The commissioner shall report to the governor, forthwith, all violations of law or omissions or neglect of duty by the warden or other officers and employees about the penitentiary.Code 1858, § 5459; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7476; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; mod. Code 1932, § 12074; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-130.
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