The funds appropriated pursuant to authority vested in the various county legislative bodies or governing bodies of counties in § 5-9-201 shall be used and expended under the direction and control of the county legislative bodies so appropriating the funds, or through such agency or agencies as they shall prescribe, and under such rules and regulations as they see fit.Acts 1941, ch. 21, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 10250.3 (Williams, § 844.3); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-907.
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