No road commissioner shall be a member of the county legislative body or related to any member of the county legislative body within the third degree, either by affinity or consanguinity, computed by the civil law.Acts 1913 (1st E.S.), ch. 26, § 7; Shan., § 1695a25; Code 1932, § 2986; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-825.
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