4-8-101 - Care of buildings and fixtures Preservation of order. - Tennessee Statutes

4-8-101. Care of buildings and fixtures Preservation of order.

(a)  It is the duty of the department of general services, through its commissioner, to take care of and preserve the state capitol and capitol annexes and all the furniture, fixtures and the capitol grounds, and keep the same in good order.

(b)  The department, through proper agencies, has the authority to preserve order among visitors who may be in and around the capitol and annexes, and to keep improper persons out of the different offices and rooms, in the absence of the regular occupants.

[Acts 1899, ch. 198, § 2; Shan., § 301; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 1, 33, 34; Code 1932, § 419; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 543, §§ 5, 8; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-801.]