The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-29
cHAPTER 5o63-lNo. ID .


AN ACT TO Amend Section 400, Of the
General Statutes Of the state OF tlorldai
Relating TO Labor OF County ConNlcls
as Amended by Chapter sos, Acts OF
Be It Enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Florida: -
Section 1. That Section 4lOSi OF the Cen
amended by Chapter 57O5, Acts or 1yVli
relating to the labor OF county conVlcts,
be, and the same is hereby, amended so
4i6eECounty Convicts May Be Put to
Labor-The Board Of County Commls,
sioners Of each county may employ az az
persons in the jails Of their respective
Counties under sentence upon conviction
for crime at labor upon the streets OF
Incorporated cities and towns. or upon {Pa
several counties where they are 50 I'M
prisoned; or the said Boards may, in their
discretion, hire out s2ehh pr IlSsI4tbbfp ire
county where the crime was committed
or in any other county In the state Oh
Florida, But no Board OF county comm
sioners shall lease or hire out any temaIS
convict or any male prisoners SICK anu
diseased to such an extent as not 70 "
able to perform manual i a9S r;,,,oTlSed
under such rules and regulations anu
SUPERVISION as may be prescribed py t he
Commissioner Of Agriculture, WIZ Wy r,o Ine
nissioners OF State Institutions, and the
| Commissioner Of Agriculture, with tn ls
approval OF the Board Of ComniissIonSss
| OF State Institutions, shall have the power N,,s
/ to enfor1 all such rules ana reBulatlV(ls.
Upon the failure Of any lessee OF ,S,iots
person in charge Of said county CoH N VS.
| 10 comply with such rules and regulations,
! he T'6Hmissioner OF Agriculture, with
| lie approval of the Board OF SQulIllssl ~ a
| ers OF state Institutions, shall nav nav Sl ~
! right to require said county eonylGts re- or
| turned at the expense OF the party 81
parties working the same 70 me ne, eo ,i,srs
/ jais OF the county IN whlS fa,o SIieSb hiring,
| leasing or letting out such prisoners, tns
said Boards Of County ComimlsSS l.,i I, 2
/ shall advertise for at least thirty Gay az ~
one or more of the county papers theiL5
iEriifsntion 10 lease, hire or let the SAID
nrisoners, thereby giving those VINO us-
Sire to bid for such prisoners an a,. oPP or
/ tunitv TO be present, either IN person VI VI
b5S V attorney, and submit their respective
Of In the event county conylcts are l leas96e
under Inc provisions hereof the proceeas
| rising therefrom shall be pald lhto w
/ county treasury as a special tund, 10 pS
expended under the dlreiG'is9 ION ne n, mr.,
i nose Of maintaining, working and repair,
/ ing the public roads, bridges anu IN IN
I crossings Of the county anu Pu ~, tts,iai,
suitable tools, implements anu in''''- '''''
'h it shan be the duty of supervisors q
state convicts to inspect ana suRSIEUs ss q,
cs UTitSy are maintained by lessees or BoaTo
! Of County Commissioners undei IHS ~ t,,re
tion OF the COmmissloner OF ally ~ ,se
/, said Supervisors shall make Wrltleh lS
norfs 10 the Commissioner OF AgrlCultutt
and shall send duplicate c9ples Ol 50, sap
? reports to the Board OF county Co on
, missioners Of the county IN W llCn sal
conyicts so inspected were iraSd n
II shall be the duty Of the Boar9l ,,S
County Commissioners MhSein ,, MI sc
? county prisoners on the public woI lfioe,
!, etc FOR said convicts, and when leaSe
. ont the lessee company shall IuL us 20
ciofhing. shoes, etc, in either case az 3 ~
, Teouired for State prisoners N ms "a
e IL shall be the duty OF an BoaLus, =,
r County Commissioners hiring out cV co w.
. 49, work. 10 make provision for each c9I
a III III co LEASED or hired out TO recelV
s unon being discharged, tI9hsppIVo 9
. bacE 10 the place from Whlch ne WwS
. sontenced or its equivalent in money /.
such purpose and in addition tne sun
Il 1bree dollars $4,000 when his sentSnSS
n tnr a less period than four months az az
10 fOr all prisoners whose terms OF sSn'SI ,,,
n shall he more than four months thS sI
d ~ five dollars (S5. OO), the SANE 1S,, " ~
j. Maid out OF the hire derived AiONh -
Is lease OF said conViets. A.. l,...,r,tssionei
y And when the County Collilliiios ,SJnri
IS work their prisoners on the pu.DHS b"II i
y ~ the county the same amounts sIo ~
d OF S'S 10 the prisoners discharged ITO
al PeeIiSS works out OF the Fine and Forieitu
aES,t ,nd ~ the county, the same as Us a5o'
ID nrnvided when the convicts are leasSu' ,
d F'This law shall become ettecuNS uP Pen =
l. ,asssge and approval by the GoSsInC
ar rs becoming a law without su'n ."
ie pr0E n1lro,,ad June 8, 1909.