Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-109
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Repairs and improvements
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The warden may, with the consent and advice of the commissioner of correction, make repairs and improvements and build additional cells, as may be necessary, using for those purposes the labor of the inmates as far as practicable. Code 1858, § 5468; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, §§ 9, 12; Shan., § 7488; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12083; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-120.
The warden may, with the consent and advice of the commissioner of correction, make repairs and improvements and build additional cells, as may be necessary, using for those purposes the labor of the inmates as far as practicable.
Code 1858, § 5468; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, §§ 9, 12; Shan., § 7488; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12083; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-120.
The warden may, with the consent and advice of the commissioner of correction, make repairs and improvements and build additional cells, as may be necessary, using for those purposes the labor of the inmates as far as practicable.
Code 1858, § 5468; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, §§ 9, 12; Shan., § 7488; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12083; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-120.
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