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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0647 and id is 1 raw text is: II9 1865-6.
Ko. 111.] AN ACT
To authorize Justices- of the Peace to take cognizance of
and try cases of misdemeanor.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Alabana in General Assem-
bly convened, That justices of the peace may take cogni- Justicesto ry
zance of and try all cases of misdemeanor, except cases of misdemeanor..
gaming and violations of the revenue laws.
Approved, Jainuary 20, 1866.
No. 112.]. AN ACT
Concerning vagrants and vagrancy.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assen-
bly concened, That the commissioners' court of any coun-
ty in this State may purchase, rent, or provide such
lands,-buildings and other property as may be necessary Establishment
71 .fpoor-house.
for a poor-house, or house of correction for any such o
county, and may appoint suitable officers for the manage-
ment thereof, and make all necessary by-laws, rules and
regulations for the government of the inmates thereof,
and cause the same to be enforced; but in no case shall
the punishment inflicted exceed hard labor, either in or
out of said house; the use of chain-gangs, putting in
stocks, if necessary, to prevent escapes;. such reasonable runishmont.,
correction as a parent may inflict upon a stubborn, re-
fractory child ; and solitary confinement for not longer
than one week, on bread and water; and may cause to be
hired out such as are vagrants, to work in chaing-gangs.
or otherwise, for the length of time for which they are
sentenced; and the proceeds of such hiring must be paid' roceedsoft
into the county treasury, for the benefit of the helpless in
said poor-house, or house of correction.
SEC. 2. Be it farther enacted, That the following per-
sons are vagrants in addition to those already declared to wbo are vag..
be vagrants by law, or that may hereafter be so declared by rants.
law; a stubborn or refractory servant; a laborer or ser-
vant who loiters away his time, or refuses to comply with
any contract for a term of service without just cause;.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0647&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)