Authority to codify ordinances.
Memphis Charter, art. 41, § 361
in effectSec. 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Board of Commissioners shall have full power, without special ordinance referring to each ordinance amended, altered, repealed or modified, to amend, alter, repeal or modify any ordinance of a general nature other than contract ordinances, franchises, ordinances relating to bond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)
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_ART41CICODI_S361AUCOORFetched: 10/28/2026
