The county legislative body, on demand of the register, shall procure for the register's office well-bound books for the purpose of registering therein such instruments of writing as are required by law to be registered, the cost of which shall be paid by the trustee of the county, on the warrant of the county mayor, which shall be issued on the register producing before the county mayor the receipt of the person from whom the books were purchased, and making affidavit that the register has paid, or is bound to pay, the sum specified in the receipt.
Code 1858, § 2090 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 62, § 7); Shan., § 3770; Code 1932, § 7681; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-102; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated.
Cross-References. Books for register's office furnished by county, §8-13-109.
Duties of register, §8-13-108.
Transfer to new counties, §5-2-107.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Mandamus, § 12.