Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5005 Page: 3 of 6
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enorable 0. J. ~il4e, Page )
unpaid thereon, end sae the sheriff to take
the tendant aaA place ha ain JaiL ustil the
amount die upon sah judgment and the farther
*osts of solleting the same are paid, or until
the defendant is otherwise leally discharged.
(0. C. 700.)"
"Artilee 79). (876) (856) Fine discarged
"When a detaeant is convioted of a Alat4-
maaor and his punihmaent is assessed at a pe
eunlary fine it he in amble to pay the fine
end costs adadged against hia, he may for suh
time as will satisfy the judgment be put to work
in the worthoue, or on the county a, or prab-
lie improvement of the eouty, as pro vided
the tUoedinitg articles or if there be no suh
workhouse fra or imaprovna ts he shall be impri-
son4 in sall for a sufftlient length t ine to
dieharge the full amount of tine and osts atd
judge against hin ratng saoh labor or imprisens
sent at Three Dollars ($3.00) for each day there.
As amended A ts 1927 40th Leg, 1st o a., p.
194 oh. 68 a Aets 1934, 43rdI Ls 2a C. **
9* 8o Oh. 53. ! 1."
Art I794. To Ima labor
SWher the pmnismab n ase*usod in a oonvie-
tton for a sd*emanor is conftlaemast In jail for
more than one day, or where in sash coneaviti
the punishment is aasessd only at a peuxtLary
fine and the party so eonvtite is unabl bto pay
the fine sad oests adjudged against ,ti, those so
conviet*d shall be required to do manual labor in
aaoordanoe with the provisions of this article an-
4er the following rules and regulations
"l. aoh oaWaisoners OOurt nay provide for
the erection of a workhouse and she establisaet
of a county tfar in onb etion thserwith for the
purpose of utilisIng the labor of said parties so
convicted,
'2. 3uch farms and ~rkhouses shall be unad r
the control and management of the eamtsoners
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5005, text, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth262261/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.