Private Acts of 1980 Chapter 266

SECTION 1.  The Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Franklin County, Tennessee, is hereby authorized to employ one (1) clerk to assist in the duties of that office, and said clerk shall be compensated in such a manner and at a rate as prescribed from time to time by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to be paid from the general fund of the county.  In no case shall the amount of compensation be less than that being paid any such clerk being employed on March 3, 1980, pursuant to Chapter 468 of the Private Acts of 1943.

SECTION 2.  Chapter 468 of the Private Acts of 1943 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

SECTION 3.  This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Franklin County before September 6, 1980.  Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body of Franklin County and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4.  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 3.

Passed:  March 26, 1980.