Private Acts of 1961 Chapter 276

SECTION 1. That Section 2, Chapter 232 of the Private Acts of 1953 be and is hereby amended so as to delete that portion of said section which reads as follows: "The Court of General Sessions for Montgomery County, Tennessee, is hereby vested with jurisdiction concurrent with the County Judge of Montgomery County, Tennessee, to try and determine, and render final judgment in all cases and actions involving juvenile matters brought before said Court of General Sessions for Montgomery County, Tennessee.

SECTION 2. That exclusive, original jurisdiction of all juvenile matters in Montgomery County, Tennessee, be and the same is hereby vested in a Juvenile Court with jurisdiction to try and determine, and render final judgment in all cases and actions involving juvenile matters for Montgomery County, Tennessee, and all power and authority vested by law in Juvenile Courts is hereby vested in the Juvenile Court of Montgomery County, Tennessee. All the jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the County Judge of Montgomery County, Tennessee is hereby divested from such Court and vested in the said Juvenile Court of Montgomery County, Tennessee.

SECTION 3. That the salary of the Juvenile Court Judge shall be Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year and the same shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the County General Fund.

SECTION 4. That the General Sessions Judge of Montgomery County, Tennessee, shall also serve as Judge of the Juvenile Court of Montgomery County, Tennessee.

SECTION 5. 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 6. That this Act shall 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 2/3 roll call vote of the members of the Quarterly Court of Montgomery County, Tennessee.

Passed: March 14, 1961.