Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-2-301
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Counties, through their county legislative bodies, are authorized and empowered to set up subsidized receiving homes for the care of dependent, neglected or abandoned children, or children without proper parental care or guardianship, whenever an order is made by proper resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members constituting the legislative body and placed on the minutes of the legislative body. Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.1 (Williams, § 4765.119); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-601.
Counties, through their county legislative bodies, are authorized and empowered to set up subsidized receiving homes for the care of dependent, neglected or abandoned children, or children without proper parental care or guardianship, whenever an order is made by proper resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members constituting the legislative body and placed on the minutes of the legislative body.
Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.1 (Williams, § 4765.119); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-601.
Counties, through their county legislative bodies, are authorized and empowered to set up subsidized receiving homes for the care of dependent, neglected or abandoned children, or children without proper parental care or guardianship, whenever an order is made by proper resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members constituting the legislative body and placed on the minutes of the legislative body.
Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.1 (Williams, § 4765.119); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-601.
Status: in_force
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