It is the duty of the county mayor to:

(1) Draw the county mayor’s warrant on the county trustee for the payment of any judgment recovered against, or debt due from, the county;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 5-6-110

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) Reduce to writing the testimony of any witness examined by the county mayor touching any settlement, and file the same therewith;
(3) Minutely examine and settle the accounts of county officers, referring to the records, documents, dockets and papers in the offices to verify each item;
(4) Report to the county legislative body the settlements, under oath that the county mayor believes that the report contains a true schedule of the revenue collected by each officer, and that the county mayor is bound by law to pay to the county trustee;
(5) Make duplicates of the settlements with the clerks of the circuit, chancery and appellate courts, and deliver one (1) of the duplicates to the county clerk, and file the others in each of the clerk’s offices.
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