The Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission shall be authorized to employ such superintendents,
engineers, assistants, consultants and other subordinate officers and employees as
may be necessary for the efficient operation of the commission, who shall hold office
at the will and pleasure of the commission and shall receive such salaries as may
be fixed by the commission; provided that no salary shall be fixed in excess of the
sum of $3,000.00 per annum, without the consent and approval of the council of the
City of Memphis and the board of county commissioners. The port commission shall certify
to the council of the City of Memphis and the board of county commissioners for approval
the nomination of all subordinate officers and employees whose salaries shall be fixed
in excess of $3,000.00 per annum, but the consent and approval of the council of the
City of Memphis and the board of county commissioners to any salary or nomination
shall not be necessary where the salary of any subordinate officer or employee shall
be less than $3,000.00 per year.
