Tennessee § 54-12-156 - Road improvement record book — Maintenance by county clerk — Contents — Entries made in regular minute book.
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§ 54-12-156. Road improvement record book — Maintenance by county clerk — Contents — Entries made in regular minute book.
In any county where a road improvement district is sought to be established, the county clerk of the county shall provide a book to be known as the road improvement record and to be paid for by the county. The clerk shall keep in the road improvement record a full and complete record of all proceedings in each case arising under this chapter, including all orders made by the monthly county court, and certified from the circuit court, and a copy of the original petition shall be enrolled in the book of record, and all bonds required to be given; and all orders and judgments of the monthly county court, touching any matter of the district, may be entered into the regular minute book; but it shall be sufficient if the orders or judgments are entered either upon the road improvement record or the regular minute book. Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 65; Shan. Supp., § 1682a79; Code 1932, § 2893; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1356; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36. Cross-References. Authority of the monthly county court, title 5. Body exercising jurisdiction of former monthly county court, § 54-12-102 .
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