Tennessee § 4-6-104 - Salaries of wardens and superintendents.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 4-6-104 — Salaries of wardens and superintendents., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-6-104. Salaries of wardens and superintendents.
The warden of the state penitentiary shall receive a salary payable monthly upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration. The salaries of all superintendents shall be fixed by the commissioner vested with the administration of the respective institutions, unless otherwise fixed by law before the appointment of such superintendent, and the same shall not be changed during their terms of office. The commissioner shall file with the commissioner of finance and administration a statement in writing showing the salaries of such other superintendents, and the same shall be paid monthly upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration. Acts 1919, ch. 39, § 9; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 2, 6, 42; Shan. Supp., § 312b12; Code 1932, § 381; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 7, 24; C. Supp. 1950, § 381; modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-611. Code Commission Notes. The former language “and the warden of the Brushy Mountain state penitentiary, respectively, shall each” following “The warden of the state penitentiary” in (a) was deleted as obsolete by the Code Commission in 2015, as the prison no longer exists.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4-6-104 ("Salaries of wardens and superintendents.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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