Private Acts of 1971 Chapter 46

SECTION 1.  The Hawkins County Quarterly Court is authorized to secure and provide suitable office space for a permanent branch office of the County Court Clerk of Hawkins County, said branch office to be situated in the City of Mount Carmel.

The County Court Clerk is authorized to establish a branch office in the space provided and shall proceed under the provisions of Chapter 20 of Title 8, Tennessee Code Annotated, to seek authorization for the necessary deputies and their salaries.

SECTION 2.  This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the Hawkins County Quarterly Court on or before the next regular meeting of such Quarterly Court occurring more than thirty (30) days after its becoming a law.  Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the Hawkins County Quarterly Court and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect for the purpose of ratifying it as provided in Section 2 upon its becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, and for other purposes, upon its ratification.

PASSED:  April 6, 1971