Tennessee Code 54-12-152 – Appropriation of right-of-way, and of other necessary lands
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-12-152
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
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.