Private Acts of 1955 Chapter 399

SECTION 1. That there shall be created in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and in all counties of the State of Tennessee having a population of not less than 44,180 inhabitants nor more than 44,190 inhabitants, according to the Federal Census of 1950, or any subsequent Federal Census, the office of County Highway Supervisor, whose duties shall be hereinafter set out and defined.

SECTION 2. That at the regular election in 1964 a County Highway Supervisor shall be elected by a vote of the people for a term of four years commencing on September 1 next following such election. In the event of a vacancy in the office of County Highway Supervisor between the effective date of this enactment and September 1, 1964, a County Highway Supervisor shall be elected by the Quarterly County Court to serve until the next general election. At such general election a successor shall be elected by a vote of the people and the person receiving the highest number of votes at such election shall assume the office of County Highway Supervisor on September 1 following such election, and the person elected at such election shall serve until September 1, 1964.

SECTION 3. That said County Highway Supervisor shall be twenty-one (21) years of age and be a resident of Montgomery County, Tennessee.

SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty of such Supervisor to keep the County Judge, and Board of Road Commissioners advised as to the work being carried on, the general condition of the roads, and the progress being made on the road work in general, and in addition to this, he will perform all the duties prescribed for the "Supervisor" in Chapter 312, Private Acts of Tennessee, 1923, the same being an Act to create a Board of Highway Commissioners for Montgomery County. Such duties, responsibilities, and provisions, as therein set out, with reference to the "Supervisor" are hereby imposed upon the County Highway Supervisor, whose office is created by this Act.

SECTION 5. That the Supervisor shall devote his entire time to the duties of this office, and that the counties shall furnish said Supervisor suitable transportation while in the performance of his duties, and said Supervisor shall receive for his services the sum of Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($8,500.00), per annum, payable monthly, or bi-monthly, from the General Road Fund of the County, by vouchers signed by the County Judge or Chairman.

SECTION 6. That all laws and parts of laws, in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority vote of the members of the Quarterly County Court of Montgomery County, Tennessee, on or before the regular meeting of said Court, which shall occur more than thirty days from and after the passage of this Act, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: March 18, 1955.