The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-01-22

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Sec. 8. Duty of Mayor or Po-
lice Justice on the Delivery OF
Convicts. On the delivery of a
convict TO the person authorized
to work convicts on the streets or
other works of the city, the may
or, or police justice, shall enter
on the Jail docket to be kept for
that purpose, (a) the class of con-
vict, sex and age: (b) the date and
fact of such delivery; (c) the time
! for which he was sentenced, the
amount of the fine, cost and Jail
fees charged to the convict; (d)
the amount of the monthly wages
he is to receive as fixed by the
board of mayor and aldermen.
| Sec. 8. Warrant of Detention;
The Authority to Keep Convicts.
On the delivery cf every con-
vict to the person authorized to
work him hereunder, the marshal
or head police officer of the city
shall give to the person entitled to
his custody warrant of deten-
tion, as authority for the deten-
tion of the convicts, unless he
pay out before that time, until a
certain day, and such warrant shall
set out that on the day named be
shall discharge him and deliver to
him the warrant with an endorse
ment thereon that the convict has
been duly discharged, and such
warrant shall be the sole authority
of any person to detain convict
in custody.
Sec. 10. Receipt for Convicts;
Clerks Duty. The mayor or
police justice shall take a receipt
in duplicate for each convict de-
livered by him, and shall deliver
one of them to the clerk of the
municipality with true statement
from his Jail docket of the amount
of the fine, cost and jail fees due
by the convict; and the clerk shall
charge the person charged With
the working of such convict, with
the same.
Sec. II. Penalty on Mayor or
Police Justica, Clerk and Others.
IF any mayor or police justice
shall fail to make the proper en-
tries on the jail docket when he
delivers a convict, or if he fail to
furnish to the clerk of the city,
within twenty-four hours after
delivering the convict, the dupli-
cate of receipt taken for him
with a true statement of the
amount due by the convict, or If
he fail to duly notify the clerk of
the municipality of the failure of
the person or persons charged
with the custody of convict to.
take a convict; If the clerk shall
fail to make the proper entry on
his books within twenty four
hours after receiving such dupli-
cate receipt. or if, he shall fail to
perform any of the duties requir
ed of him when notified of the
neglect of the person or persons
charged with the custody and
working of such convicts to take
convict; or of any hirer, employe
of the board of mayor and alder
men, convict contractor, or other
person, shall have in his custody
as a convict without at the same
time having the proper warrant of
detention to detaln such convict, or
shall fail to discharge a convict
on tender of the amount due by
him to-the proper person, such
mayor, police justice, clerk, hirer,
employe, or other person, shall be
liable to the convict, or person
held in custody as a convict, for
the sum of five dollars day for
each days detention, personally,
and on their respective bonds, If
any, damage or no damage, and |
besides, shall be liable TO the per-
son injured for all damages he
shall have sustained, and in addi-
tion tie officer shall be punished |
for failure to perform official
duty.
Sec. 12. Convict to have Evi-
dence Of the Date of His Dis
charge. The mayor or police
Justice, on delivering each con-
Wet to the persun charged with
his custody and the working of |
such convict, shall give him a |
written memorandum at the date
on which he is to be discharged,
and he shall be entitled to have
and keep it about his person at all |
times.
Sec. Is. Penalty for OBTAINING
a Convict Who is Entitled to Dis /
charge. On the date fixed in the /
warrant Of detention the convict
shall be discharged, and bis war
rant of detention shall be deliver
ed up to him and endorsed as re-
quired, and If any convict shall be
detained longer, the person de-
tanning him shall be liable to him
for the sum of FIVE dollars dayl
for each days detention, personal
IL, and on his bond. If he has giveni
one, and the jail docket shall be
prima facia evidence of the true
date of discharge.
Sec. IN. When Convict Not
Credited With Wages. No con
Vict shall be credited with any
wages during the term of impris-
onment, or during the time Of bis |.
or her escape; and If any convict
escapes from the custody of the
person or persons charged with /
his detention and working, or
while being worked on the public
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