Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-12
PUBLIC LAWS.
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| SENATE BILL NO. 101. I

An Act to amend an act passed March %,
1881, entitled an act to regulate the work
ing and laying out of pubic roads.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly, of the State of Tennessee, That
section l, of an act entitled an act to regu-
late the working and laying out of public
roads, passed March %, 1881, be SO amend
ed that Commissioners elected by the Quar-
! terly Court shall serve at least one term,
and any person subject to highway labor
| who shall fail or refuse to serve, when serv-
| ed with notice of appointment, shall be
| guilty of a misdemeanor, but for good cause
shown the Quarterly Court may receive the
resignation of any Commissioner, when to-
dered in writing, giving the reason for re-
! signing, and no person shall be compelled to
serve more than one in three consecutive
| terms.
SEC 2. Be it further enacted, That Sec
ton IL of said act be SO amended that COM
missioners shall have discretion as to the
| length and number of sections of road any
overseer shall have charge of, and an over
seer shall be required to serve at least one
year unless released or dismissed by the
commissioners, and any person subject to
| highway labor who shall fail or refuse to
serve as overseer when notified by the Dis
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| ty of misdemeanor: but no person shall
be compelled to serve more than two in any
five consecutive years, provided that no
oyerseer shall be released until he returns
his order of appointment and accounts for
all tools under his charge.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said
act be SO amended that where the words
| private roads, are used the words third
class roads" shall be substituted; and that
| section eleven be SO amended as to apply to
third-class roads, and section fifteen be
amended SO that commissioners, when they
| deem it best, may appoint overseers over
! third class roads and have them worked as
provided for second class roads, except as
| to width.
SEC. Be it further enacted, That said
act be So amended that it shall not be con-
strued to change the duties and powers of
the County Courts to make appropriations
to build bridges and other necessary work
or to pay damages certified by the Commits
sioners as beng necessary but too costly to
be paid for out of the road tax.
SEC 5. Be it further enacted, That Sec
ton IS of said act be SO amended that be
fore the Commissioners shall receive pay
for extra services, they shall itemiz4 their
accounts showing where, when and in what
way their services were rendered, and it
shall be the duty of the chairman to require
other proofs than their affidayits when any
| question as to the correctness of any account
| Is brought to his notice.
SEC g. Be it further enacted, That said act
be SO amended that the County Judge or
! Chairman shall ill all the vacanc.e s for
Commissioners and have full jurisdiction of
all cases under said act, except where the
| Quarterly Court is expressly named
| SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, That sec
| ton % of said act be so construed that
overseers shall be required to work all the
hands upon their roads at the same time,
unless otherwise ordered by the commits
| sioners.
SEC s. Be it further enacted That sec
ton IA of said act be SO amended that all
petitions to open, change or close a road,
shall be made in writing signed by the pc
titioners, and notice shall be given to all
interested parties, whether the road be in
one or more districts, and any person ag-
grieved by the action of the commissioners
in locating, laying off, closing or discontin-
uing or i'll refusing to locate, lay off or dis
continue any road or in the assessment of
damages, may file an exception to the re-
port before confirmation of the same by
the County Court, upon which the court
Snail near any evidence lntfoouced ny
either party, aud confirm, disallow or mod
ify the report or refer the same back to the
commissioners, any party aggrieved may
appeal from the action of the County Court
to the Circuit Court, but such parties,
either filing exceptions or appealing
from the action of the County Court, shall
give bond and security for all costs and dam.
ages that may be adjudged against them
but the Commissioners may prosecute an
appeal officially without giving bond, il
cases deemed by them for the public good
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That Iht
County Court shall furnish each Distric
Clerk in their counties with twenty copie
of this act.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That al
laws and parts of laws in conflict with thi
act be repealed and that this act shall tax
effect from and after its passage, the publ
welfare requiring it.
Passed April rs, 1882.
GEO. H. MORGAN,
Speaker of the Senate
i. FL. B. RAMSEY,
a Speaker of the House of Representative
= Approved April 26, 1882.
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