(a) The county legislative body has the power to make appropriations of money for the establishment of ferries and ferry roads on any of the navigable streams of this state, and also for the construction of all proper and necessary roads, leading across the river bottom lands, and up and down the river banks to the ferries.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-11-306

  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) When the ferries and ferry roads are established, they may be declared by the legislative body free to the general public or to the citizens of the county or counties in which they are located.
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