If any county commission fails to levy a tax to erect or repair a county jail when necessary, the persons composing such county commission are severally guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00, but any member thereof may exonerate himself from such fine by proving that he was in favor of levying a tax sufficient for the erection or repair of the county jail, but was overruled by his colleagues.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Section 11-14-1 - Effect of Deeds, Grants, etc., to Officers, etc., for Use of County.
Section 11-14-2 - Custody of County Property; Conveyances of County Property Generally.
Section 11-14-4 - Erection and Maintenance of County Buildings Generally.
Section 11-14-9 - Custody of Courthouse; Prevention of Trespasses.
Section 11-14-10 - Duty to Erect Courthouses, Jails, Hospitals, and Other County Buildings.
Section 11-14-13 - Construction and Arrangement of County Jail.
Section 11-14-14 - Levy of Tax and Issuance of Proposals for Erection or Repair of County Jail.
Section 11-14-15 - Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary.
Section 11-14-16 - Special Tax for Courthouse or Jail; Disposition of Surplus.
Section 11-14-17 - Levy of Special Taxes.
Section 11-14-18 - Exemption of Securities From Usury and Interest Statutes.
Section 11-14-21 - Expenditure of Funds by Sheriff.
Section 11-14-22 - Examination of Jail.
Section 11-14-23 - Acquisition of Lands for Drainage Ditches, Lime and Stone Quarries, Etc.