§ 71-5-2205. Removal — Vacancies
The county legislative body may remove the commissioners, or any one (1) of them, at pleasure, and proceed to fill the vacancy at any time; and should any one (1) or more of them die, resign, remove from the county, or fail or refuse to act, the county mayor may fill the vacancy, and such […]
§ 71-5-2206. Order for Expenditures — Warrants
When money is to be drawn from the county treasury for the purchase of the site of the asylum, the erection of the buildings, for improvements, repairs, or for the ordinary expenses of the maintenance of the poor, it shall be done upon an order of the commission, entered upon its minutes, specifying the purpose […]
§ 71-5-2207. Book of Accounts — Items Entered
The commissioners shall keep a book of accounts, in which they shall charge themselves with all moneys drawn by them from the treasury of the county, specifying the number and date of the warrant on which each sum was drawn, and credit themselves with their disbursements, giving the number and date of each voucher, and […]
§ 71-5-2208. Examination and Preservation of Accounts
The book of accounts shall be balanced every year, and, on or before December 31, shall be submitted to the county mayor for settlement, together with the vouchers. If the county mayor finds the account correct, the county mayor shall write beneath the same the words, “examined and approved,” and sign the county mayor’s name […]
§ 71-5-2209. Liability for Expenditures
The commissioners shall be jointly and severally liable for the application of any money drawn on their order from the county treasury for the use of the asylum. Code 1858, § 1604; Shan., § 2688; Code 1932, § 4805; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-909, 14-20-209.
§ 71-5-2210. Annual Report
The commissioners shall report to the county legislative body, at its January session every year, the condition of the asylum, making the superintendent’s report a part of their own. Code 1858, § 1612; Shan., § 2696; Code 1932, § 4813; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-910, 14-20-210.
§ 71-5-2201. Permanent Body — Name — Appointment — Term of Office
The commissioners of the poor shall be a permanent body, by the name of the “Commissioners of the Poor for County.” In the selection, the county legislative body shall, at its October session, choose at the beginning one (1) commissioner to hold for the term of one (1) year, another for the term of two […]
§ 71-5-2202. Oath of Office
Each commissioner, before entering upon the discharge of such commissioner’s duties, shall take an oath before the county clerk, in term or vacation, to well and truly discharge such commissioner’s duties as prescribed by law. Code 1858, § 1599 (deriv. Acts 1826 Private, ch. 56, § 4; 1831, ch. 89, § 3); Shan., § 2683; […]
§ 71-5-2203. Chair — Minutes
The commissioners shall appoint one (1) of their number chair, and they shall keep minutes of their proceedings in a well-bound book. Code 1858, § 1600; Shan., § 2684; Code 1932, § 4801; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-903, 14-20-203.
§ 71-5-2204. Compensation
The county legislative body shall in all cases pay a reasonable compensation to the superintendent and the commissioners. Code 1858, § 1614; Shan., § 2698; Code 1932, § 4815; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-904, 14-20-204.