(a) If the result of the election shall show that a constitutional majority of the votes cast, namely two thirds (2/3) or more of the qualified voters in the petitioning county, were in favor of the plan for consolidation, it is declared that the petitioning county shall be, and it shall stand, abolished and dissolved as such, and its territory shall be transferred to, and shall become a part of, the county or counties as set forth in the consolidation plan and any act or acts relating to the creation of the petitioning county shall be and become repealed. (b) The effective date of the abolishment of any such county and its offices shall be on the quadrennial date, computed from September 1, 1942, following next after completion of proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1939, ch. 224, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 136.4 (Williams, §136.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-305. (a) If the result of the election shall show that a constitutional majority of the votes cast, namely two thirds (2/3) or more of the qualified voters in the petitioning county, were in favor of the plan for consolidation, it is declared that the petitioning county shall be, and it shall stand, abolished and dissolved as such, and its territory shall be transferred to, and shall become a part of, the county or counties as set forth in the consolidation plan and any act or acts relating to the creation of the petitioning county shall be and become repealed. (b) The effective date of the abolishment of any such county and its offices shall be on the quadrennial date, computed from September 1, 1942, following next after completion of proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1939, ch. 224, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 136.4 (Williams, §136.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-305. (a) If the result of the election shall show that a constitutional majority of the votes cast, namely two thirds (2/3) or more of the qualified voters in the petitioning county, were in favor of the plan for consolidation, it is declared that the petitioning county shall be, and it shall stand, abolished and dissolved as such, and its territory shall be transferred to, and shall become a part of, the county or counties as set forth in the consolidation plan and any act or acts relating to the creation of the petitioning county shall be and become repealed. (b) The effective date of the abolishment of any such county and its offices shall be on the quadrennial date, computed from September 1, 1942, following next after completion of proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1939, ch. 224, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 136.4 (Williams, §136.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-305. (a) If the result of the election shall show that a constitutional majority of the votes cast, namely two thirds (2/3) or more of the qualified voters in the petitioning county, were in favor of the plan for consolidation, it is declared that the petitioning county shall be, and it shall stand, abolished and dissolved as such, and its territory shall be transferred to, and shall become a part of, the county or counties as set forth in the consolidation plan and any act or acts relating to the creation of the petitioning county shall be and become repealed. (b) The effective date of the abolishment of any such county and its offices shall be on the quadrennial date, computed from September 1, 1942, following next after completion of proceedings under this chapter. Acts 1939, ch. 224, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 136.4 (Williams, §136.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-305.
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