Tennessee § 54-12-321 - Special maintenance fund — Disbursements — Manner.
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§ 54-12-321. Special maintenance fund — Disbursements — Manner.
The amounts collected shall be a fund to be used for the purposes named, and shall be paid out for the purposes, on the order or warrant of the county mayor; but before payment is made, all accounts or claims for work done for the purposes named shall be approved by the board of directors of the district, by resolution or motion, spread of record on the minutes of the board. A copy of the minutes shall be presented to the monthly county court, and approved by the court, and spread of record in the court on the road improvement record. The payments in all respects shall be made as now provided by law for the paying out of road improvement funds. Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 122; Shan. Supp., § 1682a136; Code 1932, § 2951; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1521; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated. 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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