Private Acts of 1947 Chapter 833

COMPILER'S NOTE:  This Act may have been superseded by T.C.A. 8-20-101 et seq., which prescribes the method for employing deputies.

SECTION 1.  That the office of Chief Deputy Sheriff is hereby created and established in all the Counties of the State of Tennessee having a population of not less than 23,580 and not more than 23,600, according to the Federal Census for the year 1940, or any subsequent Federal Census.

SECTION 2.  That the Sheriffs in all the Counties coming under the provisions of this Act are hereby authorized to appoint a Chief Deputy Sheriff to assist in the transaction of the business of said Sheriff's office; and the Quarterly County Courts of said Counties shall fix the compensation of such officer not in excess of Seventy-five ($75.00) Dollars per month.

SECTION 3.  That the salary of said Deputy Sheriff in such Counties, when fixed as aforesaid, shall be paid by the County Trustee, out of the County Treasury, upon warrant drawn in favor of said Chief Deputy Sheriff by the Judge or Chairman of the County Courts of said Counties monthly.

SECTION 4.  That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.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 14, 1947.