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.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 12 - Road Improvement Districts
§ 54-12-101. Power to Establish Road Improvement Districts
§ 54-12-102. Body Exercising Jurisdiction of Former Monthly County Court
§ 54-12-105. Road Improvement District Confined to Boundaries of County
§ 54-12-113. Bonds of Trustee and Clerk
§ 54-12-117. Petitioners Required to Pay Preliminary Expenses — Judgment on Their Bond
§ 54-12-118. Fund for Expenses May Be Paid as Needed
§ 54-12-119. Refund to Petitioners and Their Sureties Paying Preliminary Expenses
§ 54-12-121. Compensation of Engineers
§ 54-12-122. Engineer to Survey and Locate Roads and Improvements
§ 54-12-123. Engineer's Return — Contents
§ 54-12-124. Recalling Engineer and Appointing Another
§ 54-12-125. Survey and Location of Roads Along General Course of Present Roads — Exception
§ 54-12-126. Engineer to Submit Itemized Expense Account or Do Work for Stipulated Sum
§ 54-12-129. Service of Writ — Acknowledgement
§ 54-12-131. Writ or Publication Need Not State Contents of Petition or Its Prayer
§ 54-12-137. Viewers Upon Being Sworn to View Premises, Fix Damages and Report
§ 54-12-138. Report of Viewers to Be Filed Promptly — Others Appointed Upon Failure to Act
§ 54-12-139. Value of Land — Incidental Benefits Considered in Estimating Incidental Damages
§ 54-12-146. Circuit Court Order Entered — Certified to Monthly County Court
§ 54-12-148. Costs in Discretion of Circuit Court
§ 54-12-149. Trial With or Without a Jury in Circuit Court
§ 54-12-150. Damages Fixed Shall Be Paid or Secured — Manner of Payment
§ 54-12-151. Condemnation After Damages Are Paid or Secured
§ 54-12-152. Appropriation of Right-of-Way, and of Other Necessary Lands
§ 54-12-155. Intent of § 54-12-154
§ 54-12-157. Fees of County Clerk — Allowance for Extra Services
§ 54-12-159. Compensation to Be Fixed by Monthly County Court Where No Provision Made