The commissioners shall execute a good and solvent bond, in an amount to be specified by the county legislative body, payable to the state, for the benefit of the county from which they were elected, conditioned that they will faithfully and impartially execute all the duties imposed upon them, without favor for any part of the county over that of any other part of the county; that they will honestly and faithfully expend and account for all moneys coming into their hands; and that they will as honestly and economically expend the money for the county as if it were their own private funds. The bond shall be prepared in accordance with title 8, chapter 19, approved by the county legislative body, recorded in the office of the county register of deeds, and transmitted to the office of the county clerk for safekeeping.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 9 - County Highway Bonds
§ 54-9-101. Authority to Issue Bonds
§ 54-9-115. Road Districts for Election of Road Commissioners
§ 54-9-116. Road Commissioners Elected From County at Large
§ 54-9-118. Road Commissioners Have Supervision of Construction of Roads
§ 54-9-119. Bond of Commissioners
§ 54-9-120. Vacancies — Filling
§ 54-9-121. Removal of Commissioners
§ 54-9-123. Road Commissioners Not to Be Members of County Legislative Body, nor Related to Members
§ 54-9-125. Work May Be Let in Sections or as a Whole — Rejection of All Bids and Resubmission
§ 54-9-126. Contract — Contents
§ 54-9-128. Officials, Commissioners, or Employees Not to Be Interested in Contracts
§ 54-9-130. Contractors Paid Monthly — Reservation of Percentage to Protect County
§ 54-9-133. Compensation of Engineer
§ 54-9-135. Removal of Engineers — Cause
§ 54-9-136. Expenditure of Surplus on Other Roads
§ 54-9-140. Local Laws for Issuance of Bonds for Road Purposes — Cumulative Power