Tennessee § 54-11-219 - Bridges over rivers through county seat towns.
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§ 54-11-219. Bridges over rivers through county seat towns.
A county legislative body is empowered, the same being a county purpose, to build, or assist in building, or in obtaining within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation that is the county seat of the county, a toll-free bridge across any river running through and dividing the municipality and county. Acts 1881, ch. 95, § 1; Shan., §§ 1635, 6049; Code 1932, §§ 2762, 10254; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1125. Cross-References. Railroad drawbridges over navigable streams, § 69-1-114 .
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