Same—Retirement after 35 years' service.
Memphis Charter, art. 81, § 1057
in effectSec. 1057. - Same—Retirement after 35 years' service.
The aforesaid persons or any of them shall be eligible for retirement, in the discretion of such board of education, when he or she, either heretofore or hereafter, shall have served in any of the capacities above-mentioned, or any combination of the capacities above-mentioned, for a period of 35 years, the last 20 years of which have been served in the public schools situated in said cities or taxing districts; but with reference to that portion of said 35 years other than the last 20 years, it shall be sufficient if such person shall have served the same in other public schools of this State or the public schools of any other State in the United States of America. For the purposes of this Act, schools located in territory which, by annexation, has become and is a part of such cities or taxing districts at the date of such retirement, shall be treated as having been within said cities or taxing districts for a period of 20 years prior to such retirement. And any such person who shall be retired by such board of education after the aforesaid service of 35 years shall be paid by such board of education in monthly installments for the remainder of the life of such person one-half of the annual sum which was being paid such person as a salary at the time of his or her retirement.
The aforesaid persons, or any of them, who have served as members of the Armed Forces of the United States, serving in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the Merchant Marine of the United States or serving in the American Red Cross, the United Service Organization, or any other organization attached to and serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, during the period of any war in which the United States has been or may be engaged, or serving at the call of the President during the period of any peacetime emergency, shall be entitled to credit as a teacher in the Memphis City schools for the period of such military service, provided such person begins or returns to service as teacher, or in any of the other capacities above mentioned, within two (2) years after he has received his honorable discharge.
(Priv. Acts 1937, ch. 291, § 2; Priv. Acts 1951, ch. 379, § 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_DIVIIIREPE_S1057SAETAF35YESEFetched: 10/28/2026