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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-140 - Damages awarded considered in establishing district - Location and establishment - Damages determined

After the filing of the report of the viewers, the monthly county court shall consider the amount of damages awarded in deciding whether the road improvement district should be established. If, in its judgment, the probable cost of construction is not a greater burden than should be properly borne by the land benefited by the improvement and the improvement is conducive to the public health or welfare, or to the public benefit or utility, then the court shall locate and establish the road improvement district by proper order or judgment, to be entered of record, and the court shall then proceed to determine the amount of damages sustained by each claimant, and may hear evidence in respect to the amount of damages, and may increase or diminish the amount awarded by the viewers as deemed just and right.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 30; Shan. Supp., § 1682a41; Code 1932, § 2855; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1340.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-141 - Appeal from decision establishing district or allowing damages - Appeal bond

(a)
Any party aggrieved may appeal to the circuit court from the decision of the monthly county court in establishing or refusing to establish the improvement district, or its decision in the allowance of damages.
(b)
Any party desiring to appeal shall have the right to have the benefit of the appeal at any time within five (5) days after the decision is made, without formally praying an appeal, at the same time filing a bond, to be approved by the clerk in the sum and condition prescribed in §§
54-12-104
and
54-12-109
.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 31; Shan. Supp., § 1682a42; Code 1932, § 2856; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1341.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-142 - Appeal from order establishing or refusing to establish district, and penalty of appeal bond - Damages on appeal bond

(a)
When any person opposing the creation of the district appeals from the order or decision of the monthly county court establishing or creating the district, the person shall execute bond, with good security, in the penalty of four percent (4%) of the estimated cost of the improvement, as shown by the engineer's report, and conditioned to pay all damages, actual and punitive, if any, and costs as may be suffered by the district and the petitioners for the appeal, if the appeal is not successfully prosecuted, the damages to be recovered by suit upon the bond or writ of inquiry in the circuit court that may be awarded in those cases.
(b)
If the appeal is from an order or judgment of the monthly county court refusing to establish the district, the appeal bond shall be for costs only, and the appeal bond, when made by persons asking damages or by persons opposing the establishment of the district, shall be made payable to the state for the use of those entitled, upon which bond judgment may be rendered in favor of the party or parties litigant for costs, and suits maintained for damages, actual, and also punitive, if any, in the name of the state, for the use of the district or parties entitled.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 32; Shan. Supp., § 1682a43; Code 1932, § 2857; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1342.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-143 - Appeal bond signed for all petitioner appellants by a designated petitioner - Surety on bond required - Pauper's oath not allowed

(a)
If an order has been entered by the monthly county court creating or establishing the district, and giving it a name or designation, the bonds, when the district or petitioners for the district are appellants, may be made by the district in that name, to be signed by one (1) of the petitioners nominated for that purpose by the court, it being declared the duty of the court to nominate some of the petitioners for this purpose.
(b)
On any appeal from the circuit court to an appellate court, the name of the district, if it has been ordered established by the court, may in like manner be signed to any appeal bond, the circuit court nominating the petitioner to so sign it.
(c)
Nothing in this part shall be construed as excusing the giving of good security on any bonds for appeal, and the district shall be liable for any damages and costs adjudged against it on any appeal as well as the sureties on the bonds.
(d)
The oath provided by law for poor persons shall not be allowed in lieu of the bonds.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 33; Shan. Supp., § 1682a44; Code 1932, § 2858; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1343.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-144 - Appeal from award of damages will not prevent appropriation and condemnation of land, if petitioners give bond

When an appeal is taken and prosecuted from the judgment or order of the monthly county court awarding damages, the appeal shall not prevent the work of the improvement district from proceeding, nor with the appropriation and condemnation of the lands, as provided in §§
54-12-151
and
54-12-152
, if the district or the petitioners for the appeal, or any of them, give bond with good security, payable to the party or person awarded damages in double the amount of damages awarded and costs as may be awarded on appeal.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 34; Shan. Supp., § 1682a45; Code 1932, § 2859; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1344.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-145 - Appeal heard de novo by circuit court that enters no judgment but enters amount fixed - Clerk certifies to monthly county court

The circuit court shall hear the appeal de novo; and if the appeal is from the amount of damages allowed by the monthly county court, the amount ascertained and fixed by the circuit court shall be entered of record, but no judgment shall be entered. The amount thus ascertained shall be certified by the clerk of the circuit court to the monthly county court, which shall thereafter proceed as if the monthly county court had allowed the claimant that amount as damages.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 35; Shan. Supp., § 1682a46; Code 1932, § 2860; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1345.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-146 - Circuit court order entered - Certified to monthly county court

If the appeal is from the action of the monthly county court in establishing or refusing to establish the road improvement district, the circuit court shall enter an order as it deems just and proper in the premises, and the clerk of the circuit court shall certify the same to the monthly county court, which shall proceed thereafter in the matter in accordance with the order of the circuit court.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 36; Shan. Supp., § 1682a47; Code 1932, § 2861; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1346.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-147 - Appellants as plaintiffs in circuit court - Consolidation of damage cases - One transcript in several appeals

(a)
In the circuit court, the cases shall be docketed with the appellant or appellants as plaintiffs, and the adversary parties as defendants, and where there are several appellants on questions of damages, the circuit court may consolidate the causes and hear or try them together, if practicable, making proper findings or orders as to each.
(b)
If the appeals from orders of the monthly county court are made at the same session where there are several appellants, at their request, only one (1) transcript shall be made.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 37; Shan. Supp., § 1682a48; Code 1932, § 2862; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1347.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-148 - Costs in discretion of circuit court

On the appeals, it shall rest in the discretion of the circuit court how costs shall be adjudged and distributed among the litigants.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 38; Shan. Supp., § 1682a49; Code 1932, § 2863; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1348.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-149 - Trial with or without a jury in circuit court

The trial in the circuit court shall be with or without a jury, as the court may deem the right of the parties to be, under the particular issues to be tried, the right to a jury being accorded wherever the parties have the right under the law of the land.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 39; Shan. Supp., § 1682a50; Code 1932, § 2864; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1349.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-150 - Damages fixed shall be paid or secured - Manner of payment

After the amount of damages due any claimant or claimants has been finally ascertained and fixed by the monthly county court, the court shall require the damages to be paid, in the first instance, by the parties benefited by the road improvement district, or be secured, to be paid upon terms and conditions the court deems just and proper.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 40; Shan. Supp., § 1682a51; Code 1932, § 2865; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1350.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-151 - Condemnation after damages are paid or secured

After the damages have been paid or secured, the monthly county court shall enter a proper order of condemnation showing all the lands are appropriated and belong to the road improvement district for all its necessary purposes.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 41; Shan. Supp., § 1682a52; Code 1932, § 2866; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1351.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-152 - Appropriation of right-of-way, and of other necessary lands

In establishing any road improvement district, all necessary lands may be appropriated as provided in this part and a right-of-way of as much as one hundred feet (100') may be so appropriated if deemed necessary for the sites and location of any road to be built under this chapter, but the provision in this section as to the width of the right-of-way shall not prevent the monthly county court from ordering the appropriation of other lands deemed necessary for the purposes of the improvement district under this chapter.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 42; Shan. Supp., § 1682a53; Code 1932, § 2867; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1352.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-153 - Engineer or another appointee directed to make more complete survey and estimate of cost of improvement

(a)
After the road improvement district is established by the monthly county court, and all damages paid or secured, if the court is of the opinion that the report of the engineer already made is not sufficiently full or definite to enable the proper letting of contracts for the construction of the improvement, or for other reasons is not as full and definite as it should be, the court shall direct the engineer, or another appointed by the court for that purpose, to make a further and more complete survey and estimates of the district and cost of proposed improvements, and report to the court as to the same, giving all necessary and required information; how much of the improvements will be upon each tract of land, as nearly as practicable, giving definite estimates as to the cost and character of work, and dividing the work into convenient sections for making contracts, etc., and giving other particulars the court sees fit to direct.
(b)
The report of the engineer shall be made and filed with the county clerk without unreasonable delay, and if the engineer fails to act with reasonable promptness, the court may remove the engineer and appoint another.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 43; Shan. Supp., § 1682a54; Code 1932, § 2868; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1353.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-154 - Publication - Requisites - Effect

(a)
Publication in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed and proceedings are pending, for two (2) consecutive weeks, of the time and place set for the hearing of the petition to establish the district, shall be sufficient notice to the persons concerned as owners, lienholders, encumbrancers, mortgagees, occupants, or in any other way, whether residents of the state, or nonresidents of the state, the last publication to be at least ten (10) days before the date set for the hearing.
(b)
(1)
The notice by publication shall have the same force and effect upon those concerned as mentioned in subsection (a), who are not petitioners, and who are residents of the state, as well as nonresidents, for all purposes of the proceedings, as process would have duly issued from the court and served personally upon them by an officer.
(2)
The publication notice need not give the names of the persons notified to appear, but need give only a brief statement of the purpose of the hearing, a reference to the petition on file for further information, as to the purpose of the proceeding, before what court the petition is to be heard, and the time and place of hearing; provided, that if the proposed district is to embrace lands in more than one (1) county, if established, the publication shall be made in one (1) newspaper published in each of the counties.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 125; Shan. Supp., § 1682a139; Code 1932, § 2954; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1354.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-155 - Intent of Section 54-12-154

Section
54-12-154
is not intended to repeal any portion of this chapter, but is intended to furnish an additional method of proceeding, to bring the parties concerned before the court in seeking to establish a road improvement district, and to leave the petitioners for the district to their option whether they will proceed under other provisions of this chapter or under §
54-12-154
in giving notice to the parties of the hearing, and in bringing them before the court.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 126; Shan. Supp., § 1682a140; Code 1932, § 2955; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1355.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-156 - Road improvement record book - Maintenance by county clerk - Contents - Entries made in regular minute book

(a)
In any county where a road improvement district is sought to be established, the county clerk of the county shall provide a book to be known as the road improvement record and to be paid for by the county.
(b)
The clerk shall keep in the road improvement record a full and complete record of all proceedings in each case arising under this chapter, including all orders made by the monthly county court, and certified from the circuit court, and a copy of the original petition shall be enrolled in the book of record, and all bonds required to be given; and all orders and judgments of the monthly county court, touching any matter of the district, may be entered into the regular minute book; but it shall be sufficient if the orders or judgments are entered either upon the road improvement record or the regular minute book.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 65; Shan. Supp., § 1682a79; Code 1932, § 2893; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1356; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-157 - Fees of county clerk - Allowance for extra services

The fees of the county clerk in proceedings under this chapter shall be the same as for similar services now allowed by law, and in such case the monthly county court may allow the clerk an additional sum for extra services or services not covered by existing fee bills or statutes, to be fixed by the court, and paid as other costs and expenses in the case of proceeding.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 66; Shan. Supp., § 1682a80; Code 1932, § 2894; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1357; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-158 - Compensation and expenses of viewers, commissioners, and of helpers

(a)
The viewers and commissioners provided for by this part and part 2 of this chapter shall be paid at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) per day while engaged in the work, and, in addition, all actual expenses, including board paid for, itemized accounts for the expenses being reported and sworn.
(b)
Other necessary help aiding the engineers, viewers, or commissioners such as chain carriers, axmen, etc., shall be paid not more than two dollars ($2.00) per day.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 107; Shan. Supp., § 1682a121; Code 1932, § 2936; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1358.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 1 - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-159) › Section 54-12-159 - Compensation to be fixed by monthly county court where no provision made

If any services are required of any person under this chapter, and the rate of pay is not provided within this chapter, then the monthly county court shall fix the amount, or rate of pay in those cases.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 112; Shan. Supp., § 1682a126; Code 1932, § 2941; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1359.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-201 - Appointment of commissioners - Qualifications

When the road improvement district has been located and established as provided for in part 1 of this chapter, the monthly county court shall appoint three (3) commissioners, one (1) of whom shall be a competent civil engineer and two (2) of whom shall be freeholders of the county not living within the road improvement district and not interested in the road improvement district, or in a like question, nor related to any party whose land is affected.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 44; Shan. Supp., § 1682a55; Code 1932, § 2869; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1401.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-202 - Oath of commissioners - Classification of lands on graduated scale of benefits

The commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after their appointment, and after being duly sworn to perform their duties faithfully and impartially to the best of their abilities, inspect and classify all the lands benefited by the location and construction of the drainage or levee district in a graduated scale of benefits, naming the tract or tracts of each owner and so classifying the tract or tracts, each tract to be numbered according to the benefit received, as provided in §§
54-12-204
and
54-12-205
by the proposed improvement.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 45; Shan. Supp., § 1682a56; Code 1932, § 2870; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1402.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-203 - Commissioners shall equitably apportion and assess costs - Report in writing

The commissioners shall make an equitable apportionment and assessment of the costs, expenses, cost of construction, fees, and damages assessed for the construction of any improvement, and make a report in writing to the monthly county court.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 46; Shan. Supp., § 1682a57; Code 1932, § 2871; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1403.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-204 - Classification according to percentage of benefits - Remains basis unless revised

(a)
In making the estimate and apportionment pursuant to [former] §
54-2-203
[repealed], the lands receiving the greatest benefit shall be marked on a scale of one hundred (100), and those benefited in a less degree shall be marked with a percentage of one hundred (100) as the benefit received bears in proportion to the lands receiving the greatest benefit.
(b)
This classification, when finally established, shall remain a basis for all future assessments connected with the objects of the road improvement district, unless the monthly county court, for good cause, shall authorize a revision of the classification.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 47; Shan. Supp., § 1682a58; Code 1932, § 2872; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1404.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-205 - Subdivision and classification of body of land in one owner

In making the classification, the commissioners are authorized to divide the land of one (1) owner lying in one (1) body into more than one (1) tract, and classify each subdivision of the tract, if they are of the opinion that portions of the entire tract will be more benefited than other portions, and especially when the entire tract is a large one, and that it will be more equitable and just to classify it in subdivisions.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 48; Shan. Supp., § 1682a59; Code 1932, § 2873; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1405.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-206 - Description and ownership of lands specified in reports

In the report of the commissioners, they shall specify each tract of land by reasonable description and the ownership of the tract, as the tract appears on the tax books of the county or as the tract has been previously adjudged in the proceeding.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 49; Shan. Supp., § 1682a60; Code 1932, § 2874; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1406.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-207 - Objections to assessment and apportionment - Filing

Any objections to the assessment and apportionment shall be filed in writing with the county clerk on or before twelve o'clock (12:00) noon of the day the matter of the assessment and apportionment is set for hearing by the monthly county court.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 49; Shan. Supp., § 1682a61; Code 1932, § 2875; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1407; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-208 - Assessment made without notice

The assessment may be made without notice, just as taxes are assessed without notice in such cases.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 49; Shan. Supp., § 1682a62; Code 1932, § 2876; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1408.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-209 - Publication of hearing assessments and apportionments

Publication shall be made in three (3) weekly newspapers published in the county where the proceeding is pending, if there are that number published in the county, otherwise in at least one (1), for two (2) consecutive weeks, notifying all parties concerned in any way, of the date set for hearing the matter of assessment and apportionment by the court, when they can appear and be heard, if they desire; the last of the publications to be at least five (5) days before the day set for the hearing of the matter, and the publication to be in lieu of and instead of notice personally served, but shall not give the names of the parties, but only a brief statement of the date and purpose of the hearing.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 49; Shan. Supp., § 1682a63; Code 1932, § 2877; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1409.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-210 - District in more than one county - Manner and times of publication

If the district lies in more than one (1) county, the publication need only be made in one (1) weekly newspaper published in each of the counties having land embraced within the district; and, if there are daily newspapers published in any county, and no weekly newspaper, it shall be sufficient if such publication is made in a daily paper in such county, one (1) day in each week for the length of time required, instead of in a weekly newspaper.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 50; Shan. Supp., § 1682a64; Code 1932, § 2878; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1410.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-211 - Determination of all objections to report and questions of apportionment and assessments - Failure to benefit cannot be shown

When the day set for hearing has arrived, and the hearing is not continued by the court for good reason, as it may be, and when the hearing is had, the monthly county court shall proceed to hear and determine all objections made and filed to the report, and may increase, diminish, annul, or affirm the apportionment and assessments made in the report, or in any parts of the report, as may appear to the court to be just and equitable; but in no case shall it be competent to show that the lands assessed would not be benefited by the improvement. When the hearing has been had, the court shall assess the apportionment fixed by it upon the lands within the road improvement district.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 51; Shan. Supp., § 1682a65; Code 1932, § 2879; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1411.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-212 - Additional assessments, if first insufficient

If the first assessment made by the monthly county court for the original cost of any improvement as provided in this part and part 1 of this chapter is insufficient, the court may make an additional assessment in the same ratio as the first.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 52; Shan. Supp., § 1682a66; Code 1932, § 2880; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1412.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-213 - New report ordered and new commissioners when report annulled or set aside

If for any reason the monthly county court annuls in toto or sets aside the report of the commissioners, it shall order them to make a new report, or shall remove them and appoint new commissioners to act as in the first instance, if desired by the parties concerned.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 53; Shan. Supp., § 1682a67; Code 1932, § 2881; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1413.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-214 - Levy of assessments - Collected as other taxes - Paid out on county warrant

(a)
The assessments shall be levied upon the lands of the owners so benefited in the ratio mentioned in §
54-12-204
, and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes for county purposes, except as specifically provided in this part.
(b)
The funds collected shall be kept as a separate fund, and shall be paid out only for purposes properly connected with the improvement, and on the order or warrant of the county mayor.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 54; Shan. Supp., § 1682a68; Code 1932, § 2882; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1414; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; Acts 2003 ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-215 - Special assessment to pay costs and expenses

If, after the district has been created and the commissioners for the assessment of benefits have made their report, the report has been acted upon and confirmed by the monthly county court, the time for an appeal from the confirmation has elapsed and no appeal has been taken, and it appears to the court that the costs and expenses of the proceedings up to that state of the proceedings have not been otherwise paid, the court shall have the power to make a special assessment upon all the lands within the district, for an amount sufficient to pay the costs and expenses, including the expenses of collecting the special assessment.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 55; Shan. Supp., § 1682a69; Code 1932, § 2883; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1415.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-216 - Special assessment, collection - Delinquencies - Compensation of trustee

(a)
The assessment shall be made and collected in the same manner, and the delinquencies, if any, shall be collected and enforced in the same manner as provided in §§
54-12-412
- 54-12-421, and by law.
(b)
The compensation of a trustee for collecting and paying over the assessment shall be the same as is provided by §
54-12-111
; provided, that, for this special assessment, the monthly county court may fix the dates within which the assessment shall be collected, the court fixing the dates within dates the court deems reasonable for the collection of the assessments.
(c)
The assessments made for this purpose shall be a lien upon the respective tracts of land in the district upon which the assessment is made, but shall be inferior to the lien of any assessment that shall hereafter be made for the purpose of creating a fund for the payment of bonds and the interest on the bonds, as provided in this chapter, and by law.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 56; Shan. Supp., § 1682a70; Code 1932, § 2884; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1416.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-217 - Fund for payment of costs and expenses

When the assessment is collected, it shall constitute a fund for the payment of the costs and expenses.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 57; Shan. Supp., § 1682a71; Code 1932, § 2885; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1417.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-218 - Trustee to pay collections over to county clerk who shall pay to parties entitled under orders of court

The trustee shall pay the amount collected to the county clerk, upon the order or warrant of the county mayor; and when the amount collected has been paid to the clerk, the clerk will pay out the amount collected to the parties entitled under the order of the monthly county court.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 58; Shan. Supp., § 1682a72; Code 1932, § 2886; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1418; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 22, 36; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-219 - Bonds required of trustee and county clerk

The trustee, before receiving the assessment book and proceeding to the collection of the assessments, and the county clerk, before receiving the funds from the trustee, shall, respectively, enter into a bond for double the amount that will come into their hands, respectively, payable to the state, and conditioned on the faithful paying over and accounting for the funds arising from the assessment.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 59; Shan. Supp., § 1682a73; Code 1932, § 2887; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1419; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-220 - Appeal from order fixing assessment of benefits within five days - Other provisions applicable

An appeal may be taken within five (5) days to the circuit court of the county from the order of the monthly county court fixing the assessment of benefits upon the lands in the same manner and time as provided in §§
54-12-141
- 54-12-149 for appeals from the assessment of damages, including the provisions as to consolidating cases, making transcript, etc., and certifying to the monthly county court the action and doings of the circuit court.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 60; Shan. Supp., § 1682a74; Code 1932, § 2888; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1420.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-221 - Appellant from order fixing assessment of benefits shall give appeal bond, and not pauper's oath

(a)
Any landowner, tenant, or encumbrancer who appeals from the order fixing the assessment of benefits shall execute bond, with security, for cost and damages.
(b)
The oath provided by law for poor persons shall not be allowed in lieu of the bonds.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 61; Shan. Supp., § 1682a75; Code 1932, § 2889; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1421.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-222 - Appeal does not prevent collection of assessments, if appellant is indemnified by bond

The appeal shall not prevent the collection of the assessments, nor stay the collection in any way, if the district or any petitioner for the district executes a bond, with good security, payable to the appellant, and conditioned to hold the appellant harmless against loss and to abide by and perform the judgment of the court, if the appeal is successfully prosecuted.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 62; Shan. Supp., § 1682a76; Code 1932, § 2890; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1422.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-223 - Indemnity bond - Execution

The bond, if given by the district, may be executed before and accepted by the county clerk at any time after appeal is perfected by the landowner, tenant, or encumbrancer, and a certified copy of the bond shall be sent to the circuit court.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 63; Shan. Supp., § 1682a77; Code 1932, § 2891; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1423; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 54-12-224 - Counsel employed for district on trial in appellate court - Payment

When an appeal is taken from any order of the monthly county court made in any proceedings before it under this chapter, the court may employ counsel to represent the interests of the road improvement district affected by appeal, on the trial of the order in the appellate courts, and the expenses of counsel shall be paid out of the fund of the district.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 64; Shan. Supp., § 1682a78; Code 1932, § 2892; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1424; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 2 - COMMISSIONERS AND APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS (§§ 54-12-201 — 54-12-225) › Section 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

(a)
Where any assessments made and levied under this part or part 1 of this chapter cannot for any reason be enforced, and part of the work has been done, the monthly county court shall proceed as to any or all lands benefited by the improvement in the same manner as if the appraisement and apportionment of benefits had never been made, in which event any payment already made shall be duly credited to those who have paid the assessments.
(b)
After a district is ordered established, if it is found that any parcel of land within its limits has been overlooked, or is not reported for assessment, or if it is found that any owner or encumbrancer of any land has not been properly brought before the court, the mistake or order may be corrected, and the court shall cause the parcel of land to be listed for assessment and cause the owner or encumbrancer, if any, to be properly brought before the court, and as to the lands or parties, the matter shall be proceeded with as if proceeded in the beginning, so as to enforce proper and proportional assessments. As to all other parties already before the court, the validity of the proceedings shall not be affected because some of the lands have been overlooked and some of the owners or encumbrancers of the lands were not brought before the court before the district was ordered established.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 67; Shan. Supp., § 1682a81; Code 1932, § 2895; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1425.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 3 - MANAGEMENT (§§ 54-12-301 — 54-12-322) › Section 54-12-301 - Directors to be appointed for district - Qualifications - Terms - Duties and powers

(a)
After a road improvement district has been located and established as provided for by parts 1 and 2 of this chapter, the monthly county court shall appoint two (2) directors for the district.
(b)
The directors shall be owners of land, or interested in land, in the district, and at least one (1) of those first appointed shall be one (1) of the petitioners for the establishment of the district, or a successor of that petitioner in estate or interest.
(c)
The directors shall hold their offices for two (2) years from the date of appointment, and these two (2) thus appointed and their successors, together with the county mayor, shall constitute the directors, or board of directors, of the district.
(d)
The directors shall have the general control, management and supervision of the business affairs of the district, and be vested with power and authority to make contracts, as provided by this chapter, and for all improvements to be done in the district.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 68; Shan. Supp., § 1682a82; Code 1932, § 2896; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1501; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 3 - MANAGEMENT (§§ 54-12-301 — 54-12-322) › Section 54-12-302 - Vacancy, filling - Removal of director - Appeal from order of removal - Appeal bond - Hearing anew in circuit court - Appointment of another

(a)
If there is a vacancy in the office of the director appointed pursuant to §
54-12-301
because of death, resignation or any other reason, the monthly county court shall appoint another director of like qualifications to fill the vacancy until the end of the two-year term.
(b)
For sufficient reason, the monthly county court may remove an appointed director, but not until the director has had at least five-days' notice of the time of the hearing and of the grounds for removal as alleged, and the director shall thus be entitled to be heard and to introduce proof upon the issue as to whether removal should be undertaken.
(c)
If, on hearing, the decision of the monthly county court is that the director be removed, the director may appeal from the decision, upon giving proper cost bond, to the circuit court of the county where the matter shall be heard anew and judgment given as that court deems just and proper.
(d)
If a director is removed, the monthly county court shall appoint another to serve the remainder of the two-year term, having like qualifications as to ownership of lands, etc., as provided in §
54-12-301
.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 69; Shan. Supp., § 1682a83; Code 1932, § 2897; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1502.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 3 - MANAGEMENT (§§ 54-12-301 — 54-12-322) › Section 54-12-303 - Successors of directors - Appointment

At the end of each two-year term, the office of the two (2) appointed directors shall be again filled by appointment by the monthly county court from among those owning or interested in lands in the district.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 70; Shan. Supp., § 1682a84; Code 1932, § 2898; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1503.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 3 - MANAGEMENT (§§ 54-12-301 — 54-12-322) › Section 54-12-304 - Organization of board - Bond of treasurer

(a)
The county mayor shall be chair of the board of directors.
(b)
The board shall elect one (1) of the other directors secretary and treasurer of the board, and as the treasurer shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) faithfully to account for all money received as treasurer.
(c)
The bond shall be approved by the monthly county court and payable to the county or state, for the use of the district, and shall be recorded in the record.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 71; Shan. Supp., § 1682a85; Code 1932, § 2899; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1504; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 12 - ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 54-12-101 — 54-12-426) › Part 3 - MANAGEMENT (§§ 54-12-301 — 54-12-322) › Section 54-12-305 - Compensation and expenses of directors

(a)
The members of the board of directors shall receive as compensation for their services, in attending to their duties as directors, fifty cents (50¢) per hour for the time actually consumed in attending to their duties, but not to exceed twenty-five (25) hours in any one (1) month.
(b)
They shall also receive their actual expenses paid out or incurred on account of attending to their duties as directors. The account for time and expense shall be kept, made out and sworn to, and filed with the county clerk before payment is made.
Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 113; Shan. Supp., § 1682a127; Code 1932, § 2942; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1505; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36.