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 appropriating the same, but not from any special fund heretofore provided by law, to the honor and memory of the living and dead American soldiers, sailors, and marines, collectively, who served in World War I, II, or the War Between the States, but it is expressly provided that no sum in excess of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) shall be appropriated by any one (1) county for such purpose.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense
Chapter 4 - War Records and Memorials
§ 58-4-201. Appropriations by County Legislative Bodies
§ 58-4-202. County Monument or Building Commissioners
§ 58-4-203. Filing of Plans — Accounting for Funds
§ 58-4-204. Appropriation Limited to Work and Material
§ 58-4-205. Penalty for Misappropriation of Funds
§ 58-4-206. Municipal and County Memorials