The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

Sec. 3. Be 1t further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with | this Act are hereby repealed.
 Approved, March 6. 1907.
 1 Official.
 Frank N. Julian.
 Secretary of State.
 No 278.) AN ACT (H s7i. | To provide for the inspection of jails and almshouses and cotton mills
 Section |. Be it enacted by the Leg islature of Alabama. that there Is here- by created the office of Inspector of l jails and alms houses and the inspec- tors shall be a practicfng physician in good sanding. learned in the science of sanitation and hygiene and shall be ap- pointed by the Governor, and shall hold his ofIfce for term of four years from the date of his appointment. Sec 2. The salary of the Inspector ] shall be twenty four hundred dollars t$2,40o.oo) annually, and in addition to sary travelling expenses to be paid as l the salaries of the state officers are paid.
 ! Inspector of jails and almshouses. to visit at least twice a year and oftener if he can. every. county jail and aims house in the State, and to aid in secur- ing the justy humane, and economic management of all such institutions to aid in securing the erection of sanitary
 
 inmates of such institution to investig ate the management of all such insti- tutions and the conduct and efficiency of the officers or persons charged with their management. To secure the best sanitary condition of the buildings and grounds of all such institution and to make a detailed report to the Governor after each visit, of the number of in- mates in each such jail and almshouse, their condition as to health the condi- tion in which buildings are kept, the sanitary arrangements for the sanita- tion of buildings and grounds, the cost of managing such institution and keep irg the inmates, and whether the money appropriated for such purposes is properly expended there- for. and he shall at. the same time. give g. copy of his report to the court of County commissioners or Boards of Revenue of the County in which such jails and almshouses are situated together with such recomen- tions of the jails and almshouses as he shall append to his report to the Governor.
 Sec. 1. For the purpose of ascertain ing the condition of such institutions and their inmates and in making the reports required to be made under this Act and his recommendations for the im- provements of the condition of the in- stitutions. he may call upon the sheriff or other keepers of the jails or Com missioners Courts or Board of Revenue and all persons charged with the man. agement of the almshouses for infor- nation upon all such matters as he is herein required to report upon, and may also summons before him any witness or witnesses and may administer oath to them and examine them touching all such matters
 Sec. 5. Any sheriff or other keeper of jails or members of Commissioners Court or Board of Revenue, or keeper or manager of any almshouse or any person or persons charged with the management of any almshouse who shall willfully refuse or fail to give the inspector the information called for by him, and any such officer or other per son who. when summoned by the h. spector to come before him and testify concerning any matter upon which the Inspector is hereby required to report shall willfully refuse or fail to attend and testify. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty five nor more than one hundred dollars
 Sec. G. Whenever such Inspector shall make written report to the Board of County Commissioners or Board of Revenue. that certain conditions in jails or almshouses shall be remedied, they shall at once have the matter attended to within thirty days and shall make written report to the Inspector that such orders have been carried out and in event such instructions are not car ried out the said Inspector shall order all persons confined in such jails or almshouses transferred to the Jails and almshouses of some other county and such removal shall be made by the sheriff of the County from which they are ordered to be removed the expense of the removal of prisoners and the noor. and of the maintenance of remov- ed uaupers to be borne by the County from which such parties are removed upon the restoration of any Jail or almshouse to a proper sanitary condi- tion. the Inspector shall be notified In writing by the presiding officer of the Board of County Commissioners or Board of Revenue whereupon the said Jnspector shall issue a written order for the return of said inmates and they shall be returned at the expense of the County. from which they have been re- moved.
 Sec '. If any sheriff or Commis- stopers Court or Board of Revenue will fully fail or refuse without good ex- cuse to obey such orders such sheriff or the members of the Commissioners Court or Board of Revenue shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars TOT eacn and every offense.
 Sec. S. It shall be the duty of the Courts of County Commissioners and Board of Revenue to cause the reports and recommendations of the Inspector upon the jails and almshouses in their respective Counties to be published not later than thirty days after the receipt of a copy of such reports and recomen- dations, in some newspaper published kg, eI. al hl the duty of the Probate Judge to lay such reports and recommendations be- fore the grand jurie5 in their respect i've Counties at the next meeting of such grand juries after receipt of copy of such reports. The cost of the