§ 54-12-201 Appointment of commissioners – Qualifications
§ 54-12-202 Oath of commissioners – Classification of lands on graduated scale of benefits
§ 54-12-203 Commissioners shall equitably apportion and assess costs – Report in writing
§ 54-12-204 Classification according to percentage of benefits – Remains basis unless revised
§ 54-12-205 Subdivision and classification of body of land in one owner
§ 54-12-206 Description and ownership of lands specified in reports
§ 54-12-207 Objections to assessment and apportionment – Filing
§ 54-12-208 Assessment made without notice
§ 54-12-209 Publication of hearing assessments and apportionments
§ 54-12-210 District in more than one county – Manner and times of publication
§ 54-12-211 Determination of all objections to report and questions of apportionment and assessments – Failure to benefit cannot be shown
§ 54-12-212 Additional assessments, if first insufficient
§ 54-12-213 New report ordered and new commissioners when report annulled or set aside
§ 54-12-214 Levy of assessments – Collected as other taxes – Paid out on county warrant
§ 54-12-215 Special assessment to pay costs and expenses
§ 54-12-216 Special assessment, collection – Delinquencies – Compensation of trustee
§ 54-12-217 Fund for payment of costs and expenses
§ 54-12-218 Trustee to pay collections over to county clerk who shall pay to parties entitled under orders of court
§ 54-12-219 Bonds required of trustee and county clerk
§ 54-12-220 Appeal from order fixing assessment of benefits within five days – Other provisions applicable
§ 54-12-221 Appellant from order fixing assessment of benefits shall give appeal bond, and not pauper’s oath
§ 54-12-222 Appeal does not prevent collection of assessments, if appellant is indemnified by bond
§ 54-12-223 Indemnity bond – Execution
§ 54-12-224 Counsel employed for district on trial in appellate court – Payment
§ 54-12-225 If any assessment cannot be enforced, assessments and apportionments shall be made as if never made – Lands not assessed will be assessed – Validity not affected
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 54 > Chapter 12 > Part 2 - Commissioners and Apportionment of Costs

  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.