Tennessee § 41-4-126 Allowance for additional guards

Tennessee Statutes

§ 41-4-126 — Allowance for additional guards

Tennessee § 41-4-126

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-4-126 (2026).

Text

If the court directs the sheriff to summon more than two (2) guards in order to carry safely any prisoner charged with a crime from one county to another for trial or safekeeping, the commissioner of finance and administration shall allow the additional guards ordered by the court the same compensation that is allowed by law to the two (2) guards and give a warrant for that compensation to the sheriff.

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If the court directs the sheriff to summon more than two (2) guards in order to carry safely any prisoner charged with a crime from one county to another for trial or safekeeping, the commissioner of finance and administration shall allow the additional guards ordered by the court the same compensation that is allowed by law to the two (2) guards and give a warrant for that compensation to the sheriff.

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 5435 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 69, § 1); Shan., §7446; Code 1932, § 12054; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§24, 29; C. Supp. 1950, § 12054; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1130.