71-5-2306 - Supervision of contractors.

71-5-2306. Supervision of contractors.

The commissioners of the poor are required, if the poor of the county, or any of them, are bound or farmed out, as provided in §§ 71-5-2303 71-5-2305, to:

     (1)  Examine and report upon the manner in which such poor are kept and treated;

     (2)  Prescribe the manner in which they shall be maintained and provided for; and

     (3)  Report the result of the examination in the premises, and their conduct;

to the county legislative body.

[Code 1858, § 1613; Shan., § 2697; Code 1932, § 4814; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1006, 14-20-306.]