Section 7-31-102 - Duty to keep board functioning

It is the duty of all incorporated municipalities to keep an organized governing board functioning, and if any incorporated municipalities fail so to do for six (6) consecutive months, the residents of the municipality shall be subject to work on the public roads for the space of twelve (12) months thereafter, and until a board is elected, organized and functioning.Acts 1859-1860, ch. 72, § 3; Shan., § 1991; mod. Code 1932, § 3407; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-1002.