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 The following contingent expenses of the executive department shall be a charge upon the state treasury: 
 -  Such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses attendant on exchanging laws and documents with the several states of the union; 
  -  Such sums of money as may be necessary to provide stationery for the governor's and secretary's offices, and postage and expressage on public letters and documents; 
  -  An amount to pay for cleaning the public arms of the state and keeping them in good serviceable order; and 
  -  Such sums of money as may be requisite to defray the expenses of all messengers and messages which it may be necessary for the governor to dispatch. 
  
 Code 1858, § 191 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 85, §§ 1, 3; 1813, ch. 79, § 1; 1853-1854, ch. 266, § 1); Shan., § 238; mod. Code 1932, § 180; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-104. 
 
 Compiler's Notes. This section may be affected by §9-1-116, concerning entitlement to funds, absent appropriation. 
          
           
           
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