Each county may acquire and hold property for county purposes, and make all contracts necessary or expedient for the management, control and improvement thereof, and for the better exercise of its civil and political powers, and may make any order for the disposition of its property.
Code 1858, § 404; Shan., § 496; mod. Code 1932, § 742; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-701.
Cross-References. Airports and landing fields, acquisition authorized, title 42, ch. 5, part 1.
Asylums for the poor, title 71, ch. 5, part 21.
Detention places for persons under quarantine, §68-10-108.
Exemption of county property from taxation, §67-5-203.
Forestry purposes, acquisition of lands, §11-23-101.
Industrial Building Bond Act of 1955, title 7, ch. 55.
Industrial development corporations, title 7, ch. 53.
Lease of buildings and facilities authorized, title 12, ch. 2, part 3.
Power to erect and control county buildings, §5-5-121.
Recreation systems, title 11, ch. 24.
Transportation systems, ownership authorized, title 7, ch. 56, part 1.
Utility location, title 13, ch. 24, part 3.
Veterans' memorials, title 58, ch. 4, part 2.
Attorney General Opinions. County hospital board of trustees' authority to sell hospital, OAG 98-0119, 1998 Tenn. AG LEXIS 119 (7/2/98).
Authorization of the county commission is required for the sale of property of the county board of hospital directors; unless the county has adopted the County Purchasing Law of 1957, T.C.A. §§5-14-101, et seq., or the County Financial Management System of 1981, T.C.A. §§5-21-101, et seq., the commission may authorize the purchasing and finance commission to sell the property without advertising for bids, OAG 03-131, 2003 Tenn. AG LEXIS 149 (10/03/03).