41-1-111 - Preservation of records.
41-1-111. Preservation of records.
All registers, returns and other documents relating to the affairs of the penitentiary, are public documents, and shall remain in the penitentiary. The warden shall preserve official copies of the warden's correspondence with the governor, commissioner of correction or other public officers, and of any official communication the warden may receive from them.
[Code 1858, § 5476; impl. am. Acts 1895 (E.S.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, §§ 9, 12; Shan., § 7492; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12087; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-126.]