41-1-110 - Funds Accounting Collections Expenditures Surplus.
41-1-110. Funds Accounting Collections Expenditures Surplus.
(a) It is also the duty of the warden to keep a correct account of all moneys received or disbursed by the warden for the penitentiary, and to lay before the commissioner of correction, monthly, a detailed statement thereof.
(b) The warden of the Tennessee state penitentiary and the warden of the Brushy Mountain penitentiary shall transmit on or before Monday of each week to the state treasurer all the moneys collected by them from every source and shall forward to the commissioner a detailed statement of the collections.
(c) The state treasurer shall credit the moneys thus received to separate accounts kept in the name of the institution.
(d) (1) The funds thus deposited may be used by the commissioner for the payment of duly authorized purchases of supplies, goods, wares, merchandise and produce used in the maintenance or operation of the institutions and for the payment of salaries, wages and compensation of employees, and also for the purchase of livestock and equipment for the farms and for new machinery and for machinery repairs and for building and for building repairs, and for all necessary and legitimate expenses connected with or incident to the operation of these institutions.
(2) Any new building or new equipment that will exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) in cost shall be authorized in writing by the commissioner before the expenditures can be made.
(e) Only the surplus after payment of all salaries, wages and expenses shall pass into the general funds of the state and be available for its debts, expenses and uses.
[Code 1858, § 5469 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 18); impl. am. Acts 1895 (E.S.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7489; Acts 1919, ch. 30, § 24; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, § 5; Acts 1919, ch. 39, § 24; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Shan. Supp. §§ 312b44-312b47; Code 1932, §§ 413-416; 12084; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 41-121 41-125.]