State ex rel. Brumit v. Grindstaff

The town of Elizabethton was incorporated by chapter 528 of the Acts of T905. It was enacted that the board of mayor and aldermen might provide by ordinance for the election of a recorder, who should he elected by said board of mayor and aldermen and hold office for the term of two years and until his successor was elected and qualified. The board of mayor and alderman subsequently passed an ordinance providing that a recorder should be elected by them at the first meeting after their election and qualification, or, if they failed to make such election at their first meeting, then it should…