Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-5-916

  • County mayor: means and includes "county executive" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Where a drainage district is situated in more than one (1) county, it is the duty of the trustee of any county in which such district lies to make monthly settlement with the county mayor of the county in which the district was organized, as provided by § 69-5-915; provided, that all cash collections shall be paid to the trustee of the county in which the district was organized to be placed to the credit of the drainage district as now provided by law.