(a) The commissioner of correction may contract with any railroad company to do the grading of any railroad extension into the coal lands of the state and, in case the state engages to do the grading, the working of the inmates upon grade work is authorized. The working of the inmates shall be under the commissioner.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 41-22-104

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The commissioner may accept, in remuneration for the grading, county bonds or first mortgage bonds of a railroad.
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