When any person is sentenced to the workhouse, the judge of the court trying the case shall fix the fine in each case against the prisoner at a sum equal to the state and county tax provided by law; provided, that a greater fine may be entered, in the discretion of the court.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-112
Fine accompanying sentence to workhouse
Acts 1891, ch. 123, § 13; Shan., § 7418; Code 1932, § 12027; impl. am
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