Ala. Code § 11-14-15: Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations.
- Title 1 Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
- Chapter 14 Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, Etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, Etc., Generally.
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.
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