The county mayor, county clerk and sheriff of each county are constituted a board for their respective counties, whose duty it is to enter into contracts with public road commissioners or other officers or road contractors having the superintendence of working the public roads, for the employment on the public roads of inmates confined in the county jails for the nonpayment of fines and/or costs adjudged against them by the courts.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates
§ 41-22-301. Contracting Board
§ 41-22-302. Contracts Without Delay
§ 41-22-303. Guarding of Work Parties
§ 41-22-304. Work Day — Amount Credited Against Fines and Costs
§ 41-22-305. Punishment for Refusal to Work