71-3-301 - County legislative body binding out as apprentices.

71-3-301. County legislative body binding out as apprentices.

The county legislative body may bind out as apprentices suitable orphan children, or the children of any person unable to provide for their support, until the age of eighteen (18) years.

[Code 1858, § 1622 (deriv. Acts 1762, ch. 5, § 19; 1825, ch. 46, § 1); Shan., § 2706; mod. Code 1932, § 4822; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 162, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1501, 14-9-101.]