Private Acts of 1957 Chapter 231

SECTION 1.  That the Judge of the Court of General Sessions for Bradley County, Tennessee, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a schedule of cash deposits, which may be deposited with the committing official in lieu of bail, in any cases wherein the said Court has the jurisdiction to render final judgments, said deposits to be delivered to the Clerk of the Court of General Sessions and held by him pending a disposition of the case.

SECTION 2.  That in any case wherein said deposit has been forfeited, the Clerk of said Court shall first pay out of said deposit all the costs which have accrued in the case and then pay the remainder of said deposit to the State of Tennessee or Bradley County in the same manner as now provided for the payment over the fines, said funds to be paid to the State of Tennessee or Bradley County according to the offense charged as if said deposits were fines.

SECTION 3.  That this Act shall not become effective unless and until it has been ratified and approved by the Quarterly County Court of Bradley County, Tennessee, by a two-thirds majority of the Justices at any meeting at which this Act may be submitted for ratification and approval.

SECTION 4.  That this Act insofar as the General Assembly of Tennessee is concerned, take effect from and after its passage the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  March 15, 1957.