Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-9-301: Book of appropriation applications

(a) It is the duty of the county clerk to keep a book in which applications for appropriation shall be entered when made to the county legislative body, and the same shall be open for the inspection of the citizens of the county.

(b) The county legislative body shall not consider or make any appropriation unless the same shall have first been entered in a book as heretofore required.