Tennessee § 71-5-2105 Powers of commissioners

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§ 71-5-2105 — Powers of commissioners

Tennessee § 71-5-2105

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-5-2105 (2026).

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In the management of the asylum, the commissioners have the power to:

(1)Prescribe rules and regulations for the management of the farm and for the treatment of the inmates of the asylum, and modify and change them at pleasure;

(2)Prescribe the manner in which the inmates shall live, sleep, be clothed, and labor, if any of them are able to labor;

(3)Appoint a suitable superintendent of the asylum;

(4)Take from the superintendent a bond, with sufficient surety, in the penalty of five hundred dollars ($500), payable to the state, conditioned for the performance of such superintendent's duties;

(5)Cause the superintendent to subscribe an oath, to be written on the back of the bond; and (6) Deliver the bond to the clerk of the county legislative body, to be preserved among the files of th

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In the management of the asylum, the commissioners have the power to: (1) Prescribe rules and regulations for the management of the farm and for the treatment of the inmates of the asylum, and modify and change them at pleasure; (2) Prescribe the manner in which the inmates shall live, sleep, be clothed, and labor, if any of them are able to labor; (3) Appoint a suitable superintendent of the asylum; (4) Take from the superintendent a bond, with sufficient surety, in the penalty of five hundred dollars ($500), payable to the state, conditioned for the performance of such superintendent's duties; (5) Cause the superintendent to subscribe an oath, to be written on the back of the bond; and (6) Deliver the bond to the clerk of the county legislative body, to be preserved among the files of the clerk's office relating to the asylum.

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 1608 (deriv. Acts 1827 Private, ch. 112, § 6); Shan., § 2692; Code 1932, § 4809; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-805, 14-20-105.