The commissioner may require stated reports, in writing, from the warden, physician and other officers as to the condition of the establishment and its inmates.Code 1858, § 5456 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 12); impl. am. Acts 1871, ch. 94, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, §§ 9, 12; Shan., § 7470; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 3, 42, 60; Code 1932, § 12066; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-116.
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