Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-13

of the Municipal Court, and for the use
Of its officers.
BANK OF WEST TENNESSEE. - Five
thousand dollars Bank of West TeRnes-
see wanted Immediately at the Office of
the Home Insurance and Trust Com
pany," No ii Madison street. 0
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. - The bill
passed by the Legislature for the purpose
of abolishing the County Court, provides
that there shall be established in the
county of Shelby, in the State of Tennes-
see, Board of County Commissioners,
to consist of five persons, who, previous
to their appointment or election, shall
have been residents Of said county not
less than two years, each to serve for the
period of FIVE years, and until his success
sor is elected and qualified, except only
in case of appointments as hereinafter
provided, one of whom shall be elected
by the qualified voters of said county on
the first Saturday of March of each year,
the first election to take place in the
year A. D. 1868, and annually thereafter
and until which elections shall take
place the said Commissioners shall
be appointed by the Governor of this
State, who shall designate in the
commissions to be issued to each mem
Der of said Board the period at
which their terms of service shall sue
cessively expire, the first to hold from
the date of his appointment until the
election in March, 1868 the second un-
til the election in 1869; the third until
the election in March. 1870; the fourth
until the election in March 1871, and the
fifth until the election in March, 1872,
the last named to be commissioned as
President of said Board, and to hold his
Office as such until the term of his Office
as Commissioners shall expire after
which each member of said Board shall
be the President thereof from the COM
mencement till the close of the last year
of his term of service When vacancy
occurs through death or resignation
the Board of Commissioners will fill
the vacancy, the appointee holding
his office until the next election.
The Commissioners are to give
bond of $4,000, with good Sc
curity, for the faithful performance of
their duties, and take the Brownlow
oath. The Clerk OF the County Court is
to be recorder for the Board, which is to
hold four sessions annually All the
powers and duties which are now vested
in and performed by the Quarterly Court
of said county, shall be vested in the
said Board of Commissioners, and in
addition to the powers now conferred by
law, the said Board shall have au.
thority: To insure the public buildings
and other property of the county; to
order and contract for surveys and maps
of the county; TO provide for the pay
ment of expenses and furnishing court
rooms; to establish grades; to purchase
record books and all necessary sta
tionery for their own use as a
Board, and Tor the clerks Offices
and other courts in the county
to provide for the compensation and
expenses of jurors, as fixed by law to
appoint an attorney for the county,
whose duty it shall be to prosecute and
defend all suits on behalf of the county,
advise said Commissioners upon all legal
questions, tc inspect and examine all
bonds of other officers of the county,
prepare forms for blanks to be used by
said Commissioners, attend generally to
the interests OF the county, aud all other
matters properly within the sphere OF his
duties, which may be required of him
by said Board to appropriate money
for their own ard the salaries Of other
officers of the county; to provide
such additional compensation to the
salaries Of the Judges of the Courts
of Memphis as may be just and
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 sane conditions and restric-
tions, and to represent 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 all 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 Commissioners and
couuiersigned by the County Clerk and
the said Commissioners are hereby vested
with ell 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, viz