Private Acts of 1917 Chapter 399

COMPILER'S NOTE:  Portions of this act may be superseded by the Education Improvement Act of 1991, at T.C.A. § 49-2-301.

SECTION 1.  That in Haywood County, Tennessee, the County Board of Education shall, with the approval of a majority of the Quarterly County Court, employ a County Superintendent of Public Instruction whose duty shall be to carry out the policies established by the Board and the provisions of law.  Said Superintendent employed shall take office at the expiration of the present term of office.  Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of the County Superintendent by death or resignation, a successor shall be appointed by the County Board of Education to take office immediately following approval by the Quarterly County Court as provided above.

SECTION 2.  That this Act shall in no way affect the duties, qualifications, or compensation of the County Superintendent of Public Instruction, but the same shall remain as now fixed by law, except that the certificate of qualifications shall be filed with the County Judge or Chairman of the County Court not later than sixty days preceding the election.

SECTION 3.  That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  March 29, 1917.