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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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