Qualifications of members generally; board to be judge of qualifications.
Memphis Charter, art. 81, § 941
in effectSec. 941. - Qualifications of members generally; board to be judge of qualifications.
No member of the Board of Commissioners, or officer of the corporation of the City of Memphis, elected, shall be eligible to membership in the board of education.
They shall be citizens of said City.
Each commissioner shall be a man of good moral character and temperate habits. He shall be able to read and write and shall have a general knowledge of the common branches of learning sufficient to enable him to judge of the qualifications of teachers. He shall not hold any office or position for pay or compensation in the employ of the board of education, except the office of president, vice-president or Chairman of its committee on buildings and grounds, nor shall he be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or business of said board. The board of education shall be judge of the qualifications of its own members.
(Priv. Acts 1868-69, ch. 30, § 12; Acts 1883, ch. 17, § 5; Acts 1907, ch. 87, § 1)
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_ART81CHBOEDMESC_DIVIINGE_S941QUMEGEBOBEJUQUFetched: 10/28/2026