Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-06-06
cuse the Highway Commissioners from

road and to authorize them to construc
said roads by force account; and to Sc
aside the remainder of said S125, 900 t.
be used by said County as a road main
tenance fund.
Whereas Chapter 1862 of the Privat,
Acts of Tennessee for 1915, authorized
Cumberland County TO issue 5000, OOt
os-bonds tor the construction of certain
roads in said County, Sl25, 900 of which
was to be used IN the locating anC
grading and constructing with suitable
stone or other proper material a road
running northerly and southerly
through SAID County by the county
seat, and whereas it is not advisable to
use any part of said fund IN metaIing
said road, but is to the interest Of the
County TO only properly grade and
drain said road.
Therefore, be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Tennes-
see:
Section l. That Chapter 1862 of the
Private Acts of Tennessee, passed May
Is and approved May 18th, 1915; being
an Act to authorize Cumberland Coun-
ty to issue $500, 600 of bonds for the
purpose Of constructing roads IN said
county; to levy taxes to pay the inter
est on said bonds; to create a sinking
fund to pay said bonds; to provide for
the appointment of Commissioners to
sell said bonds and to superlntend the
construction OF, and payment for, the
construction of said roaJs, be, and the
same is, hereby amended as follows:
First: From the $l25, 900 provided
Tor in said Act for the purpose of To-
eating, grading and constructing road
running northerly and southerly
through said County by the county
seat, there shall be taken and set aside
$40, 900 to be used: (a) In completing
the grade of the road running IN an
easterly and westerly direction from
the Roane County line on the East by
the County seat to the White county
life on the West and commonly called
the Memphis to- Bristol Highway.
(b) The remainder of said $40, 200
or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, shall be used in locating, grading
and constructing the road from Cross
Vile via Maryland to the Putnam county
line, commonly called the Monterey
road, which said sum shall be IN addi
ton to that already recomm ended 10
be spent on said road by the County !,
Court of said County.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, |
That the remainder of said $125, 900, !
after the completion of said northerly
and southerly road through the County
referred to IN Section hereof, and the
of sand $20,O as herein
provided, shall be set aside to be used
oy said County as Road Maintenance
Fund.
Section 3. Be it further enacted,
That no part of SAID $125, 900 referred
% IN Section | hereof, shall be used in
netalng said road, but such part as
nay be necessary shall be used in To-
Eating, grading and constructing the
grade of said road.
That the commissioners provided for
n said Act be, and they are, hereby
authorized to construct any of said
'oads mentioned in any Act by force
recount, if they desire, without first
for bias.
Section 4. Be it further enacted,
That the present Commissioners named
n said Act or their lawful successors,
hall have full and complete charge of
he fund herein set aside for the COM
,leton, grading and constructing of
he roads herein mentioned. with the
anne powers and duties as given them
lnder the original Act and as herein
lmended.
Section S. Be it further enacted,
That this Act take effect from and af-
err it's passage, the public welfare re-
luiring 1t.
Passed March 26th, 1917.
w. r. Crabtree,
Speaker of the Senate.
Clyde Shropshire.
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.