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12-42-103. County farm — Purchase authorized.
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12-42-103. County farm — Purchase authorized.
Plenary power is conferred upon the county levying court at its regular or specially called meeting, to authorize the county court or the county judge thereof in vacation to purchase in the name and for the benefit of the county, a tract of land not to exceed two thousand (2,000) acres, or the levying court shall have the power, if it deem best, to direct the court or the county judge thereof in vacation, to lease in the name and for the benefit of the county, a farm upon which the county prisoners shall be worked under the provisions of this section or §§ 12-42-108, 12-42-114, 12-42-115, 16-90-405, and 16-96-504 [repealed].
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-42-103
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.12.odt
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12-42-103. County farm — Purchase authorized.
Plenary power is conferred upon the county levying court at its regular or specially called meeting, to authorize the county court or the county judge thereof in vacation to purchase in the name and for the benefit of the county, a tract of land not to exceed two thousand (2,000) acres, or the levying court shall have the power, if it deem best, to direct the court or the county judge thereof in vacation, to lease in the name and for the benefit of the county, a farm upon which the county prisoners shall be worked under the provisions of this section or §§ 12-42-108, 12-42-114, 12-42-115, 16-90-405, and 16-96-504 [repealed].
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12-42-108. Superintendent.
(a) In the event that the county court or county judge thereof shall order the prisoners to be worked on roads, bridges, levees, or other county improvements, it shall be the duty of the county court or county judge thereof to appoint some suitable person as superintendent to take charge of, manage, and control the labor of the prisoners, who shall, for the purpose of working them, be authorized to employ such guards or adopt such means to prevent escapes as may be necessary.
(b) The superintendant shall have all the power of punishing for refusal to work given to contractors in this subchapter.
(c) Upon the order of the county judge, the county sheriff shall deliver to the superintendent all prisoners in his or her custody and receive them back from him or her whenever he or she shall return them for any purpose to the jail.
(d) The superintendent shall take an oath to faithfully discharge his or her duties and shall receive such compensation for his or her services as the court may fix.
(e) The superintendant may be at any time removed by the county court or county judge, and another may be appointed by the county judge in vacation, subject to approval at the next term of the county court.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-42-108
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12-42-114. Arrest of escapees.
(a) If any prisoner shall escape from the contractor or superintendent, the contractor or superintendent shall have the right to arrest the prisoner, in person or through any county sheriff or constable, anywhere in the state.
(b) The prisoner, when arrested, shall be delivered to the contractor or county sheriff of the county, and shall be compelled to work out all costs in making his or her arrest, in the manner provided in this section and §§ 12-42-103, 12-42-108, 12-42-115, 16-90-405, and 16-96-504 [repealed].
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-42-114
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12-42-115. Records of inmates.
(a) The county court shall cause a record of all its proceedings under §§ 12-42-101, 12-42-109, 12-42-110, 12-42-112, 12-42-113, and this section to be recorded in a well-bound book to be provided for that purpose. The record shall contain:
(1) A descriptive list of all persons known as county inmates;
(2) How the inmate has been or is employed;
(3) The name of the party or parties hiring the inmate;
(4) The time when and the price at which the inmate has been employed;
(5) The amount paid or allowed for the employed or hired inmate;
(6) The amount due by the inmate as fine and costs; and
(7) Such other information as may be necessary and required under the rules adopted by the court.
(b) It shall be the duty of the contractor or superintendent to keep a record in which shall be stated the name of the prisoner, his or her height, race, age, complexion, color of eyes and hair, time of commitment, and the punishment adjudged by the court or justice, as well as the number of days the inmate may be held to labor and a record of the days worked by the prisoner.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-42-115
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-42-115. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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16-90-405. Filing of judgment with clerk.
(a) It shall be the duty of the justice of the peace or the clerk of the court rendering a judgment or sentence of conviction in misdemeanor cases when the defendant is committed to the county jail to file a copy of the judgment or sentence in the office of the clerk of the county court, together with a full itemized statement of the fine and costs adjudged, as well as a concise statement of the time the convict may be held to labor in discharge of the judgment or sentence.
(b) The clerk of the county court shall register the judgment or sentence in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-90-405
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-90-405. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.