Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-6-127

  • District: means a watershed district for which organization is proposed or which has been granted under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 69-6-102
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The landowners may provide for the establishment of a watershed district upon their own lands and at their own expense by mutual agreement in writing duly signed, acknowledged and filed with the county clerk.