Private Acts of 1943 Chapter 453

SECTION 1. That in Counties having a population of not less than 24,270 and not more than 24,280 according to the Federal Census of 1940, or any other subsequent Federal Census, and in those Counties wherein the County Jail has been declared a workhouse that it shall be the duty of the ex-officio Superintendent of such workhouse, the Sheriff of such Counties, to do and perform the following acts:

Make and file weekly reports with the County Judge, or Chairman, of said Counties showing:

The name of each prisoner.

The number of prisoners in said workhouse during each week.

The number of hours each prisoner has worked.

The location in the County where each prisoner worked and the type and class of work each prisoner did during the week.

To report all cases wherein workhouse bonds have been taken.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the said Superintendent to furnish the Criminal Court Clerk a copy of the weekly report filed with the County Judge, or Chairman.

SEC. 3. That the compensation of such ex-officio Superintendent performing the duties as herein provided shall be the sum of One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) per month, payable monthly out of the general funds of the County by warrant drawn on the Trustee of said Counties.

SEC. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are repealed, and that this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: February 5, 1943.