The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-25
Ordinance No. 383-C

An ordinance to regulate the granting
 of reprieves. communications, paroles, pardons, reduction and remittance of
 fines and fOrfeftures and the suspen- sion of the execution of sentences of persons convicted of violating mu- nicipal ordinances.
 Be it ordained by the city commisssion of the city of Birmingham as follows: Section l. In all cases of violations of the laws or ordinances of the city of Birmingham, the commissioner of public safety, after conviction, shall have power to grant reprieves, communications, pa roles and pardons and to remit or re- duce fines and forfeitures and to sus- pend the execution of sentences, either for a definite time or indefinitely and during good behavior, but he shall re- port his action in such cases to the city commission at the next regular meeting thereof with his reasons there for in writing. He shall also cause to be entered in record kept for that pur- pose his reasons therefor and must pre- serve on file all documents on which he acts.
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that the commissioner of public safety shall have power. to authorize and to direct the discharge from custordy of any person convicted of violation of any law or ordinance of the city of Birmingham and to suspend execution of the sentence of such convict without granting a pardon, and to prescribe the terms upon which such convict so paroled shall have his sentence suspended and to make such suspension either conditional upon good behavior or for a limited time or indefi- nitely or upon any other conditions that the commissioner of public safety may in his discretion annex.
 Upon the failure of any such convict to observe the conditions of his parole, to be determined by the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of pub lie safety shall have authority to direct the re-arrest and return of such convict to custody and it shall be the duty of the chief of police and any police officer to thereupon re-arrest said convict and re- turn such convict to custody and there upon such convict shall serve out the sentence of the court, or any unexpired portion thereof, provided that the time during which such convict shall have been at liberty under such parole shall not be computed in determining the date of expiration of such sentence.
 Sec. g. Be it further ordained, that the commissioner of public safety shall enter upon the record required to be kept under section 1 of this ordinance the order commanding such re-arrest and shall furnish to the chief of police a copy of such order as his authority for making such arrest.
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, that hereafter no recorder of the city of Bir- mingham shall have authority or power to suspend any sentence imposed by him, nor to remit any fine or any por- tion of any fine imposed upon the con- viction of any person convicted in such recorders court for violating laws or ordinances of the city of Birmingham, but this section shall not be construed to prohibit the recorder from recom- mending executive clemency to the com missioner of public safety.
 Approved May "A, 1916.
 GEORGE B. WARD,
 President Board of Commissioners. true copy:
 C. B. LLOYD, City Clerk.
 Age Herald May 25 1916