Private Acts of 1917 Chapter 780

SECTION 1.  That there is hereby created the position of Clerk of the Criminal Court of Hamilton County.  Such Clerk shall be elected as hereinafter provided and perform the duties, be under the obligations and receive the compensation as now provided by law for Clerks of the Circuit and Criminal Courts of the State.

SECTION 2.  That the duties of the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Hamilton County shall be performed by the Circuit Court Clerk of Hamilton County until the first Monday of September, 1918.  At the regular August election in 1918 and every four years thereafter there shall be elected by the qualified voters a Clerk of the Criminal Court of Hamilton County, whose term of office shall begin on the first Monday of September following such election.

SECTION 3.  That it shall be the duty of the Circuit Court Clerk to deliver to the Criminal Court Clerk all the records and dockets of the Criminal Court of Hamilton County upon the qualification of the said Clerk of the Criminal Court.

SECTION 4.  That all laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

Passed:  April 5, 1917.