Powers and duties - Acting for clerk

When the county clerk is incompetent, because of interest or relationship, to do or perform any official act required by law to be done by the county clerk, it shall be lawful, and is made the duty of the county mayor to do and perform that act. Acts 1871, ch. 42, § 1; Shan., § 676; Code 1932, § 1072; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-614; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2. When the county clerk is incompetent, because of interest or relationship, to do or perform any official act required by law to be done by the county clerk, it shall be lawful, and is made the duty of the county mayor to do and perform that act. Acts 1871, ch. 42, § 1; Shan., § 676; Code 1932, § 1072; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-614; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.