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Memphis Charter art. 41
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Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 361 Authority to codify ordinances.

Sec. 361. - Authority to codify ordinances. The City of Memphis, in the preparation of any digest of its local laws, ordinances and contracts, is hereby authorized and empowered to codify, revise and collect in the form of a code, all ordinances of a general nature, and in so doing the Board of Commissioners shall have full power, without special ordinance referring to each ordinance amended, altered, repealed or modified, to amend, alter, repeal or modify any ordinance of a general nature other than contract ordinances, franchises, ordinances relating to bond issues, or other ordinances in or by which the City has assumed such contract obligations as are protected by the Constitutions of the United States or the State of Tennessee. (Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 416, § 1)

Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 362 Digest of local laws.

Sec. 362. - Digest of local laws. A digest of the local laws shall be prepared at least once in five years and oftener if deemed necessary by the Board of Commissioners, which digest may be read as evidence in all courts of the State without further proof of the laws contained in such digest. Upon the preparation of such digest of the local laws, the Board of Commissioners shall be authorized and empowered by ordinance to provide that such digest shall be the official digest of local laws, an official copy of which shall be deposited with and remain in the custody of the Comptroller. The original so deposited or any copy thereof certified under the hand or facsimile signature of the Comptroller, to be a true and correct copy, may be read in evidence in all courts of the State without further proof of the laws contained in such digest. In publishing the ordinance as now required by law, making such digest the official digest, it shall not be necessary to publish the contents of such digest, but it shall be sufficient for such ordinance to recite that an official digest has been approved by the Board of Commissioners, and a copy thereof deposited with the Comptroller, so that such official copy may be identified. The Mayor and Board of Commissioners shall certify that the copy so deposited is the official digest of all local laws. (Acts 1879, ch. 11, § 21; Acts 1889, ch. 163, § 13; Priv. Acts 1921, ch. 732; Priv. Acts 1937, ch. 123, § 18)

Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 363 How codification effected.

Sec. 363. - How codification effected. Such code shall be in the form of an ordinance, and shall be passed by the Board of Commissioners in the same form and manner as is now provided for the passage of other ordinances; provided, however, that it shall not be necessary to publish any such ordinances in the manner now provided by law for the publication of ordinances in some daily newspaper published in the City of Memphis, and the fact that the code established by such ordinance has not been published shall not affect its validity. (Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 416, § 1)

Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 364 Provisions of code conclusively held to be the law.

Sec. 364. - Provisions of code conclusively held to be the law. The provisions of any such code shall be conclusively held to be the law of the City of Memphis at the time of its passage, with respect to any subject or provisions contained therein, and no person shall be permitted to impeach any such code provision on the ground that it was not duly and regularly passed in accordance with the laws existing at the time of its passage. (Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 416, § 1)

Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 365 Code may be read in evidence.

Sec. 365. - Code may be read in evidence. Such code, or any copy thereof which purports to be published by authority of the City of Memphis, may be read in evidence in any court in this State without further proof of its passage. (Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 416, § 1)

Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 366 Official name of Code.

Sec. 366. - Official name of Code. The legislative body of the City of Memphis may, in any ordinance promulgating such code, give such code or digest an official name by which it shall be known. (Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 416, § 2)

Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 367 Invalidity of part of Code not to affect remainder.

Sec. 367. - Invalidity of part of Code not to affect remainder. The invalidity of any section or part of section of such code shall not affect the validity of any other part of such code or digest, and only such invalid part shall be elided from such code or digest. (Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 416, § 3)

Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 368 Provisions not inconsistent not repealed.

Sec. 368. - Provisions not inconsistent not repealed. Nothing herein contained shall be held to repeal or alter any of the existing provisions of the Charter of the City of Memphis with reference to publication and promulgation of a digest of its laws and ordinances, unless repugnant to the express provisions hereof. (Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 416, § 4)
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_ART41CICODIFetched: 10/28/2026

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