Superintendents, engineers, and other subordinate officers and employees.
Memphis Charter, art. 61, § 635
in effectSec. 635. - Superintendents, engineers, and other subordinate officers and employees.
Said Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission shall be authorized to employ such other superintendents, engineers, assistants, consultants and other subordinate officers and employees as may be necessary for the efficient operation of said commission, who shall hold office at the will and pleasure of said commission and shall receive such salaries as may be fixed by said commission; provided, that no salary shall be fixed in excess of the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, without the consent and approval of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis and the Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County; and provided, further, that the said Port Commission shall certify to the said Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis and the Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County for approval the nomination of all subordinate officers and employees whose salaries shall be fixed in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per annum, but the consent and approval of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis and the Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County to any salary or nomination shall not be necessary where the salary of any subordinate officer or employee shall be less than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) per year.
(Priv. Acts 1947, ch. 500, § 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_ART61MESHCOPOCO_S635SUENOTSUOFEMFetched: 10/28/2026