Private Acts of 1961 Chapter 1

SECTION 1. That Chapter 384 of the Private Acts of 1947 be and is hereby amended so that in addition to the jurisdiction, powers and duties vested by law in the General Sessions Court of Rutherford County, Tennessee, that the said General Sessions Court is hereby constituted the Juvenile Court of Rutherford County, Tennessee, and all of the jurisdiction, power and authority vested by law in the Juvenile Courts is hereby vested in the General Sessions court of Rutherford County. All of the Jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the County Judge of Rutherford County, Tennessee, is hereby divested from such Court and vested in the said General Sessions Court.

SECTION 2. That Chapter 384 of the Private Acts of 1947 be and is hereby further amended so that the General Sessions Judge, for his services as Juvenile Judge, shall be paid One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) per annum for his services and the same shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the County General Fund.

SECTION 3. That Chapter 384 of the Private Acts of 1947 be and is hereby further amended so that the Circuit Court Clerk shall act as the Clerk of the Juvenile Court and shall perform all the powers and functions in regard to such Court as are now vested by law in the County Court Clerk.

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

SECTION 5. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it, but said Act shall not become effective until the same has been approved by a twothirds roll call vote of the members of the Quarterly County Court of Rutherford County, Tennessee.

Passed: January 5, 1961.