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- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-125 · Survey and location of roads along general course of present roads - Exception
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-126 · Engineer to submit itemized expense account or do work for stipulated sum
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-127 · Expediency of plan - Determination by court - Submission of second plan
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-128 · Summons or writ issued - Served upon whom
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-129 · Service of writ - Acknowledgement
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-130 · Publication for nonresidents, or those whose names or residences are unknown
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-131 · Writ or publication need not state contents of petition or its prayer
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-132 · Adjournment until notice given - Jurisdiction not lost - Appearance without formal answer
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-133 · Claim for damages to be filed - Guardian or conservator ad litem appointed for persons under disability
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-134 · Sufficiency of petition determined - Amendment of petition - District allowed or refused - If no claim for damages, district located and established
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-135 · Further examination and report by engineer ordered - Hearing continued until filing of report
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-136 · Claims for damages prevent establishment of district until viewers appointed - Qualifications - Engineer to accompany viewers and give them information
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-137 · Viewers upon being sworn to view premises, fix damages and report
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-138 · Report of viewers to be filed promptly - Others appointed upon failure to act
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-139 · Value of land - Incidental benefits considered in estimating incidental damages
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-140 · Damages awarded considered in establishing district - Location and establishment - Damages determined
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-141 · Appeal from decision establishing district or allowing damages - Appeal bond
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-142 · Appeal from order establishing or refusing to establish district, and penalty of appeal bond - Damages on appeal bond
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-143 · Appeal bond signed for all petitioner appellants by a designated petitioner - Surety on bond required - Pauper's oath not allowed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-144 · Appeal from award of damages will not prevent appropriation and condemnation of land, if petitioners give bond
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-145 · Appeal heard de novo by circuit court that enters no judgment but enters amount fixed - Clerk certifies to monthly county court
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-146 · Circuit court order entered - Certified to monthly county court
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-147 · Appellants as plaintiffs in circuit court - Consolidation of damage cases - One transcript in several appeals
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-148 · Costs in discretion of circuit court
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-149 · Trial with or without a jury in circuit court
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-150 · Damages fixed shall be paid or secured - Manner of payment
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-151 · Condemnation after damages are paid or secured
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-152 · Appropriation of right-of-way, and of other necessary lands
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-153 · Engineer or another appointee directed to make more complete survey and estimate of cost of improvement
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-154 · Publication - Requisites - Effect
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-155 · Intent of Section 54-12-154
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-156 · Road improvement record book - Maintenance by county clerk - Contents - Entries made in regular minute book
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-157 · Fees of county clerk - Allowance for extra services
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-158 · Compensation and expenses of viewers, commissioners, and of helpers
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-159 · Compensation to be fixed by monthly county court where no provision made
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-201 · Appointment of commissioners - Qualifications
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-202 · Oath of commissioners - Classification of lands on graduated scale of benefits
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-203 · Commissioners shall equitably apportion and assess costs - Report in writing
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-204 · Classification according to percentage of benefits - Remains basis unless revised
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-205 · Subdivision and classification of body of land in one owner
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-206 · Description and ownership of lands specified in reports
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-207 · Objections to assessment and apportionment - Filing
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-208 · Assessment made without notice
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-209 · Publication of hearing assessments and apportionments
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-210 · District in more than one county - Manner and times of publication
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-211 · Determination of all objections to report and questions of apportionment and assessments - Failure to benefit cannot be shown
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-212 · Additional assessments, if first insufficient
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-213 · New report ordered and new commissioners when report annulled or set aside
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-214 · Levy of assessments - Collected as other taxes - Paid out on county warrant
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-215 · Special assessment to pay costs and expenses
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-216 · Special assessment, collection - Delinquencies - Compensation of trustee
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-217 · Fund for payment of costs and expenses
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-218 · Trustee to pay collections over to county clerk who shall pay to parties entitled under orders of court
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-219 · Bonds required of trustee and county clerk
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-220 · Appeal from order fixing assessment of benefits within five days - Other provisions applicable
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-221 · Appellant from order fixing assessment of benefits shall give appeal bond, and not pauper's oath
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-222 · Appeal does not prevent collection of assessments, if appellant is indemnified by bond
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-223 · Indemnity bond - Execution
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-224 · Counsel employed for district on trial in appellate court - Payment
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-225 · If any assessment cannot be enforced, assessments and apportionments shall be made as if never made - Lands not assessed will be assessed - Validity not affected
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-301 · Directors to be appointed for district - Qualifications - Terms - Duties and powers
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-302 · Vacancy, filling - Removal of director - Appeal from order of removal - Appeal bond - Hearing anew in circuit court - Appointment of another
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-303 · Successors of directors - Appointment
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-304 · Organization of board - Bond of treasurer
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-305 · Compensation and expenses of directors
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-306 · Contracts for improvements not to be made until after inspection, classifications, apportionment, and assessment of benefits
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-307 · Publication of notice of letting work of construction or improvement
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-308 · Contracts for sections of work or the whole may be let to the lowest responsible bidder - Rejection of bids and readvertisement
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-309 · Deposit of bidders required
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-310 · Bond or cash deposit required of successful bidders
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-311 · Engineer employed to supervise construction of improvement work - Compensation - Removal, and contract with another
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-312 · Bond required of engineer
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-313 · Compensation of engineers
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-314 · Contractor paid on basis of eighty percent of engineer's monthly estimate of amount of work done
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-315 · Warrant to contractor for balance due on completion of work
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-316 · Warrants drawn as ordinary warrants, but payable only out of improvement fund, and so stated upon their face
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-317 · Contractor's failure to perform on contract forfeits cash deposit or gives recovery on bond
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-318 · Road overseer employed for protection of district - Compensation - Discharge and employment of another
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-319 · Special assessment for a special fund for maintenance - Basis
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-320 · Special assessment a lien inferior to general assessment - Enforcement
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-321 · Special maintenance fund - Disbursements - Manner
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-322 · Injury to, damage or obstruction of road unlawful - Penalty
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-401 · Collection of assessments by county trustee - Kept as a separate fund - Collection by bill in chancery - Personalty not to be distrained for such assessment
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-402 · Amount fixed for annual levy - County bonds issued - Cost exceeding estimate, new apportionment of assessment and levy and other bonds
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-403 · Payment in full amount of benefit assessed against land before bonds are issued
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-404 · Bonds to be paid only by assessments levied on the lands within the district
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-410 · Assessment book made by county clerk for entire assessment or annually - Interest on assessments after delinquency
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-411 · Assessments become liens upon land
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-412 · Bill in chancery to sell land for collection of delinquent assessments
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-413 · Bill filed in name of county against landowners - All delinquents may be made defendants to same bill
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-414 · Trustee to furnish certified list of delinquent lands and names of owners, which is prima facie proof authorizing a decree
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-415 · Suits proceeded with as other suits in chancery, except separate hearing and decree as to any one defendant
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-416 · Public taxes to be paid before the delinquent assessments
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-417 · Divestiture and vestiture of title subject to other unpaid assessments - Writ of possession
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-418 · Sale for cash subject to redemption within two years - Manner of redemption
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-419 · Attorney's fee charged as part of judgment
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-420 · Adjudication of redemption - Declaring land that of owner so redeeming - Writ of possession
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-421 · Redemption of lands by minors and persons adjudicated incompetent within a year of restoration of competency
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-423 · Assessments collectible only out of the assessed land
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-12-424 · Compensation of trustee for collecting and paying out, and for certified copies