General duties

It is the duty of a general sessions court judge: (1) To return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within thirty (30) days; (2) To deliver over, in case of resignation, removal, or expiration of the judge's term of office, all the judge's official books and papers, according to law; and (3) Not to sign a warrant or summons or any other leading process, attachment or document until written out in full. Code 1858, § 4126 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 66, § 1; 1809 (Sept.), ch. 63, § 2; 1829, ch. 125, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 17, §§ 7, 13-15); Acts 1889, ch. 251, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 5938; mod. Code 1932, § 10139; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-203; Acts 1993, ch. 241, §§ 10, 11. It is the duty of a general sessions court judge: (1) To return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within thirty (30) days; (2) To deliver over, in case of resignation, removal, or expiration of the judge's term of office, all the judge's official books and papers, according to law; and (3) Not to sign a warrant or summons or any other leading process, attachment or document until written out in full. Code 1858, § 4126 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 66, § 1; 1809 (Sept.), ch. 63, § 2; 1829, ch. 125, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 17, §§ 7, 13-15); Acts 1889, ch. 251, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 5938; mod. Code 1932, § 10139; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-203; Acts 1993, ch. 241, §§ 10, 11.