§7-9-11. Superintendent
The superintendent of such workhouse shall have the control and management of its affairs, subject to the laws of the state and the ordinance of the corporation and the rules and regulations adopted by the board for its government. And it shall be his duty to obey all written orders and instructions of the board […]
§7-9-12. Inspection and Supervision
The superintendent shall be responsible for the manner in which the institution is managed and conducted, shall reside at the same, devote his time and attention to the proper business thereof, and visit and examine into the condition of every department thereof, and of each person confined therein, daily, or as often as good order […]
§7-9-13. Deputy Superintendent
In the absence or inability of the superintendent, the deputy superintendent of the institution shall, so far as relates to the discipline thereof, perform the duties of the superintendent.
§7-9-14. Removal of Officers
The board, for misconduct or willful neglect of duty, and upon sufficient proof thereof, may remove any officer or employee of the institution, except the superintendent thereof, who shall be removed for cause and in the manner provided for the removal of city officers; and any employee of the superintendent may be discharged at his […]
§7-9-15. Costs of Maintenance
The costs of maintaining such joint city and county workhouse, over and above the proceeds arising from the sale of the products thereof, shall be borne by such city and county jointly, and such expenses shall be paid quarterly by such city and county out of the respective treasuries thereof, upon the certificate of such […]
§7-9-16. Commitments
When a person over sixteen years of age is convicted of an offense, under the law of the state or an ordinance of a municipal corporation, and the tribunal before which the conviction is had is directed by law to commit the offender to the county jail, or corporation prison, the court, mayor or justice […]
§7-9-17. Inmates From Other Counties and Cities
Any city and county or county having or that may hereafter erect a joint city and county workhouse, or county workhouse, may receive as inmates of such joint city and county workhouse, or county workhouse, persons sentenced thereto as provided by law, from counties and municipal corporations having no workhouse, upon such terms and for […]
§7-9-3. Appointment of Directors
The directors shall be appointed by the mayor, and the county court or other tribunal acting in lieu thereof, of such city and county having such joint workhouse, with the approval of the council of such city and county commissioners, and shall hold their office for five years, except that at the first appointment one […]
§7-9-4. Officers
The board of such joint city and county workhouse directors shall elect annually, at its first regular meeting in May, one of its members as president and at the same meeting appoint a secretary and clerk, who shall make a complete record of all its proceedings, and the board may appoint such other officers as […]
§7-9-5. Contracts
Contracts may be made by or on behalf of the board, but it shall be essential to the validity of every such contract that the same shall be assented to at a regular meeting by a majority of all members, and a minute thereof entered on the journal of its proceedings.