Private Acts of 1929 Chapter 551

COMPILER'S NOTE:  The constitutionality of this Act was upheld by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in the case of State, ex rel., Rollings v. Ritzius, 164 Tenn. 259, 47 S.W.2d 558 (1932).

SECTION 1.  That hereafter the County Superintendent of Public Instruction, in all counties of this State having a population of more than 9,750 and less than 9,755 according to the Federal census or any subsequent Federal Census, shall be elected by the qualified voters of such counties at the regular election to be held on the first Thursday in August 1930, and every two years thereafter, and whose term of office shall begin on January 1, 1931 and continue for two years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.

SECTION 2.  That the qualification of any person aspiring to said office shall be the same as provided under present or future laws governing the qualifications of County Superintendents generally, and the certificate of evidence of such qualifications shall be filed with the judge or chairman of the county court of such counties at least sixty days before any such general election.

SECTION 3.  That the duties of such superintendents shall be the same as required of Superintendents of Public Instruction generally in this State, and their compensation shall be that provided and allowed under the general educational laws of the State of Tennessee.

SECTION 4.  That all laws and parts of laws, in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect the first day of April, 1930, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  April 3, 1929.