Tennessee § 18-6-104 - Duties as clerk.

§ 18-6-104. Duties as clerk.

The county clerk, in addition to the duties prescribed by chapters 1 and 2 of this title, is required, as clerk to: Act as clerk of the county legislative body; Keep a docket of all the causes to be tried in the court; Enter upon the docket every suit, motion and action that may come before the court for trial; Produce to the judge of the circuit court, for the judge's examination at the first circuit court in the judge's county after the first Monday in April in each year, on the second day of the term, the bonds of all officers taken during such year by the county legislative body; Spread on the records of court every bond required to be recorded; and Receive and preserve the journals of congress, statutes and other public documents entrusted to the county clerk by law, and deliver them to the county clerk's successor. Code 1858, § 4067 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 6, § 1; 1843-1844, ch. 103, § 11; 1847-1848, ch. 113; 1855-1856, ch. 253, §§ 7, 10, 11); Shan., § 5882; Code 1932, § 10082; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-602. Compiler's Notes. The term “court” in subdivisions (2), (3) and (5) apparently refers to the judicial authority formerly residing in the monthly county court. Cross-References. Authentication of instruments by or to clerk, § 66-22-105 . Bond for disbursement of assessments for proposed levee, improvement or drainage district, § 69-6-130 . Bond for levee and drainage assessment collections, § 69-6-113 . Certain boards of commissioners authorized to appoint own clerks, § 18-6-103 . Copy of probate or acknowledgment, § 10-7-109 . County clerk as clerk of county legislative body, § 18-6-101 . Drainage assessment book for district in more than one county, preparation, entries, certified copy to trustee of other county, § 69-5-1104 . Drainage assessment book showing extended assessments of refunding bonds, § 69-5-926 . Drainage record book, keeping, § 69-5-140 . Drainage record book, sale of tract for collection of assessment, recording, § 69-5-816 . Fees for additional services for drainage districts, § 69-5-141 . Fees for services with respect to, road improvement districts, § 54-12-157 . Fees for specified duties rendered in connection with motor vehicle registration act, § 55-6-104 . Funds from special assessment for proposed levee, improvement or drainage district turned over to for disbursement, § 69-5-127 . Marks or brands of cattle, fee for recording, § 44-7-109 . Motor vehicle registration law, duties, § 55-6-105 . Pedigreed male animals for breeding, fee for registering, § 44-7-301 . Record kept of proceedings to hospitalize mentally ill person, § 33-3-502 . Refunding bonds for outstanding indebtedness of any drainage or levee district, jurisdiction to issue, § 69-5-921 . Road improvement assessment book duty to make, § 54-12-410 . Road improvement record book, maintenance and use, § 54-12-156 . Specific fees authorized, § 8-21-401 , title 8, ch. 21, part 7. Summons, issuance for hearing on proposed levee, improvement or drainage district, § 69-5-120 . Tobacco warehousing and sale law, attending prosecutions for violations, § 43-19-112 . Warehouse proprietor, administering oath to as tobacco inspector, § 43-19-201 . Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — The County Court, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 419.