Section 14-4-1
Section 14-4-1
Applicability of laws and rules pertaining to state convicts.
All laws of the state and rules of the Board of Corrections in regard to state convicts shall apply also to county convicts as far as applicable, except as otherwise provided by law.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3675; Code 1940, T. 45, §74.)Section 14-4-10
Section 14-4-10
Sentencing of convicts — Sentences for costs.
Whenever any convict is sentenced by the court and required to do hard labor for the county, an additional sentence not to exceed 10 months in any case for the payment of costs of conviction may be imposed, and the court must determine a reasonable time required to work out such costs. The costs of conviction of county convicts shall be the same as provided by law now in force in the respective counties.
(Code 1896, §4532; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6584; Code 1923, §3688; Code 1940, T. 45, §84; Acts 1961, No. 1017, p. 1596, §2.)Section 14-4-11
Section 14-4-11
Superintendent of Public Works — Appointment.
Should the county commission determine to employ persons sentenced to hard labor for the county, or any part of them, in work on the public roads, public bridges or other public works of the county, it may appoint a Superintendent of Public Works, whose term of office shall expire when his successor is qualified and who shall receive for his services such compensation as shall be fixed by the county commission.
(Code 1852, §224; Code 1867, §3771; Code 1876, §4473; Code 1886, §4601; Code 1896, §4538; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6587; Code 1923, §3695; Code 1940, T. 45, §86.)Section 14-4-12
Section 14-4-12
Superintendent of Public Works - Bond.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall also enter into bond payable to the county and approved by the judge of probate, with two good and sufficient sureties, in the penalty of $1,000.00, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, obey the orders of the county commission and will not voluntarily permit the escape of any of the convicts committed to him.
The bond of the superintendent may be put in an action and prosecuted in all respects as is provided for actions on bonds of other public officers.
(Code 1852, §§227, 228; Code 1867, §§3774, 3775; Code 1876, §§4476, 4477; Code 1886, §§4604, 4605; Code 1896, §§4540, 4541; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §§6589, 6590; Code 1923, §§3697, 3698; Code 1940, T. 45, §§88, 89.)Section 14-4-13
Section 14-4-13
Superintendent of Public Works — Duties.
The duties of the Superintendent of Public Works are:
(1) Faithfully to obey and carry out the orders and directions of the county commission;
(2) To see that the convicts committed to him labor faithfully;
(3) Not to overwork or maltreat the convicts;
(4) To see that the food and clothing delivered to him for the convicts are given to them at the proper time;
(5) To see that they are properly housed in inclement weather;
(6) To have proper medicine and medical attention bestowed on them when necessary; and
(7) Not voluntarily or negligently to permit them to escape.
(Code 1852, §229; Code 1867, §3776; Code 1876, §4478; Code 1886, §4606; Code 1896, §4542; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6591; Code 1923, §3699; Code 1940, T. 45, §90.)Section 14-4-14
Section 14-4-14
Oath of Superintendent of Public Works and guards.
The Superintendent of Public Works and each person employed as a guard over convicts sentenced to hard labor for the county, before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath before some officer authorized to administer the same: "I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama, so long as I remain a citizen of said state, and that I will faithfully execute and discharge all duties required of me (as superintendent or guard of convicts, as the case may be) and that I will observe all rules and regulations prescribed for the government of convicts, so far as I am thereby directed, and will in no case ill treat or abuse any convict under my charge or control or inflict any other or greater punishment than may be prescribed by said rules and regulations." Such oath shall be filed by the party taking the same in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the convict is sentenced to hard labor.
(Code 1852, §226; Code 1867, §3773; Code 1876, §4475; Code 1886, §4603; Code 1896, §4539; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6588; Code 1923, §3696; Code 1940, T. 45, §87.)Section 14-4-2
Section 14-4-2
Superintendence and control of convicts.
Hard labor for the county shall be under the superintendence and control of the county commission, which shall determine in what manner and on what particular works the labor shall be performed, and all convicts sentenced to hard labor for the county shall be under the direction and control of the county commission when worked in the county where convicted, unless otherwise provided by court order. It may hire sufficient guards for the safekeeping and maintenance of the convicts on the public roads of the respective counties.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Acts 1915, No. 580, p. 630; Code 1923, §§1375, 3676; Code 1940, T. 45, §75.)Section 14-4-3
Section 14-4-3
Maintenance of record of convicts by Board of Corrections; report to board by probate judge.
A record shall also be kept in the office of the Board of Corrections, similar to that provided to be kept for state convicts, of all persons who are sentenced to hard labor for the county and who, under the provisions of this article, may be confided to its supervision; and the judge of probate, or agent of hard labor for the county, shall report to the board at such times as the board may prescribe, the name, age, sex and race of each person sentenced to hard labor, date of conviction, crime, term of sentence, additional term for costs, date of expiration of sentence and amount of costs. Any judge of probate failing or neglecting to make, or to have made by the agent of hard labor for his county, the reports required by law may be impeached as in other cases; and he, and the sureties on his official bond, shall be liable to any person for all damages sustained by reason of such failure.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3678; Code 1940, T. 45, §77.)Section 14-4-4
Section 14-4-4
Report of hard labor sentence to probate judge.
(a) All judicial officers shall, immediately upon the sentence of any person to hard labor for any county, report in writing to the judge of probate of the county for which such sentence is made, the name of such person, the length of his sentence, the date of its commencement and the amount of costs. Any judicial officer presiding over a court that has a clerk may order such report to be made by such clerk.
(b) Any judicial officer or clerk who fails to report in writing to the judge of probate, as required by law, the name of any person sentenced to hard labor for the county, length of such sentence, the date of its commencement and the amount of the costs therein must, on conviction, be fined not less than $25.00.
(Code 1896, §§4543, 5118; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §§6592, 7462; Code 1923, §§3700, 5054; Code 1940, T. 45, §§79, 80.)Section 14-4-5
Section 14-4-5
Record of convicts to be kept by probate judge.
The county commission shall provide a well-bound book to be kept in the office of the judge of probate subject, during office hours, to the inspection of the public, in which he shall enter the name of each convict sentenced to hard labor for the county, the place where the convict is to labor and the length of sentence. He shall also keep a record of the convicts sentenced to the penitentiary showing the name, the offense of which he was convicted and the date and termination of his sentence.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3679; Code 1940, T. 45, §78.)Section 14-4-6
Section 14-4-6
Work on public roads — Rules and regulations.
Whenever the county commission of a county deems it to the best interest of the county to use the county convicts in building, repairing and working the public roads of the county, it may so work them under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Board of Corrections, which shall be uniform throughout the state for working county convicts on the public roads.
(Code 1896, §4528; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6581; Code 1923, §3684; Code 1940, T. 45, §81.)Section 14-4-7
Section 14-4-7
Work on public roads — Female convicts.
No woman convicted of a public offense shall be required to work as a laborer on any public highway in this state.
(Code 1876, §4467; Code 1886, §4596; Code 1896, §4530; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6582; Code 1923, §3686; Code 1940, T. 45, §82.)Section 14-4-8
Section 14-4-8
Work on public roads — Tobacco allowance and noon meals.
The county commission of each of the several counties may, in its discretion, provide for, and authorize, payment from county funds of a tobacco allowance for every county convict who is worked on the public roads and streets within the county and may also buy, or authorize the sheriff to buy, noon meals for such convicts as may be actually engaged in such work.
(Acts 1963, No. 537, p. 1155.)Section 14-4-9
Section 14-4-9
Sentencing of convicts — How sentence served on two or more convictions; effect of convict's conduct thereon.
(a) When a convict is sentenced on two or more convictions, unless specifically ordered in the judgment entry that such sentences shall run concurrently, such sentences shall be cumulative and such terms and imprisonments shall be served consecutively, the first term thereof beginning to run from the date such convict is received at the county jail or other place of confinement for the service of his sentences, the second and subsequent terms each beginning on the expiration of the preceding term. When it is specifically ordered in the judgment entry that sentences shall run concurrently, such sentences shall run from the date on which such convict is received at the county jail or other place of confinement for service of the sentence. However no person shall be sentenced to hard labor for the county so that the aggregate of the sentences on two or more convictions shall exceed for the crime two years and for costs 15 months.
(b) In case the prison record of a convict serving two or more sentences consecutively is good, he shall be discharged at the expiration of the last term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced less any deductions accorded him pursuant to Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-3. In case the record of a prisoner during his term shall not have been good, the Board of Corrections, at its discretion, may revoke any or all of the deductions given under the above mentioned sections, and any amendments thereof, whether such convict is serving his terms of imprisonment concurrently or consecutively.
(Code 1852, §233; Code 1867, §3780; Code 1876, §4482; Code 1886, §4588; Code 1896, §4531; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6583; Code 1923, §3687; Code 1940, T. 45, §83; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1998, §2.)
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