Private Acts of 1945 Chapter 461

SECTION 1. That in all Counties in Tennessee having a population of not less than 6,100 nor more than 6,123, according to the Federal Census of 1940, or any subsequent Federal Census, there is hereby created a Board of Education which shall be composed of five members to be elected by the Quarterly Court of said County.

SECTION 2. That at the regular July, 1946, meeting of the Quarterly Court there shall be elected to said board a resident of the first or second civil district who shall serve for one year; another member to said Board shall be elected from the third or fourth civil district of said county who shall serve for two years; a third member of said board shall likewise be elected from the fifth or sixth civil district who shall serve for three years; a fourth member of said board shall be elected from the seventh district of said county who shall serve four years; and the fifth member of said board shall be elected from the eighth, ninth or tenth district and he shall serve for a period of five years.

SECTION 3. That the members of said board elected as described in Section 2 hereof shall take office on the first Monday in September, 1946, and that at the meeting of the Quarterly Court in July preceding the expiration of a member's term of office his successor shall be elected from the respective districts from which the member was elected to said board to succeed those elected at the July, 1946, term shall serve for a period of five years, it being the intention of this Act that the term shall be five years but that not more than one new member shall be elected in any one year.

The term of office for the members of the Board of Education of Trousdale County shall be for a term of seven years. Beginning at the July Term, 1963 and at each July Term thereafter, the Quarterly County Court of Trousdale County shall elect the members of the Board of Education for a term of seven years preceding the expiration of their present term of office. In addition to the foregoing, the Quarterly County Court of Trousdale County at the July Term, 1963 is hereby directed and authorized to appoint two additional members to said Board of Education, and their term of office shall be for seven years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Provided further, that one (1) of the additional members shall be resident and elected from the Seventh Civil District of said County. The other additional member shall be elected from the County at large. Provided that such Board members shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per day and the Chairman shall receive thirty dollars ($30) per day for each day's actual attendance at meetings of said Board.

SECTION 4. That members of said board shall receive $3.00 for each regular or duly called meeting except that the chairman shall receive $4.00, the same to be paid from the general fund of the county.

SECTION 5. That the duties and powers of said Board of Education shall, except as provided by this Act, be the same in all things as provided by the general law of the State of Tennessee applying to the County Board of Education.

SECTION 6. That if any Section or part thereof of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional, the invalidity of such Section or part thereof shall not affect the validity of remainder of said Act.

SECTION 7. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed and this Act shall take effect on July 1, 1946, the public welfare requiring it. Passed: February 26, 1945