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Private Acts of 1965 Chapter 193

Tennessee Code Annotated
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SECTION 1.  That the sixteen Civil Districts of Coffee County established by Chapter 180 of the Private Acts of 1925 of Tennessee and now existing are hereby abolished and nine Civil Districts, as hereinafter described, are substituted and established in lieu thereof.

SECTION 2.  That the boundaries of said nine new Civil Districts shall be as follows:

  1.  The First Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Sixth Civil District.
  2. The Second Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the First and Fifteenth Civil Districts.
  3. The Third Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Second and Third Civil Districts.
  4. The Fourth Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Fourth and Sixteenth Civil Districts.
  5. The Fifth Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Fifth and Fourteenth Civil Districts.
  6. The Sixth Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Ninth and Tenth Civil Districts.
  7. The Seventh Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Seventh and Eighth Civil Districts.
  8. The Eighth Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Eleventh and Twelfth Civil Districts.
  9. The Ninth Civil District shall be composed of and include the territory now constituting the Thirteenth Civil District.

SECTION 3.  That the voting precincts in said County shall remain as at present until changed as provided by law.

SECTION 4.  That there shall be elected two Justices of the Peace and one Constable in each of the above described and defined Civil Districts by the qualified voters, and in addition thereto, the Town of Manchester located in District No. 1 shall elect two additional Justices of the Peace as allowed such town by virtue of its being a municipality and the county town for such county, and the City of Tullahoma shall elect four additional Justices of the Peace which shall include the two now allowed such city by general law or otherwise provided therefor.  The additional Justices of the Peace provided herein for the Town of Manchester and the City of Tullahoma shall have all the powers, duties and receive the compensation allowed other Justices of the Peace from such Town and City and shall be regular members of the Quarterly County Court for such county.

SECTION 5.  That said Justices of the Peace, Constables, and other officers shall be elected in the manner and for the terms as now provided by law, said election to be held on the first Thursday of August 1966 and each six years thereafter.  Such officers so elected for the Civil Districts established by this Act to take office on September 1, following election of such officers.  The officers elected for the Civil Districts created and established by Chapter 180 of the Private Acts of 1925 or otherwise provided, shall continue in office until said time.

SECTION 6.  That this Act shall have no effect unless the same shall be approved by a majority of the voters voting in an election to be held for such purpose.  Within six months after the approval of this Act by the Governor, it shall be the duty of the County Board of Election Commissioners of the county to which this Act applies to call an election for the county to be held not less than 45 nor more than 60 days from the date of such call for the purpose of accepting or rejecting the provisions of this Act.  The ballots used in such election shall have printed thereon the title of this Act and the voters shall vote for or against its adoption.  The votes cast at such election shall be canvassed by the County Board of Election Commissioners upon the first Monday occurring 5 or more days next after the date of such election and the results shall be proclaimed by such board and certified to the Secretary of State.  The qualification of voters shall be that provided by law for participation in general elections and all laws applicable to general elections shall apply to an election held hereunder.

SECTION 7.  That all Acts or portions of Acts in conflict herewith, be and the same are repealed.

Passed:  March 19, 1965.