71-5-2302 - Exemption from road service.

71-5-2302. Exemption from road service.

The county legislative body may exempt from working on public roads any person unable, by manual labor or physical exertion, to make a support, whenever it appears to be just and right.

[Code 1858, § 1620 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 97); Shan., § 2704; Code 1932, § 4820; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; Acts 1979, ch. 23, § 8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1002, 14-20-302.]