The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-05
DISBuR SEMENTS
Administrations of Criminal Court

While the state received S4 3S9, 672 for these four years for the hire of convicts, 1t had to pay $2,154551 .62. practically one- half of the receipts for the maintenance of the convicts. s5s1, ,266. .52, for salaries In the convict department, and $172,2g7 67 to county officials for the conviction of the convicts.
 This makes the total expenses of the department for four years s2,90s 116 .s1, which is practically three-ffths of the en- tire receipts.
 "This leaves s1, ,4S1, 300. .91 net receipts of the department for four years, an average of s370325.22 per annum
 Besides the regular expenses of the convict department, the state pays tens of thousands of dollars annually for the administration of the criminal law not in- cluded in these disbursements
 For instance, for the four years end ing September 30, 1914, the Bate paid S1,- 063, l05 73 for judicial salaries, an average of $265, 75l43 per annum.
 Probably one-half of the time of the courts is devoted to the transaction of criminal business and 1t will be reason- able to conclude that one-half of these judicial salaries or $53l, s6, should be applied for the administration of the crim- inal law.
 "Of course, the criminal law has to be enforced. and the state has to pay for its enforcement, but if this law did not have to be enforced the state would require only half as many judges as 1t has and would have to pay half as much judicial salaries as it does.
 "In addition, for the four fiscal years ending September 30. 1914, the state pa $90,0495O for the removal of prisoners and S516.553.79 for feeding prisoners.
 Many of these prisoners were never convicted and many were sentenced to hard labor for the different counties, but their removal and feeding are expenses for the administration of the criminal law.
 For the four fiscal years ending Sep. tember 30. 1914 the state received from the convict department $43S9,416.72, and paid for it's expenses and the administra , tion of the criminal law the following mounts:
 Expenses convict department ..$2, ,90s, ,l15 S1 Judicial salaries (1R) ............. 531, 5i .86 Removal Of prisoners ........... 20.0.9. 50 Feeding prisoners ................ 5l6.ol3,79 Total ................... sS 976, ,27l .96 Net Receipts for Five Years This amoypt deducted from $4,3S9. 4lG.72. the receipts> the convict department for four years, leaves the state s413 1447G. net receipts for four years. average of &03, 19 per annum
 From these nSureS IL lS seen that the convict department does not much more than pay it's expenses and pay for the administration of the criminal law For the fiscal year ending September 30. 1914 the total receipts of the convict department were $1, 162. .4931S.
 'rhe expenses of the department and lthe administration of the criminal law lwere as follows:
 Expenses convict department ..$ s45, ,e09. .75 lx n Removal of prisoners 5.1a9. II Feeding prisoners ................ 1S0.U00.0 %
 Total H. 43z. 51
 .This amount deducted from $t, ,162. .493 IS, the total receipts leaves the state S51, eco. .62, \het receipt for the fiscal year ending Sep Eember 30, 1914
 "For the fiscal year ending September bO, 1914, there were an average of 25o0 eonvicts (state) and each of these con bicts cost the state an average of s33s. 36.
 "AIl the tuberculosis convicts and thosn physically disabled or partially disabled hre confined at Wetumpka. where the