The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-19


not less than $4,000 nor more tina
$4,000 according to the Federal Cen
sus of 1910, or any subsequent Fed
eral Census; to provide for the cleo
ton, qualification and removal, an
to, prescribe their duties and fl,
their compensation.
Ssection 1. Be it enacted by tn
General Assembly of the State o
Tennessee; That in all counties 0
the State having population of no
less than 29,S00 nor more than 80,
100 according to the Federal Census
of 1910, or any subsequent Fedora
Census, there shall be, and is hereby
created and established a Board Of
County Commissioners. Consisting Of
three members, one of whom shall
be the County Judge of such county
and the other two shall be elected
by the people of the respective coun-
ties; the first election shall be held
on the 5th day of June, 1915, to
elect the two Commissioner to act
with the County Judge until the
regular August election in 1918,
when their successors shall be elect
ed and qualified as are other county
officers; and the names OF candidates
for said office of Commissioners shall
be placed on the official ballot and
be voted for and elected for term
of four years from that date.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted;
That the qualifications CT members
of said Board of Commissioners shall
be as follows They shall be of the
age of not less than thirty-five
years, and shall have been a citizen
and resident of the county for which
they are elected for a period of five
years next preceding their election.
The County Judge may reside in or
out Of the County Town, but the
other two Commissioners shall at
the time of their election reside
outside of the County Town. No
Justice of the Peace shall be eligi-
BILE to hold the Office of Commits
sioner while he holds the office of
Justice.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted;
That the Workhouse Commission, the
Turnpike Commission, the Poor
house Commission, and the County
Board of Health in and for said
counties be and the same are here
by abolished, and the powers and
duties imposed by law upon said
Commissions and the several mem
bers thereof, together with all such
other powers and duties as are here
matter prescribed. are hereby vested
in and imposed upon said Board of
Commissioners, and the several
members thereof as herein provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted:
That the County Judge shall be ex
ofticio Chairman of the said Board
of Commissioners, and that the
County Court Clerk shall be Secre-
tary of said Board, and that he shall
keep the minutes of all of their
meetings, and record the same in a
book provided for that purpose.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted;
That the compensation of the Coun-
ty Judge as such Commissioner shall
be ($500.00) Five Hundred Dollars
in addition to the salary of one
thousand dollars that he receives as
County Judge, and the compensation
of the other two Commissioners shall
be ($1,500.00) Fifteen Hundred
Dollars each, and that all of their
salaries shall be payable quarterly
by warrants drawn upon the County
Trustee by the Secretary of he
Board upon order of said Board of
Commissioners and entered in their
minutes; and no member of said
Board of Commissioners shall either
directly or indirectly receive any
other or greater compensation than
that herein provided.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted:
That in order that the work of said
Board of Commissioners may be
classified and arranged, and more eff
ficiently conducted, there are here
established the following depart
ments, with the duties and the pow
ers here indicated, to-wit:
l. The department of Work
house, public roads and bridges.
2. The department of County
Revenue, it's levy, assessment, col
lection and expenditure.
3. The department of Public
Health.
Sec. z. Be it further enacted;
That at the first meeting of said
Board of Commissioners, or at some
meeting within thirty days after
their election and qualification, they
shall appoint or elect the following
officers, whose term of office shall
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