Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary.
Ala. Code § 11-14-15
in effect11-14-15. Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary.
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.
(Code 1852, §1171; Code 1867, §905; Code 1876, §4178; Code 1886, §3966; Code 1896, §5140; Code 1907, §7483; Code 1923, §5075; Code 1940, T. 12, §190.)
Source: Alabama Legislature (alison.legislature.state.al.us)URL: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama#11-14-15Fetched: 10/20/2026
