§ 54-12-301 Directors to be appointed for district – Qualifications – Terms – Duties and powers
§ 54-12-302 Vacancy, filling – Removal of director – Appeal from order of removal – Appeal bond – Hearing anew in circuit court – Appointment of another
§ 54-12-303 Successors of directors – Appointment
§ 54-12-304 Organization of board – Bond of treasurer
§ 54-12-305 Compensation and expenses of directors
§ 54-12-306 Contracts for improvements not to be made until after inspection, classifications, apportionment, and assessment of benefits
§ 54-12-307 Publication of notice of letting work of construction or improvement
§ 54-12-308 Contracts for sections of work or the whole may be let to the lowest responsible bidder – Rejection of bids and readvertisement
§ 54-12-309 Deposit of bidders required
§ 54-12-310 Bond or cash deposit required of successful bidders
§ 54-12-311 Engineer employed to supervise construction of improvement work – Compensation – Removal, and contract with another
§ 54-12-312 Bond required of engineer
§ 54-12-313 Compensation of engineers
§ 54-12-314 Contractor paid on basis of eighty percent of engineer’s monthly estimate of amount of work done
§ 54-12-315 Warrant to contractor for balance due on completion of work
§ 54-12-316 Warrants drawn as ordinary warrants, but payable only out of improvement fund, and so stated upon their face
§ 54-12-317 Contractor’s failure to perform on contract forfeits cash deposit or gives recovery on bond
§ 54-12-318 Road overseer employed for protection of district – Compensation – Discharge and employment of another
§ 54-12-319 Special assessment for a special fund for maintenance – Basis
§ 54-12-320 Special assessment a lien inferior to general assessment – Enforcement
§ 54-12-321 Special maintenance fund – Disbursements – Manner
§ 54-12-322 Injury to, damage or obstruction of road unlawful – Penalty

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 54 > Chapter 12 > Part 3 - Management

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105