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 Knox County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 18. COURTS
 Article IV. JUVENILE COURT
 Division 1. GENERALLY

  § 18-119. Appointment of judge; election of successor; courtroom space.  

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  • (a)

    Immediately after the passage of chapter 634 of the Private Acts of 1925, the governor of the state shall appoint a judge for the juvenile court in addition to the present juvenile judge, whose duties are hereinafter defined, who shall hold such office until the next regular election of the civil officers of the state, at which election his successor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county, and who shall hold the office until the next legal election for judges to be held on the first Thursday in August, 1926, and they shall thereafter be elected by the qualified voters of the county as other judges are now elected to such office, and who shall hold his office for a term of four years; provided, that it shall be the duty of the judge appointed by the governor to preside over and hold and exercise the duties and functions and responsibilities of such court and perform all the duties of a juvenile judge conferred by chapter 634 of the Private Acts of 1925, as well as the original Acts, except those conferred upon the juvenile judge under the provisions of Chapter 277 of the Private Acts of 1913. When any vacancy in the office of the present judge of the juvenile court occurs, either by resignation or by the expiration of the term of office or otherwise, all the duties, functions and powers of the office of the judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court shall be thereafter exercised by the judge of the court elected as herein provided; provided further, that the judge to be appointed under this section shall have and receive as compensation or salary payable to him monthly by the county the same salary allowed by law for other judges.

    (b)

    It shall be the duty of the county to furnish suitable room in the courthouse for the transaction of the business of the court, provided the juvenile department shall not be held in the courthouse, but as is now provided by law.

(Priv. Acts 1925, ch. 634, § 15; Ord. No. O-91-8-108, § 1, 8-29-91)