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.