The engineer may employ necessary help, such as axmen, rodmen, returning an itemized expense account, or the court may contract with such engineer to furnish all such help, and to do the entire work, or any specific part thereof, for a sum stipulated and agreed upon.
Engineer's assistants
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-5-118, under Establishment and General Provisions.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-5-118