The county legislative bodies are authorized to appropriate, by a roll call and recorded vote, from their respective county treasuries, money to be expended solely in the erection of permanent monuments or buildings or libraries or any other evidence of appreciation of the bravery and valor of soldiers, sailors, and marines, within the respective counties […]
When any county makes any such appropriation, the county legislative body making it shall elect five (5) reputable citizens of the respective county, over eighteen (18) years of age, who shall be known as the county monument or building commissioners, who shall be duly sworn faithfully to discharge their duties as such, and whose duty […]
Before any part of any such appropriation shall be paid out of any county treasury, there shall first be filed with the county trustee of the county making the appropriation, plans and specifications of the proposed monument or building or library or other evidence of appreciation, with a detailed estimate of every cost and expense […]
No part of any such appropriation shall be expended for land, fees, or salaries, but shall all be used for the erection of the monument or building, and all such money shall be alone for work on and material entering into the construction of the monument or building.
Any and all persons accepting the custody or control of any part of any such appropriation provided for, who misappropriates or aids in the misappropriation or willful diversion of any part of the same is guilty of a Class E felony, which penalty may be commuted to six (6) months in the workhouse in the […]
Each municipality and county of the state is authorized and empowered to erect suitable public memorials and to contract for the erection of such memorials to the services of the members of the armed forces and veterans of the various wars in which Tennesseans have fought. The memorials selected shall be in the form of […]
Each municipality and county of the state acting under §§ 58-4-206 — 58-4-208 is expressly authorized to cooperate with the federal government or any other governmental agencies in the planning, erecting and financing of any memorial hereunder, and is authorized to receive from such governmental agencies, pursuant to any plan of cooperation with such governmental […]
Each municipality and county of the state, acting by and through its governing body, is authorized to borrow money and to issue and sell bonds of such municipality or county pursuant to title 9, chapter 21 for the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry out the purposes of §§ 58-4-206 — 58-4-208.
