§ 274 — Amount and conditions of appeal bond
Memphis Code of Ordinances (Supp. No. 33: codified through Ordinance No. 5959, enacted May 12, 2026) · Memphis Charter, art. 35, § 274
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Sec. 274. - Amount and conditions of appeal bond.
Any person convicted in the City court of the City of Memphis shall, upon appeal or other proceeding taking such case to the circuit court, give bond with approved surety in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), conditioned that if the circuit court shall find against the appellant and the fine imposed by said court is not paid, the defendant will surrender himself to the police authorities to be dealt with as other offenders whose fines are not paid, and the judgment of the circuit court shall, in addition to imposing the fine, if defendant is convicted before it, order that such defendant be rearrested upon failure to pay such fine and costs and turned over to the police authorities to be dealt with as other offenders found guilty before the City court of the City of Memphis.
(Priv. Acts 1939, ch. 173, § 5)