The mayor has the power to fill vacancies occasioned by sickness, absence, or other disability of any town officer.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-81-301
Filling of vacancies
Acts 1901, ch. 64, § 21; Shan., § 2023a41; Code 1932, § 3672; T.C.A
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