Private Acts of 1967 - 68 Chapter 410

SECTION 1.  The Judge of the Court of General Sessions of Hardin County, Tennessee, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with Circuit and Chancery Courts of this State in the trial and determination of suits for divorce, and for this purpose is vested with all jurisdiction and powers possessed by the Courts.

SECTION 2.  The Court of General Sessions shall keep a special docket and complete record and shall be a Court of record with respect to all proceedings held under the authority herein conferred.

SECTION 3.  All process issued under the jurisdiction conferred by this Act shall be returnable to the first Monday coming five (5) days after the service of such process, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

SECTION 4.  The Judge of the Court of General Sessions for the performance of these extra duties shall receive the additional sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800.00) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the County.

The compensation set out herein shall be the base salary and shall be adjusted September 1, 1977 to reflect the percentage change in the average consumer price index between that figure for the calendar year 1976 and calendar year 1975.  Each succeeding September 1 a similar adjustment shall be made based on the percentage of change in the average consumer price index between the two calendar years preceding September 1 of the year in which the adjustment is made.  The consumer price index referred to in this section shall mean the consumer price index (all items - United States city average) as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SECTION 5.  This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Hardin County at or before the next regular meeting of the Court occurring more than thirty (30) days after its approval by the Governor.  Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the Quarterly County Court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 6.  For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, as provided in Section 5, it shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 5.

Passed:  March 18, 1968.