Private Acts of 1893 Chapter 77

COMPILER'S NOTE:  Parts of this act may have been superseded by Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 6.

SECTION 1.  That there shall be elected by the qualified voters of Giles County, a person learned in the law, to be styled county executive of Giles County, and who shall be the county executive of said county, and who shall be thirty years of age; and who shall hold his office for a term of eight years from the date of his election, and until the election and qualification of his successor.  Said person shall be a citizen of Giles County, and a person of good moral character.

SECTION 2. That the first election for county executive of Giles County shall be held at the same place and time, and by the same officer that the other county elections are held, on the first Thursday in August, 1894, and under the same rules and regulations that are prescribed by law for other county elections; and subsequent elections (except vacancies, which shall be filled when they occur in the manner prescribed by law) on the first Thursday in August every four (4) years thereafter; and in case of sickness, incompetency, or inability of the county executive, a special executive may be elected under the same provisions, and with the powers of said county executive, in the same manner as prescribed by Section 4695, Milliken & Vertrees' compilation of laws of Tennessee.

SECTION 3.  And the office of chairman of the county court of Giles County, and the office of chairman pro tem. of the county court of said county, are abolished from and after the first Monday in January, 1894.

SECTION 4.  That the county executive of Giles County shall receive for his services as county executive aforesaid the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid monthly out of the revenue of the county upon the executive's own warrant, countersigned by the county court clerk, and said one thousand dollars shall be in full for all fees, compensation, and emoluments connected with said office.

SECTION 5. That nothing in this Act shall interfere with the holding of the office of chairman of the county court of said county by the present incumbent until the expiration of his term, on the first Monday in January, 1894.

SECTION 6.  That it shall be made the duty of the governor to appoint a competent person to hold the office of county executive of said county from the first Monday in January, 1894, to the first Monday in September, 1894, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

SECTION 7.  That the county executive provided for in this act shall be required to enter into bond, with sufficient security, as the county court, at its quarterly term, may require as the financial agent of the county.

Passed:  March 16, 1893.