Elections - Historical Notes

The following is a listing of acts for Cheatham County which affected the elective process, but which have been superseded or repealed.  They are listed here for historical and reference purposes.

1. Private Acts of 1917, Chapter 170, was a redistricting act which divided Cheatham County into six civil districts, thereby abolishing the old Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Civil Districts.  This was amended by Private Acts of 1921, Chapter 444, to provide that one magistrate and one constable were to be elected by the legal voters of every incorporated town.
2. Private Acts of 1949, Chapter 817, set the salary of election officers in Cheatham County at $2.50 per day except in precincts with more than five hundred registered voters, where they would receive $5 daily.  These salaries are not set by the general law found in T.C.A. 2-4-109.