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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 6-52-202

  • City: means any city or territory to be incorporated that may adopt chapters 30-36 of this title. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
  • County: means the county in which any such city or territory to be incorporated under chapters 30-36 of this title is located, or in which the major portion of the population of any such city or territory to be incorporated is located as indicated by the last federal census. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
  • Ward: means a geographical subdivision of the municipality established for the purpose of securing representation on the board. See Tennessee Code 6-1-101
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Upon the receipt of such petition, the county election commission shall give notice of the time of holding such election, by written or printed handbills posted at five (5) or more public places in the town or city and every ward thereof, at least thirty (30) days before the day of election, stating the object of the election, and shall also cause the same to be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper, if there is one published in the town or city.