Section 7-51-301 - Minimum compensation of chief elected executive of certain municipalities(a) The minimum compensation payable to the chief elected executive of all municipalities or metropolitan governments having a population greater than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments.(b) Any municipality or metropolitan government may provide for greater compensation for the chief elected executive.Acts 1971, ch. 345, § 1; T.C.A., § 6-808.