Ordinances as to misdemeanors under State law.
Memphis Charter, art. 40, § 360
in effectSec. 360. - Ordinances as to misdemeanors under State law.
The Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority to declare by ordinance duly passed that any person guilty of any misdemeanor under the laws of the State of Tennessee, committed within the boundaries of said City, shall also be guilty of an offense against such City, and subject to such punishments as may now, or which may hereafter be inflicted under the Charter of said City; and to this end, in addition to any general ordinance passed in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, the said Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority to pass any ordinance or police regulation, specifically prohibiting the Commission of any offense within the boundaries of such City, and to provide punishment therefor, whenever, under the laws of the State of Tennessee, such an offense would be a misdemeanor under the State law; and the said Board of Commissioners, or other legislative body, shall have power to make it a misdemeanor to commit any offense within the boundaries of such City, whenever such an offense is made a misdemeanor by the laws of the State of Tennessee.
(Priv. Acts 1921, ch. 245)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART40ORGE_S360ORMIUNSTLAFetched: 10/28/2026