Tennessee § 5-5-118 - Powers and duties — Voting railroad stock.
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§ 5-5-118. Powers and duties — Voting railroad stock.
The county legislative bodies have the power, and it is their duty, through an agent or proxy, to vote the stock of the county in any railroad, in all elections of officers and directors in such railroad. Acts 1875, ch. 70, § 4; Shan., § 6020; mod. Code 1932, § 10219; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 15; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-520.
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