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Private Acts of 1951 Chapter 196

SECTION 1.  That the duties and compensation of the County Superintendent of Schools in Counties of Tennessee having a population of not less than 29,230 nor more than 29,250 according to the Federal Census of 1940, or any subsequent Federal Census, shall be those duties and that compensation as fixed under Chapter No. 8, Senate Bill No. 268 of the Public Acts of the State of Tennessee for the year of 1947.

SECTION 2.  That said County Superintendent, be, and he is hereby required to keep a record of all funds, moneys, county and public funds received or collected by said County Superintendent from any source, or which ought to be collected by him during his term of office, and also to take the oath to support the Constitution of the State of Tennessee and the United States and an oath for the faithful performance of the duties of said office.

As amended by: Private Acts of 1957, Chapter 35

SECTION 3.  That said County Superintendent of said County or Counties, be, and he is hereby required to make a report and settlement quarterly with the County Judge of said County or Counties and that the County Auditor is hereby directed and authorized to audit the books and records of the office of the County Superintendent, and shall report his findings to the County Judge or the County Clerk at each regular Quarterly Session of said Court.

SECTION 4.  That the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.  If any of its sections, provisions, exceptions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or parts be held unconstitutional or void, the remainder of said Act shall continue in full force and effect, it being the legislative intent, now hereby declared, that this Act would have been adopted even if such unconstitutional or void matter had not been included herein.

SECTION 5.  That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed and this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  February 8, 1951.