Canvass of ballots; conclusiveness of election.
Memphis Charter, art. 78, § 876
in effectSec. 876. - Canvass of ballots; conclusiveness of election.
The commissioners of election shall certify to the Board of Commissioners, after a canvass of the ballots in the manner now required by law in municipal elections, the result of said election, and if a majority of the valid votes cast in said election shall be in favor of the bond issue provided for in this Act, then the Board of Commissioners shall have the power to take all necessary steps and pass all necessary and proper ordinances for the issuance of said bonds. The bonds shall be salable immediately upon proper advertisement directly after the ordinance providing for their issuance, subsequent to the election hereinabove provided for, and no citizen or number of citizens shall have a right to demand another election upon the question of the issuance of said bonds; but the determination of the election herein provided for shall be conclusive and final, and the said bonds may be issued at any time after the final passage of the ordinance authorizing their issue.
(Priv. Acts 1935, ch. 108, § 9, 1st Spec. Sess.)
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_ART78PUWOAC_S876CABACOELFetched: 10/28/2026