Section 8-1-106 - Contingent expenses of executive departmentThe following contingent expenses of the executive department shall be a charge upon the state treasury:
(1) 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;(2) 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;(3) An amount to pay for cleaning the public arms of the state and keeping them in good serviceable order; and(4) 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.