner, so appointed, shall
hold his Office only until the next annual
election by the people, and the person
elected thereat TO fill such vacancy shall
serve until the term of the member
whose death, resignation or removal
caused sgch vacancy shall expire pro-
( uided, that in all cases the member who
shall have actually served, or have been
elected for the longest period as men,
Der Of said board, shall be the president,
Sec. 3. That before any commissioner
elected or appointed under this act
shall enter upon the duties Of his Office,
he shall give bond with good and sutii-
cient securities, in the sum Of twenty
thousand dollars, to be approved by any
indge of a court of record in said county,
conditioned for the faithful performance
of his duties IS such commissioner and
shall likewise take and subscribe
an oath of Office, such as is now required
by law for other county offices, before
any Justice, Judge or clerk now author
lied to administer osths, and the same
shall be indorsed upon the said bond,
which bond and approval of the same
bV the court, together with the oath,
shall be filed and entered upon records of
said board of commissioners. And in
case any person elected or appointed as
such commissioner, to give bond as
aforesaid before or at the next regular
meeting of the said board, bis Office
shall be declared vacant, and his sue
cessor appointed by the remainder of the
board.
Sec. 24. That the board of county COM
missiOners shall hold four sessions Rnnu-
ally at the city of Memphis, at the
times now provided by law for the
holding of the regular terms of the
quarterly court of said county, three
members shall constitute a quorum TO do
business; in the absence of the president;
president pro tempOre may be elected,
the clerk of the county court Of said
county shall be the recorder of said
board, and shall discharge all the duties
in reference thereto, which he is now
required to perform as clerk Of the said
| quarterly court.
Sec. %. That all the powers and duties
which are now vested in, and performed
/ by tie quarterly court of said county,
| shall be vested in the said board OF COM
missioners, and in addition to the powers
now conferred by law, the said board
/ shall have authority: To insure the
public buildings and other property of
! the county; to order and contract for
/ surveys and maps Of the county 10 pro-
vide for the payment OF expenses and
l furnishing court rooms; to establish
| grades to purchase record books and all
| necessary stationery for their own
/ use as a board and for the clerks
I OFFICES and other courts in the county
/ to provide for the compensation and
! expenses of jurors, as fixed by law /;
D W dIllinN al d-NbtuEg ANA AAAC NONtAt4
I whose duty it shall be 10 prosecute and
defend all suits on behalf of the county,
I advise said commissioners upon all legal
/ questions, to inspect and examine all
! bonds of other officers of the county,
| prepare forms Tor blanks to be used by
/ said commissioners, attend generally to
/ the interests of the county, and all
others matters properly within the
/ sphere of his duties, which may be re-
/ CURED of him by said board to apprO-
pirate money for their own and the
! salaries Of other officers Of the county
I to provide such additional compensation
l to the salaries Of the judges of the courts
/ of Memphis as may be just and reasOna-
! bic to subscribe stock in railroads which
| the county court of Shelby county has
! been authorized by general or special
| law to subscribe, and under the same
conditions and restrictions, and to rep
resent such stock in all elections for
directors, and provide for the payment
Of subscriptions as made to fix the
salary Of the probate judge, and to
make ali necessary appropriations
to carry out the above powers
no money shall be drawn from the
treasury except upon a warrant signed
by the president Of said board Of COM
missioners and oountersigned by the
county clerk and the said commits
sioners are hereby vested with all powers
which by the code of Tennessee have
heretofore been vested in the county
court in the following sections Of the code
Of this state, Wig 42O6, 42O7, 42ll, 1912,
/ 42lS, 42l4 and 42l5,
Sec. 26. That the magistrates Of the
| said county of Shelby shall be and
are hereby relieved from all further du-
I oaaA rh1.c~a fiona anefHanf tn fhair
Office rs members of the quarterly court
Of said county.
Sec. q. That no commissioners Of said
board shall directly or indirectly be con-
| cerned in any contract for work TO be
done or material to be furnished for the
| county, and any such violation shall, ia
addition TO the penalties provided by
! law, subject the offender to removal from
office.
Sec. 2S. That the said commissiolsrs,
/ or either of them, are hereby authOriztd
| and empowered to administer all Oaths
or aflirmations necessary in dischsrging
| the duties Of their respective offices.
Sec 70. That any person or party to
any matter determined by said commits
sioners, may appeal from such decision
to the circuit court Of said county or the
! law court Of Memphis, within ten days
| thereafter, notifying the commissioners
/ or their attorney at least ten days before
/ the trial OF term at which such case shall
/ be tried, which notice shall be in writ
/ ing and copy thereof filed with the
attorney or president Of said board.
! See. So That the compensation of the
president OF said board shall be three
! thousand dollars per annnm, and of the
ether commissioners each two thousand
/ five hundred dollars per annum paya-
bic quarterly out Of the county treasury.
| See 81. Be Il further enacted, That
/ the fifth, thirteenth and fourteenth civil
districts of Shelby county, in which
/ Memphis, Chelsea and Fort Pickering
are situated, shall constitute a Judicial
district, with the court having a law
and criminal jurisdiction within the
| civil districts aforesaid, as hereinafter
| preseribed.
Sec. 80. That the said court shall be
/ STYLED and known as the municipal court
/ of Memphis.
] Sec. So. That said court shall have
/ law jurisdiction concurrent with the law
| court of Memphis of all civil cases aris-
ing out of or from contract wherein the
/ amount sued for does not exceed the sum
/ Of three thousand dollars; and also ap-
nellate jurisdiction of all cases taken to
said court by appeal or certiorari from
| anV Of the Justices VI INC peace IN the
soid districts. Said court shall also have
| the exclusive jurisdiction heretofore ex-
srcised by the law court Of Memphis. of
| All eases appealed from the recorders or
! police commissioners court of Memphis.
Sec. "a. That said court shall have and
evercise exclusive jurisdiction Of all mis-
demeanors, and of all crimes and Of
lenses for which the maximum punish
n,ent does not exceed five years impris-
onment in the penitentiary, committed
| within the limits OF the districts afore-
sbau retain exclusive Jurisdiction Of
ali falonies for which the maximum pun
ishment is greater than above specified.
The municipal court shall also have
Il exclusive jurisdiction of all the appeals
from the Judgments of justices Of the
1 peace in said districts wherein fines are