Election - Term of office

There shall be a comptroller of the treasury, who shall be elected by joint vote of both houses of the general assembly, and hold such office for two (2) years, and until a successor shall be elected and qualified. Code 1858, §§ 199, 812 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 1); Shan., §§ 248, 1136; Code 1932, §§ 192, 1903; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-401. There shall be a comptroller of the treasury, who shall be elected by joint vote of both houses of the general assembly, and hold such office for two (2) years, and until a successor shall be elected and qualified. Code 1858, §§ 199, 812 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 12, § 1); Shan., §§ 248, 1136; Code 1932, §§ 192, 1903; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-401.