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§21-855.
§21-855.
Every person convicted under the provisions of this act, upon the
confinement of such person at the State Penitentiary, the warden
thereof shall put the said convicted person to work at some suitable
employment in the State Penitentiary, at a reasonable wage, not to
exceed Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), per day, and under such
rules and regulations as shall be fixed by the warden of said
penitentiary with the approval of the Governor, and such earnings
shall, by proper authority, be paid to the said wife, or other person
who is in charge of and caring for said child or children.
Upon conviction of any person, under the provisions of this act, the
Governor may, before or after sentence, parole said person upon the
recommendation of the trial judge in whose court he was convicted,
upon said person entering into an undertaking in the form provided by
the judge of said court, with two or more good and sufficient
sureties. Said sureties shall qualify and make a property statement as
provided by law, and the said bond shall be approved by the trial
judge before said application is made to the Governor, and a
certificate that said bond has been approved by the trial judge shall
accompany any application made hereunder. Said bond shall be
conditioned that the said convicted person shall within ten (10) days
from the first day of each month, pay to the clerk of the court where
he was convicted such amount as has been fixed by the court for the
support of said wife or child or children, which money shall be paid
by the clerk of the court as provided herein for wages at the
penitentiary.
Upon the failure to pay said amount within the time provided for under
this act, the said bond shall be liable to pay the sums due. Said
money, when paid into the court clerk, shall be paid by said clerk to
the wife or to any other person in charge of said minor child or
children for the support of said wife or minor child or children.
When the terms and conditions of said bond have been violated the said
trial judge shall at once notify the Governor, and the Governor may at
once revoke said parole and confine said person to the penitentiary
under the conditions provided herein, and the makers of said bond
shall be liable under the terms and conditions provided in this act,
and any person interested may sue on said bond.
Upon recommendation as provided herein for parole, the Governor may
suspend the sentence under the terms and conditions of this act, and
if the terms are broken and the suspension revoked by the Governor,
then the time such person is out on suspension of sentence shall not
be deducted from the term of sentence. Provided, that no person shall
inform against any one violating this act except the wife or guardian
of said minor children, or those having said minor children in charge,
or any public officer of the county.
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