(a) The state shall pay for the board of state prisoners in accordance with chapter 8 of this title.(b) Within the time requirements of § 41-8-106, the number of prisoners held and bills for the same shall be made out and sworn to by the sheriff or superintendent and certified by the clerk.Acts 1891, ch. 123, § 11; Shan., § 7416; Code 1932, §12025; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §41-1227; Acts 1986, ch. 744, § 12.
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