A person arrested pursuant to § 38-3-108 shall be required to give bond in not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), with good security, to keep the peace; and, on failing or refusing so to give the required bail, the person shall be committed to jail until bail is given, or the person is otherwise discharged according to law.Code 1858, § 4940 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 19, §§ 1, 5); Shan., §6901; Code 1932, § 11425; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-209.
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