Private Acts of 1974 Chapter 212

SECTION 1. The office of Deputy Coroner of Warren County is hereby created and the Coroner of Warren County shall appoint such deputy in accordance with the provisions of Section 8-905, Tennessee Code Annotated.

SECTION 2. The deputy coroner is authorized to perform all the duties which can now be performed by the coroner, and he shall be subject to the same obligations.

SECTION 3. The deputy coroner shall be compensated by the county in the same amount and manner as the coroner.

SECTION 4. The deputy coroner shall serve at the pleasure of the quarterly county court and the coroner, and either shall have the power to remove him from office.

SECTION 5. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Quarterly County Court of Warren County before July 31, 1974. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the quarterly county court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 6. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 5.
Passed: February 27, 1974.