Acts of 1901 Chapter 287

SECTION 1. That there is hereby created the office of County Attorney of Maury County, said officer shall be elected by the Quarterly County Court of Maury County at its July term for a period of four years, and regularly thereafter on the first Monday of April every four years. The salary of the County Attorney shall be per annum, payable quarterly out of the County Treasury (sic).

SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of the County Attorney to attend to the legal business of the county and to represent the State in all cases in the Criminal Court of Maury County, and he shall have all of the power and authority with the Grand Jury when sitting for the Criminal Court, and to prepare and sign bills of indictment as heretofore possessed by the District Attorney General in such cases, and shall take the same oath of office as is administered to the District Attorney Generals (sic).

SECTION 3. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: April 5, 1901.