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71-5-2201. Permanent body Name Appointment Term of office.

(a)  The commissioners of the poor shall be a permanent body, by the name of the “Commissioners of the Poor for  _________  County.”

(b)  In the selection, the county legislative body shall, at its October session, choose at the beginning one (1) commissioner to hold for the term of one (1) year, another for the term of two (2) years, and a third for a term of three (3) years, and annually thereafter for three (3) years each, and to hold until the successor of each is selected and qualified.

(c)  Should the court omit to make the appointment at that session, it may be done at any subsequent session.

[Code 1858, § 1597; Acts 1879, ch. 102, § 1; 1889, ch. 150, § 1; Shan., § 2681; mod. Code 1932, § 4798; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-901, 14-20-201.]  

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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-71 > Chapter-5 > Part-22 > 71-5-2201

71-5-2201. Permanent body Name Appointment Term of office.

(a)  The commissioners of the poor shall be a permanent body, by the name of the “Commissioners of the Poor for  _________  County.”

(b)  In the selection, the county legislative body shall, at its October session, choose at the beginning one (1) commissioner to hold for the term of one (1) year, another for the term of two (2) years, and a third for a term of three (3) years, and annually thereafter for three (3) years each, and to hold until the successor of each is selected and qualified.

(c)  Should the court omit to make the appointment at that session, it may be done at any subsequent session.

[Code 1858, § 1597; Acts 1879, ch. 102, § 1; 1889, ch. 150, § 1; Shan., § 2681; mod. Code 1932, § 4798; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-901, 14-20-201.]  


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Tennessee > Title-71 > Chapter-5 > Part-22 > 71-5-2201

71-5-2201. Permanent body Name Appointment Term of office.

(a)  The commissioners of the poor shall be a permanent body, by the name of the “Commissioners of the Poor for  _________  County.”

(b)  In the selection, the county legislative body shall, at its October session, choose at the beginning one (1) commissioner to hold for the term of one (1) year, another for the term of two (2) years, and a third for a term of three (3) years, and annually thereafter for three (3) years each, and to hold until the successor of each is selected and qualified.

(c)  Should the court omit to make the appointment at that session, it may be done at any subsequent session.

[Code 1858, § 1597; Acts 1879, ch. 102, § 1; 1889, ch. 150, § 1; Shan., § 2681; mod. Code 1932, § 4798; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-901, 14-20-201.]