Private Acts of 1972 Chapter 227

SECTION 1. That the present civil districts of Rhea County, Tennessee, numbering from One to Four be, and the same are hereby abolished.

SECTION 2. That in lieu of the four Civil districts heretofore existing in Rhea County, Tennessee, there are hereby created three Civil districts for the said County, as follows:

FIRST CIVIL DISTRICT

All that territory located in Rhea County, Tennessee, from the Roane County line (White Creek) south to Clear Creek. This being the territory heretofore designated as the First and Second Civil Districts of Rhea County, Tennessee.

SECOND CIVIL DISTRICT

All that territory in Rhea County, Tennessee, from Clear Creek south to Richland Creek.

THIRD CIVIL DISTRICT

All of that territory in Rhea County, Tennessee, from Richland Creek south to the Hamilton County line.

The three (3) districts being the same territory as provided in the decree of the U.S. District Court in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the reapportionment of Rhea County, Tennessee, into magisterial districts, and being the same territory from which the Justices of the Peace for Rhea County, Tennessee, were elected at a special election called for the reapportionment of the magisterial districts for Rhea County, Tennessee.

SECTION 3. That in the General County Election in 1972 the Justices of the Peace for the districts as above set out shall be elected by the qualified voters of said District.

COMPILER'S NOTE: The remainder of this Act concerns the Board of Education and is published under that heading, therefore it is not included here.

Passed: February 17, 1972.