§ 9. Appointment of judge; salary; authority.  


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  • The person who has held, in January, 1953, the position of Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, established under authority of Chapter 246, Private Acts of 1947 as amended, same being the Charter of the City of Nashville, shall be the Judge of the Juvenile Court of Davidson County and shall serve until the next general election at which time the Judge of the Juvenile Court of Davidson County shall be elected by the people of said county to serve until the next general judicial election, the judge shall then be elected by the people of the county and shall serve for a term of eight (8) years and until his successor is elected and qualified. The Judge of said Juvenile Court of Davidson County shall receive a salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) per annum. Said judge shall not be less than thirty (30) years of age and a resident of Davidson County for not less than one (1) year. Said judge shall take and subscribe to the same oath of office as that prescribed for all judges in the state.

    The judge is hereby authorized and empowered to make and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the juvenile court, to fix the times and places at which said court shall meet and prescribe the sessions at which all persons in the jurisdiction of the said juvenile court shall have their cause set for trial.

    All monies derived from fees and fines assessed upon conviction of any persons by the judge shall be paid into the county treasury of said county.

    Editor's note— See Metropolitan Charter § 18.05 for changes in salary and compensation through the general pay plan.