Section 54-11-217 - Tax for payment of bridge or causeway

Public bridges and causeways on public roads, erected by order of the county legislative body, shall be paid for by a tax on polls and other taxables, to be set by the county legislative body, and not to exceed, in any year, the amount of the state tax.Code 1858, § 1270 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 2); Shan., § 1734; Code 1932, § 3060; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1123.