County commissions in all counties of this state may use county convict labor for use in the construction or maintenance of any drains or outlets for drains, for reopening of any filled or partly filled drains or for the construction or maintenance of any levees in connection with drains necessary, desirable or convenient for the full development, preservation and maintenance or use of any drains or drainage district established or now constructed or that may be hereafter established or constructed under the provisions of general laws relating to drainage districts.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 14-5-1 - "Hard Labor for the County" Defined.
Section 14-5-2 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts Generally.
Section 14-5-3 - Working Convicts in Coal Mines.
Section 14-5-4 - Penalty for Violating Sections 14-5-2 and 14-5-3.
Section 14-5-6 - County Convicts - Drains and Drainage Districts.
Section 14-5-7 - Work on Drains or Drainage Districts by State Convicts.
Section 14-5-10 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts by Board of Corrections With State Agencies, Etc.
Section 14-5-11 - Employment of State or County Inmates by Certain Persons Prohibited; Penalty.