Tennessee § 54-11-218 - Taxes to be collected by trustee.
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§ 54-11-218. Taxes to be collected by trustee.
The moneys shall be collected by the county trustee and be kept by the county trustee subject to the order of the county legislative body, which order, together with the receipt of the person in whose favor it is made, shall be a sufficient voucher for the county trustee in settlement with the county mayor. Code 1858, § 1271 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 2); Shan., § 1735; mod. Code 1932, § 3061; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1124; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated.
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