Alabama § 11-14-15 Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary

Alabama Statutes

§ 11-14-15 — Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary

Alabama § 11-14-15

Title 11Counties and Municipal Corporations

Ch. 14Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, Etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, Etc., Generally

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 11-14-15 (2026).

Text

If any county commission fails to levy a tax to erect or repair a county jail when necessary, the persons composing such county commission are severally guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00, but any member thereof may exonerate himself from such fine by proving that he was in favor of levying a tax sufficient for the erection or repair of the county jail, but was overruled by his colleagues.

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If any county commission fails to levy a tax to erect or repair a county jail when necessary, the persons composing such county commission are severally guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00, but any member thereof may exonerate himself from such fine by proving that he was in favor of levying a tax sufficient for the erection or repair of the county jail, but was overruled by his colleagues.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §1171; Code 1867, §905; Code 1876, §4178; Code 1886, §3966; Code 1896, §5140; Code 1907, §7483; Code 1923, §5075; Code 1940, T. 12, §190.)