The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-22

fed with a sufficient quantity of
wholesome food
Sec. 112. The street committee
shall at once purchase in the market
sufficient supply of chains and 9TH
er needed apparatus to prevent the
escape of prisoners confined in the
changing. and shall draw their
warrant, cOuntersigned by the may
or, on the treasurer of said city for
the cost thereof.
Sec. 113. 1t shall be the duty of
the street overseer to keep a book
in which he shall register the names
Of all persons sentenced to the chain
gang, the date of the sentence, and
| the date when he or she is to be
! discharged.
| Sec. ia. In the event of a SEN
tence being pronounced on any one
requiring him or her to work on the
changing of said city for speci-
fed number of days, with the option
to be released upon the payment of
sum of money and costs, it shall
not be lawful to deduct any sum from
the amount fixed in the sentence be-
cause of work done on the changing
before the money is rendered to pay
| the fine and costs; provided, the may
or shall at all times have authority
to suspend, vacate, or reduce fines
and term of imprisonment, within
his discretion, before the same are
enforced.
Sec. lis. In all cases of sentence
to work on the changing and the
party refuses and fails to work and
labor as required it shall be the duty
of the street overseer to administer
such corporal punishment as may be
necessary to enforce discipline or
compel work or labor by such con-
vict, and report same to the chair
man of street committee.
Sec. 116. The utmost good faith
is required of the street oyerseer.
and in no case will he be permitted
to i'll use, maltreat or wantonly pun
ish the cOnyicts under his charge.
And in all cases when it is salts
factorily shown that the said over
seer has WantOnly abused, maltreat-
ed, or ill-used a convict in his charge
upon conviction therefor he shall be
punished by fine and Imprisonment,
in the discretion of the mayor, not
| to exceed one hundred dollars, or
Imprisonment or labor not to eX-
coed sixty days.
Sec. 1T. A street overseer. con-
victed of wantonly maltreating a con-
| Wet in his charge shall, in addition
| to the penalty herein before pro-
vided, be discharged from his said
| Office of street overseer, and shall
not again be eligible to the same
office.
Sec. 11S. 1t shall be the duty of
! the party in charge of the guard
house, or other place where convicts
are kept when not at work, to keep
the same clean, and to provide suffi-
cient bedding at the expense of said
/ city to keep the convicts comforta-
Bile, and 1t shall be the duty of the
street committee, not less than once
! in each month, to inspect the said
apartments and report their condi-
ton to the council.
Sec. 119. In cases of sickness
among the cOnvicts it shall be the
! duty of the street Overseer, or the
/ keeper of the guard house or house
! where the cOnvicts are kept, to re-
port at once the case to the chair
man of the street committee, and in
his absence to some other member of
the street committee, who shall, if
/ deemed necessary, provide a physi-
clan for each case at the expense of
the city.
Sec. 120. 1t shall be the duty Of
the officers connected with and con-
trolling the changing of the city to
keep all expenditures connected with
this department separate and dis
tinct from all other branches of the
city's expenditures, and to keep a
record of the same
Sec. 121. It shall be the duty of
the keeper of the guard house, or
other place provided by council for
keeping convicts while not employed
at work, to remove such of their
chains and shackles as are provided
to be worn during work hours, and
to chain and shackle them in such
way as will give them most ease and
comfort and insure safe keeping.
For any violation of this section
the party, upon conviction, shall be
punished as provided in section 116
of this chapter
Done at regular meeting of the
City Council of Dawson this Sept.
7, 1909. r. r. MARLIN, Mayor.
r. E. BELL, Clerk