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·Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations·Ch. 14 Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, Etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, Etc., Generally

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.

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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.)