Tennessee § 5-4-102 - Order of election.
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§ 5-4-102. Order of election.
The county legislative body may at any regular meeting, a majority of the members concurring, order an election to ascertain if the people desire the county seat to be removed. Acts 1881, ch. 98, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 114; mod. Code 1932, § 132; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 12, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-402. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 10.
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