The county legislative body shall fill all vacancies on any board of town, or bridge commissioners, and any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall execute the same bond, if a bond is required, take the same oath, and have the same powers and emoluments, as the predecessor.Code 1858, § 1269 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 12); Shan., § 1733; mod. Code 1932, § 3059; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1122.
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