2021 Tennessee Code
Part 1 - In General
§ 8-10-108. Oath of Office

not less than nor more than
3,700 4,700
6,000 7,800
8,400 8,500
8,535 8,540
9,200 9,570
10,770 10,780
11,500 11,511
11,512 11,550
11,700 11,900
12,060 12,500
12,550 13,000
14,500 14,600
15,300 15,500
15,750 16,000
17,000 17,350
18,000 18,200
18,300 18,900
19,000 19,100
19,130 19,140
21,000 21,500
21,600 22,300
23,200 23,350
23,355 23,391
23,391 23,450
23,500 23,750
24,000 24,255
25,600 27,500
27,900 28,000
28,555 28,600
28,825 28,827
29,250 31,250
31,260 33,000
33,700 34,000
35,480 41,800
41,900 50,000
57,550 59,400
59,500 60,050
60,600 62,000
64,000 65,000
101,000 118,400
118,700 200,000
according to the 1960 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and in Fentress County and Hamblen County, every constable shall take an oath that the constable will well and truly serve the state in the office of constable; that the constable will cause the peace of the state to be kept, to the best of the constable's power; that the constable will arrest all such persons as go in the constable's sight armed offensively, or who commit any riot, affray, or other breach of the peace, or will use the constable's best endeavor, on complaint made, to apprehend all felons, rioters, or persons riotously assembled; and that, if such persons flee or make resistance, the constable will pursue, and make hue and cry, according to law; that the constable will faithfully, and without delay, execute and return all lawful process directed to the constable; and that the constable will well and truly, according to the constable's power and ability, do and execute all other duties of the office of constable.
Code 1858, §§ 388, 389 (deriv. Acts 1741, ch. 5, §§ 2, 6); Shan., §§ 479, 480; Code 1932, §§ 726, 727; Acts 1969, ch. 160, § 1; 1969, ch. 319, §§ 2, 4; 1970, ch. 383, § 1; 1970, ch. 384, § 1; 1970, ch. 496, § 1; 1970, ch. 588, §§ 1, 2; 1971, ch. 53, § 2; 1971, ch. 231, § 1; 1972, ch. 472, § 1; 1973, ch. 197, § 1; 1973, ch. 382, § 1; 1973, ch. 389, § 1; 1974, ch. 631, §§ 1, 2; Private Acts 1976, ch. 242, § 1; Private Acts 1976, ch. 293, § 1; Acts 1977, ch. 239, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1008; Acts 1982, ch. 881, § 1; 1983, ch. 339, § 1; 1987, ch. 59, § 1; 1991, ch. 9, § 3; 1992, ch. 973, § 2; Private Acts 1994, ch. 191, § 1; Acts 1996, ch. 553, § 2; 1996, ch. 675, § 11; 1996, ch. 753, § 1; 2004, ch. 450, § 2.