The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-01-22
CITY CONVICTS.
The New Ordinance Adopted by City
Council for Their Keep and
EMPLOYMENT.

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working of persons convicted Of
a violation Of the ordinances and
| laws of the city of Brookhaven,
Mississippi, and whu do not,
Immediately after conviction.
pay their fine and all cost to the
person authorized to receive
same, on the streets and other
public works of the city, and
providing for the keeping and
disposition of city convicts.
Seicton /. Be it ordained by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the city of Brookhaven, Mis-
Isissippi, that all persons convicted
of a violation of the ordinance
and laws Of the city of Brook
haven, who do not Immediately
after such conviction pay to the
person or officer authorized to
collect same, the amount of all
fine, cost and Jail fees, or who
have been sentenced to a fine
and Imprisonment and the pay
ment of all cost, or to imprison-
ment and the payment of cost,
shall be committed to the Jail to
be provided by the city for such
purpose, and they are hereby re-
quired to labor upon the streets or
other public works of the city of
Brookhaven until they shall have
worked out the amount Of all such
fine, imprisonment, cost and Jail
fees, IN the manner and subject to
the rules and regulations herein
after tc be specified and set forth.
Sec. 2. Two Glasses of ConVicts.
The convicts are divided into
two classes, for the purpose of
fixing their wages when worked
on public streets or other works
of the city. First class convicts,
male and female, over eighteen
and under fifty-five years of age;
second class, all other convicts,
male and female, able to work.
Sec. 3. Wages; Rewards. The
wages of convicts, when worked
on streets or other works, shall be
and are hereby fixed within the.
following limits: convicts of the
first class, six dollars a month,
and OF. the second class three dot
lars; but, in individual cases, the
board may designate higher
wages, on account of special skill
or other good reasons, for any con-
vict. And the board shall provide
for allowances, of so many days
in each month, for good behavior
and faithful labor, and may dis
charge convict for meritorious
conduct or service.
Sec. 4. Convict May Pay Out.
The convicts in custody of the
person or persons charged with
bis detention while working on
the streets or other works of the
city, who has served out his i'm
prisonment sentence, may pay
out at any time by paying to the
mayor, city clerk, or other person
authorized by the board to receive
same, the amount unearned by
him and the reasonable value of
all clothing furnished him, the
amount to be ascertained and de-
termined by the city clerk in case
of disagreement.
Sec. 5. Convicts Required to
Labor; Discipline The empIoye
of the board of mayor and alder
men, having lawful custody of a
convict hereunder, has right to
require him to work diligently at
manual labor, and may adopt such
safeguards and use such appli-
ances. and enforce such reasonable
rules of discipline against the idle
and refractory, as are customary
under such regulations, if any, as
the board may adopt. But in no in
stance shall the convict be SUBJECT
ed to cruel, inhuman or unneces
sarily barsl treatment. And in no
event shall a convict be required
to labor for more than ten hours
in any one day. In case OF re
fractory oonVicts, or of PERSISTENT
refusal Of convict to work while
in custody hereunder, the board
of mayor and aldermen may, by
order spread upon ifs minutes,
direct the infiction of moderate
corporal punishment with some
flexible instrument, but in no
event shall anything herein con-
tanned be deemed as authorizing
the person or persons having the
convicts in charge, of their own
motion and at bis or their discre-
tion, inficting corporal punish
ment of any kind or degree what
soever.
Sec. 6. Complaints Of Conyicts
Investigated. On complaint by,
or on behalf of any convict to any
city officer, or member of the
board Of aldermen, that such con-
yict has been improperly treated,
in any respect, it shall be the duty
of such officer at once to inVesti-
cate the complaint. and If it is be- |
Iieved TO be we'll founded, to re-
port the facts to The mayor, or to
the board in session, and upon
such report the board of aldermen
shall cite the person complained
of to appear before it, and such
action shall De taken BY the board |
as shall be proper.
Sec. I. Officers to Have Access
TO ConVicts. Each city officer
shall at all times have free access
to the conRicts in the custody OIL
any person for the purpose cf III
Festigating their condition and
treatment. The ctr marshal, or /
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