Private Acts of 1937 Chapter 555

SECTION 1.  That the Town of Crossville, Tennessee be, and the same is hereby relieved and discharged from the power and duty of the establishment and maintenance of a public school system, in said municipality; and that the Charter of the Town of Crossville, Tennessee be amended accordingly.

SECTION 2.  That all of the powers and duties heretofore vested in and imposed upon the Town of Crossville for the establishment and maintenance of a public school system, in and for said municipality, are hereby vested in and imposed upon Cumberland County, Tennessee; and, it shall be the duty of said county to establish and maintain adequate school facilities for the children within said municipality.

SECTION 3.  That said Cumberland County, Tennessee and/or the Board of Education of said county are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with the Town of Crossville, Tennessee for the lease, rental or purchase of the school building and grounds, now owned and being used for said municipality for said school purposes.

Said rental, or purchase price agreed upon for said building and grounds to be paid as a General Law of the State now directs.

It shall be the affirmative duty of the County of Cumberland or its County Board of Education, to exercise the duties imposed by this Act within such time as to establish and maintain the school on or before the time for the opening of the schools in Cumberland County for the present year of 1937.

SECTION 4.  That any and all laws and statutes in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5.  That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  May 13, 1937.