The county legislative bodies of the different counties shall, at their first session in each and every year, make such allowance as they, in their discretion, think sufficient to compensate their sheriffs for ex officio service.
Code 1858, § 4564; Acts 1870-1871, ch. 38, § 1; Shan., § 6404; Code 1932, § 10708; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2413.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 22 Tenn. Juris., Sheriffs, § 3.