§ 18.209. Prisoners working roads.

Whenever any person shall have been convicted in any criminal proceeding of any crime or any offense against, or violation of any law, State, County or municipal, and as a punishment therefor or in default of a fine imposed, has been committed to the County jail of Howard County by the judgment of the Circuit Court for Howard County, or any district court thereof, it shall be lawful for the Department of Public Works, and it is hereby authorized and empowered, with the consent of the Sheriff of Howard County, to employ or cause to be employed any such convict or person so committed to jail as aforesaid in manual labor in cleaning, working upon, mending and repairing the public roads of Howard County and the public streets of any municipality in Howard County and in cleaning and maintaining any publicly owned building or property in Howard County, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered, with the concurrence of the sheriff, to pass all necessary rules and regulations to prevent the escape of such convicts or persons so committed to jail as aforesaid, while so employed, and to pass such other rules and regulations which may be necessary to carry this law into full and efficient operation and effect.

(1957, Ch. 438)