Section 54-12-221 - Appellant from order fixing assessment of benefits shall give appeal bond, and not pauper's oath(a) Any landowner, tenant, or encumbrancer who appeals from the order fixing the assessment of benefits shall execute bond, with security, for cost and damages.(b) The oath provided by law for poor persons shall not be allowed in lieu of the bonds.Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 61; Shan. Supp., § 1682a75; Code 1932, § 2889; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1421.