Section 11-14-14
Levy of tax and issuance of proposals for erection or repair of county jail.
It is the duty of the county commission, if there is not a sufficient jail in its county, to levy a county tax for the erection thereof and cause proposals to be issued for building or repairing the same within 12 months thereafter.
(Code 1852, §770; Code 1867, §904; Code 1876, §822; Code 1886, §893; Code 1896, §1408; Code 1907, §137; Code 1923, §216; Code 1940, T. 12, §189.)