Title 14 — Title 14

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3675; Code 1940, T. 45, §74.)

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 …

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 expir…

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, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, obey the orders of the …

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 an…

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…

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 …

Board by Probate Judge. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3678; Code 1940, T. 45, §77.)

(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 an…

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 convi…

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…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (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.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1963, No. 537, p. 1155.)

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…