Private Acts of 1953 Chapter 29

SECTION 1. That the Quarterly County Court of Sumner County, Tennessee is authorized to install, maintain and operate traffic signal lights at congested intersections of State and County highways, provided, however, that no installation shall be made other than at places located outside of the city limits of incorporated cities or towns in Sumner County, and, provided, that no installation shall be made on State Highways, except by permission of the Department of Highways and Public Works of the State of Tennessee.

SECTION 2. That the expense of the installation, maintenance, and operation of such traffic signal lights, when approved as above provided, shall be charged against the general funds of the County, and such traffic signal lighting system shall be under the jurisdiction of the Quarterly County Court of Sumner County, Tennessee.

SECTION 3. That the Quarterly County Court may, in its discretion, pay all or a part of the expense incident to the installation of traffic signal lights heretofore erected in said county, outside of incorporated cities or towns, out of the general funds of the County.

SECTION 4. That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: February 21, 1953.