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TN Code › Title 41 › Chapter 21 › Section 41-21-101

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The commissioner of correction shall designate some official or employee, or may appoint some other suitable person, to go after inmates, at the places of their conviction, and to take the inmates to such places as the commissioner may direct. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 10; impl. am. Acts. 1915, ch. 7, § 10; Shan., § 7516a1; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 42, 60; Code 1932, § 12113; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-201.

The commissioner of correction shall designate some official or employee, or may appoint some other suitable person, to go after inmates, at the places of their conviction, and to take the inmates to such places as the commissioner may direct.

Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 10; impl. am. Acts. 1915, ch. 7, § 10; Shan., § 7516a1; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 42, 60; Code 1932, § 12113; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-201.

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