Tennessee § 54-12-101 - Power to establish road improvement districts.
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§ 54-12-101. Power to establish road improvement districts.
The monthly county court is vested with the power at any regular, special, or adjourned session to establish road improvement districts for the purpose of building and maintaining public roads in the road improvement districts, and building bridges, culverts, and levees on the roads and to locate and establish the roads, or provide for these things being done whenever they are of public utility or conducive to the public welfare. Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 1; 1921, ch. 147, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 1682a10; Code 1932, § 2823; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1301. Cross-References. Authority of the monthly county court, title 5. Body exercising jurisdiction of former monthly county court, § 54-12-102 . Comparative Legislation. Road Improvement Districts: Ala. Code § 23-1-1 et seq. Ark. Code § 14-318-101 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 32-4-22 . Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 184.010 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 65-19-1 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 233.010 et seq. Va. Code § 15.2-2318 et seq. Collateral References. 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets, and Bridges § 86 et seq. 39A C.J.S. Highways § 144 et seq. Highways 90 et seq.
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