Where a municipality is organized for the care of its own streets, the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance may be done by the municipality, which shall be reimbursed by the state; provided, that all expenditures shall be subject to the approval of the department.Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 3; Code 1932, § 3244; Acts 1947, ch. 123, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 3244; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-533; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
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