The county legislative bodies of the different counties shall, at their first session in each and every year, make such allowance as they, in their discretion, think sufficient to compensate their sheriffs for ex officio service.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-24-111, under Compensation of County Officers and Clerks of Court.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-24-111
The county legislative bodies of the different counties shall, at their first session in each and every year, make such allowance as they, in their discretion, think sufficient to compensate their sheriffs for ex officio service.