Tennessee § 5-6-115 - Incompetency of clerk — Additional provisions.
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§ 5-6-115. Incompetency of clerk — Additional provisions.
When the county clerk is incompetent to take and state any account, the same shall be taken and stated by a special commissioner, to be appointed by the county legislative body as provided by law. Acts 1871, ch. 42, § 1; Shan., § 677; Code 1932, § 1073; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-615. Cross-References. Incompetency of clerk, § 18-6-112 . Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Probate Courts, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 461 (1978).
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