54-10-109 - Kind of gates Maintenance.

54-10-109. Kind of gates Maintenance.

(a)  It is required that the gates shall be of good and substantial material, and put up in a workmanlike manner, and kept in good repair.

(b)  The road shall be graded and metaled or crosswayed for thirty feet (30¢) on each side of the gate.

(c)  If not kept in a good state of repair, the gate may be removed by order of the overseer of the road upon which the gate is erected.

[Acts 1889, ch. 148, § 2; Shan., § 1684; Code 1932, § 2957; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-924.]