The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-09-07
PUBLIC LAWS.
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Chapter 6l9.
Senate Bill No. 1l42.
(By Mr.. Butler.)
(By Mr.. Butler.
Published by authority.

An act TO provide for locating anC
building of public roads from th'
Greene county line to the Carter coun
ty line, or from the Greene county lint
to the Sullivan county line, and to pro
vide for locating and building bridges
in Washington county, by authorizing
the county court to issue interest bear
ing coupon bonds not exceeding sixty
thousand dollars for said county, anC
to provide for board Of Commissioners
to carry out thessame.
Section BE it enacted by the gen
eral assembly of the state of Tennessee
That the county court of Washington
county, a majority of all the justices oi
the peace composing the quarterly
court of said county voting therefor,
be, and it is hereby, authorized at any
time or times to issue interest-bearing
coupon bonds of said county, to be
signed by the chairman or county
Judge, and countersigned by the county
court clerk of said county, in an
amount or amounts in addition to
those heretofore issued, not exceeding
sixty thousand dollars, the same, or
the proceeds thereof, to be used for no
other purpose than to locate and build
roads and bridges in said county as
herein provided.
Sec. 2.---Be it further enacted, That
said bonds shall bear such rate of in
terest, not to exceed five per cent per
annum, and mature and become due
and payable at such time or times from
ten to thirty years after their date as
the county court of said county by or
der may fix and determine. Sgid bonds
and interest shall be payable in lawful
money OF the United States.
Sec 3.-Be il further enacted, That
the interest OH said bonds shall be rep
resented by coupons attached to the
same, and shall be payable semi-annu-.
ally at such time and place as the
county court of said county may by
order determine.
Sec. 4.-Be it further enacted, That
the bonds or the proceeds thereof, here
by authorized, shall be used and ex-
pended in locating, grading, bedding,
and macadamizing such road or roads
in said county from the Greene county
line to the Carter county line, or from
the Greene county line to the Sullivan
county line, and for the building and
construction of such bridges over and
across the rivers, creeks and water
courses crossed by said roads as the
county court of said county may desig-
nate by order.
Sec. 5.--Be it further enacted, That
the bonds herein authorized shall be
executed in denominations of 800 to
81, 900 according as said county court
may determine, and that said bonds
shall not be sold for, less than par.
Sec. 6.-Be it further enacted, That
the board of commissioners hereinafter
provided for shall have full power to
determine the nature and character of
said roadbeds, the depth and width, of
macadam, and generally the kind and
cost of the road improvements and
bFidges to be built hereunder, except
in SO far as said court may see proper
to determine same; and said commits
sioners shall have power to make all
changes in the location of said roads
and to fix the grades of same; provided,
that if in locating and making changes
in the location of such road or roads,
the commissions are not unanimous,
the written dissent of any one of them,
placed in the hands of the chairman or
Judge of the county court, shall have
the effect of suspending or stopping all
further proceedings thereon until acted
upon and determined by the quarterly
county court, which shall have full
power to finally determine such ques-
tions.
Sec. BE it further enacted, That
the county court of said county shall
elect three commissioners, not more
than two of whom shall be of the SAME
political faith, and not more than one
of whom shall reside in the same civil
district, who shall be so elected or Sc
lected on account of their conspicuous
ability and intelligence, and for their
weIl-known integrity. Said commits
sioners shall have controk4tnd sapervi-
sion and full charge Of the construction
of said roads and bridges, subject to the
orders of said county court in respect.
to all matters and powers not herein
given and intrusted to said commits
sionefs In the selection of said COM
missiOners SAID court shall designate
from the persons SO elected one to act
as secretary of said board, and fix their
respective salaries, the same to be paid
out of the proceeds of said bonds and
not to exceed $500 per annum for the
chairman, S4OO for the secretary, and
$500 for the other members of said
board, and in case Of vacancy in said
board, the chairman Of said court shall
ill the vacancy by appointment until
the next term of the quarterly court,
when the court will elect a successor
TO fill the vacancy.
Sec. S.-Be it further enacted, That
before said commissioners shall enter