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Attorney.

SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, That the next regular election by the people to fill municipal offices shall take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1909, and thereafter every four years on the corresponding day for the same purpose. At said election in November, 1909, there shall be elected a Mayor. At subsequent elections there shall be elected the Mayor and four Commissioners and the City Assessor.

SEC. 49. Be it further enacted, That there shall be a subordinate officer to be known as Assistant City Attorney who shall be selected by the City Attorney by and with the consent of the Board of Commissioners, who shall receive an annual salary of $1,200, payable monthly. He shall hold office at the will of the City Attorney.

SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, That all Commissioners and elective officers hereunder shall be exempt from jury service and military duty.

SEC. 51. Be it further enacted, That the word "Commissioner," or "Commissioners," as used in this Act, shall be construed as embracing the Mayor, unless the contrary is plainly indicated.

SEC. 52. Be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts constituting the present charter of the city of Memphis not in conflict with this amendatory Act be, and the same are, continued in full force and effect.

SEC. 53. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect for all purposes of election and qualification of the officers herein provided for from and after its passage and for all other purposes on January 1, 1910.

Passed February 2, 1909.

WM. KINNEY, Speaker of the Senate.

M. HILLSMAN TAYLOR,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved February 12, 1909.

MALCOLM R. PATTERSON,

Governor.

CHAPTER 44.

SENATE BILL No. 72.

(By Messrs. Huffaker and Cooper, by request.)

AN ACT entitled An Act to amend Subsection 6 of Section 9 of Chapter 602 of the Acts of 1907, being an Act entitled "An Act to provide more just and equitable laws for the assessment and collection of revenue for State, county, and municipal purposes; and to repeal all laws in conflict with this Act, whereby revenue is collected from the assessment of real estate, personal property, privileges, and polls," so as to provide for such clerical help throughout the year as may, in the judgment of the Assessor, be necessary to keep such record of the work of his office during the year as will materially aid in a. just and equitable future assessment of real estate, personal property, privileges, and polls, and to repeal all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Subsection 6 of Section 9 of Chapter 602 of the Acts of 1907, being an Act entitled "An Act to provide more just and equitable laws for the assessment and collection of revenue for State, county, and municipal purposes; and to repeal all laws in conflict with this Act, whereby revenue is collected from the assessment of real estate, personal property, privileges, and polls," be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to Subsection 6 of Section 9 of Chapter 602 of the Acts of 1907, the following:

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"Provided, that Assessors may designate one or Deputy more Deputy Assessors to assist throughout the year in such clerical work in the Assessor's office as may in the judgment of the Assessor be necessary to keep such record of the work of the office during the year as will materially aid in a just and equitable future assessment of real estate, personal property, privileges, and polls, such Deputy Assessors working as clerks in the office of the Assessor to be paid in the same manner as Deputy Assessors engaged in the work of actual assessments; provided, further, that the total compensation of Deputy Assessors acting as such clerks in the Assessor's office throughout the year, and Deputy Assessors engaged in the

actual assessment of real estate, personal property, privileges, and polls shall not exceed the total as now fixed by law as an allowance for deputy hire for each year.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed February 3, 1909.

WM. KINNEY, Speaker of the Senate.

M. HILLSMAN TAYLOR,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Approved February 12, 1909.

MALCOLM R. PATTERSON,
Governor.

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CHAPTER 45.

SENATE BILL No. 84.

(By Mr. McKay et al.)

AN ACT to enable the town of Lenox, in Shelby County, Tenn., to issue bonds for the purpose of building, erecting, and furnishing a new public-school building, and purchasing a site upon which to erect said school building.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Lenox, in Shelby County, Tenn., are hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell negotiable interest-bearing bonds, with coupons attached, to the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or such part thereof as they shall find necessary for the purpose of purchasing land and erecting and furnishing a public-school building thereon in said town.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said bonds and

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coupons attached shall be issued on the order of How issued [the] Mayor and Aldermen of said town, and shall be and denomisigned by the Mayor and Secretary of said Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and be attested by the seal of the town. The said bonds shall be issued in such denomination as the Mayor and Aldermen may desire and order, and said bonds shall mature in not less than ten nor more than twenty years, as may be determined by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of said town prior to the issuance of said bonds by said Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Said bonds and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Said bonds shall bear a rate of interest not exceeding five (5) per cent per annum, payable annually, at the office of the Treasurer of said town of Lenox, Shelby County, Tenn. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall provide by ordinance for the sale of said bonds, but no commission shall be allowed any one for the sale of said bonds.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That upon the issu- Treasurer to ance of the bonds under this Act the Treasurer of and deliver said town shall receive and receipt for the same, and retain the custody of said bonds, pending the sale and delivery of the same to the purchaser or purchasers. After the said bonds shall have been sold, the proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be placed with the said Treasurer of the said town as a separate fund, to be used only for the purposes set out in this Act. Said sum shall be paid out by him as hereinafter directed and set out; and the Treasurer of said town shall be required to enter into a special bond, payable to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Lenox, Shelby County, Tenn., in double the amount of said bond issue, for the faithful handling, safe-keeping, properly paying over, and accounting for said funds, the said Treasurer to receive a commission of one-fourth (1⁄44) of one (1) per cent for his services.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That none of the Bonds-how proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds shall be used for any other purpose other than for the purchasing of land for school purposes and the erection and furnishing of a public school in said town.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That whenever by Building the sale of said bonds the Board of Mayor and Al- Committee.

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Special tax.

dermen of said town are enabled to begin and prosecute said work of erecting said public-school building, the Mayor shall appoint three discreet and capable voters and freeholders of said corporation as a Building Committee; and said committee will be authorized to draw by its order, signed by any two of them, upon the Treasurer of said town of Lenox, Shelby County, Tenn., for money to pay the expense of such purchase of land, or the erecting of said building, or the furnishing of said public-school building as said work progresses and as may be incurred by them by any contract they may make, and said Building Committee may employ an architect and such other assistance as may be necessary to determine the extent and character of said building and furnishings; but they will in no event contract or agree to do any work or enter upon any system which will require a greater expenditure than the proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds. Provided, further, that no member of said Board of Mavor and Aldermen shall be a member of said Building Committee, and said Building Committee shall not receive any compensation for its services, except such actual expenses as they may incur by way of correspondence or traveling expenses incident to their employment.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said Building Committee and said Town Treasurer shall keep strict accounts of all the expenditures of said funds, and shall settle and balance their accounts once each month, and present the same to said Board of Mayor and Aldermen, who shall, if they find the same correct, spread such settlement upon the minutes and records of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That after the issuance of said bonds the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Lenox, Shelby County, Tenn., are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect annually a special tax not exceeding fifty (50) cents on the one hundred dollars ($100) on the assessed valuation upon all taxahle property in said town for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds and create a sinking fund with which to pay off and redeem the bonds therein authorized to be issued.

SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the bond tax