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PDF versionSECTION 1. That Chapter 102 of the Acts of 1905, being an Act entitled "An Act to
Reorganize the Circuit Court of Shelby County," as amended, be, and is, hereby amended, to
create a seventh division of the Circuit Court of Shelby County. The said Seventh Division shall
have the same terms of court, the same civil jurisdiction and powers as are now exercised by the
other divisions of the Circuit Court of Shelby County. The procedure, rules of practice, and the
laws governing said Seventh Division shall be the same as are or hereafter in force for the other
division of the Circuit Court of Shelby County. The said Seventh Division of said Court shall be
considered open for orders at all times. When it has not finally adjourned for the term, the said
Seventh Division of said Court shall regulate its own sessions and sit upon its own adjournments.
SECTION 2. That the office of the Seventh additional Circuit Judge of Shelby County is
hereby created which shall be filled by an appointee hereafter to be named until the election of a
judge to fill said office, as hereinafter provided, and the said Seventh Circuit Judge to be so
appointed or elected and his successor in office shall sit and hold Court regularly in Division VII
thereof.
SECTION 2-A. That the Governor shall appoint on or before September 1, 1963, a
person qualified under the law to fill the office hereby created of Circuit Judge of Division VII of
said Court who shall hold office until September 1, 1964, and until his successor qualifies. At
the next regular election of County officers in the State to be held in August, 1964, a person
qualified under the law shall be elected to hold said judgeship until September 1, 1966, and until
his successor qualifies. Beginning with the regular election of County officers in the State to be
held in August, 1966, and from that election forward a person qualified under the law shall be
elected for the same term of office as are the other Circuit Judges in the State of Tennessee.
SECTION 3. That the Judge of the Seventh Division of the Circuit Court of Shelby
County shall have the same qualifications and exercise the same powers and civil jurisdiction
and receive the same compensation as other Circuit Judges in the State.
SECTION 4. That the Judges presiding in Divisions 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 of said Court shall
formulate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to apportion the docket of said Circuit
Court between the seven divisions thereof and the Clerk of the said Court will, under the rules so
established, apportion and divide said docket between the seven divisions, assigning to each
division, for trial and disposition, a proper proportion of the docket.
SECTION 5. That the minutes of Division 7 of said Court shall be kept in the same
manner as the minutes of Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of said Court are or may hereafter be
kept. The minutes of Division 7 of said Court shall be signed by the Judge presiding therein,
except in the case of interchange regularly made.
SECTION 6. That if at any time Division 7 of said Court shall dispose of the cases
assigned to the Seventh Division, and any of the other divisions shall then have cases on its
docket undisposed of, then the Judge of the division so having cases or other business
undisposed of shall assign to Division 7 of said Court a portion of the docket so undisposed of in
his division, all of which business and cases when so assigned shall be tried and disposed of by
the Seventh Division, to which they are assigned or transferred.
SECTION 7. That the County Court of Shelby County shall furnish all books and
necessary supplies for said Seventh Division of said Court, and shall also furnish for the sittings
of said Court a separate and suitable court room, and the Sheriff of said County shall in person or
by deputy attend upon the Seventh Division of said Court when in session.
SECTION 8. That this Act shall not affect the office, powers, duties, or compensation of
the present Clerk of the Circuit Court and his successors in office, who shall hold said office,
with all the powers, duties and responsibilities now attached thereto, during the term for which
he was elected and until his successors shall be elected and qualified. Said Clerk shall, either in
person or by deputy, attend upon said Division 7 when in session.
SECTION 9. That Chapter 102 of the Acts of 1905 and presently existing amendments
thereto remain in full force and effect as amended and enlarged by this Act.
SECTION 10. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.
Passed: March 18, 1963.
