Created; composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members.
Memphis Charter, art. 61, § 627
in effectSec. 627. - Created; composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members.
Chapter 11 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1879, entitled "A Bill to establish taxing districts in this State and to provide the means of local government for the same," and all Acts amendatory thereof, constituting the Charter of the City of Memphis, be and the same are hereby amended so as to establish and create a commission to be composed of five (5) members, to be known as the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission, whose terms of office shall be one, two, three, four and five years, said commissioners to serve without compensation and to be selected as follows: The Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis, on nomination of the Mayor of the City of Memphis, shall appoint three of such commissioners, whose terms shall be one, three and five years, respectively. The Quarterly County Court of Shelby County shall elect the other two members, whose terms shall be two and four years, respectively. Upon the expiration of the terms of said aforesaid commissioners appointed by the Board of Commissioners on nomination of the Mayor of said City, the then Board of Commissioners and Mayor shall appoint a successor to the commissioners whose term of office thus expired; and upon the expiration of the term of any of said commissioners so elected by the Quarterly County Court of Shelby County, the then Quarterly County Court shall elect a successor to the commissioner whose term thus expired. The term of all commissioners appointed or elected subsequently to the original members of said commission shall be two years and successors shall be appointed or elected from time to time as vacancies occur, as above provided, by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis or by the Quarterly County Court of Shelby County.
(Priv. Acts 1947, ch. 500, § 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_ART61MESHCOPOCO_S627CRCOAPTECOMEFetched: 10/28/2026