Tennessee § 54-11-201 - Bridges to be made by overseer — Securing materials.
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§ 54-11-201. Bridges to be made by overseer — Securing materials.
Bridges shall be made by the overseer and the overseer's assistants, through swamps and over small runs and creeks, for which purpose, as well as for making causeways, the overseer may cut poles and other necessary timber, without incurring any penalty. Code 1858, § 1211 (deriv. Acts 1804, ch. 1, §§ 14, 16); Shan., § 1707a1; Code 1932, § 3017; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1107. Cross-References. Railroad drawbridges over navigable streams, § 69-1-114 . Collateral References. Bridges 1 et seq.
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