Bond elections and procedure thereof.
Memphis Charter, art. 78, § 874
in effectSec. 874. - Bond elections and procedure thereof.
If it is necessary to hold an election on the proposition to issue the bonds for either of the reasons set forth in section 6 of this Act [Section 873], such election shall be called by the governing body of the municipality, and the commissioners of election of Shelby County shall hold an election of the people to determine whether said bonds shall be issued, and such election is hereby ordered and provided for by this Act, and such commissioners of election are required to hold said election as hereinafter provided. Such election shall be held in the manner that other municipal elections are held, in the City of Memphis, and the voters at said election, save as otherwise herein provided, shall possess all of the qualifications required of voters in municipal elections in the City of Memphis. Said election shall be held under all of the restrictions now surrounding municipal elections in the City of Memphis, except that the commissioners of registration shall not be required to hold any supplemental registration prior to said election, but all persons who are registered in the City shall be eligible to vote, and those who have moved their place of residence since the last supplemental registration shall be permitted to vote in the ward in which they formerly registered, upon making affidavit to the officers of election that they have moved their residence since the last registration, and shall deliver to said officers of election their registration certificates, said registration certificates to be delivered up by the officers of said election to the commissioners of registration for cancellation. The date for the election provided for herein shall be fixed by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis, and, if other elections are held on the same day, the elections herein provided for shall be held jointly or concurrently therewith, and the ballots hereinafter provided for may be printed so as to include all propositions voted for at the same election on the same ballot.
(Priv. Acts 1935, ch. 108, § 7, 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_S874BOELPRTHFetched: 10/28/2026