Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-5-312

  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The assessments shall be levied upon the lands of the owners so benefited in the ratio mentioned in § 69-5-305, and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes for county purposes, except as specially provided in this chapter, and the funds so collected shall be kept as a separate fund, and shall be paid out only for purposes properly connected with such improvement, and on the order or warrant of the county mayor.