The secretary of state may employ a special messenger to bring the returns filed with the county clerk if those sent by mail fail to arrive. The expenses of the messenger shall be paid out of the state treasury.Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; 1979, ch. 306, § 9; T.C.A., § 2-809.
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