§14-6-42. Allowance - Amount per capita.

Food for prisoners in the county jail shall be paid for by the state as follows: There shall be allowed such amount as is actually necessary for food for each prisoner daily, and said amount so allowed shall be $1.75 per capita. In addition to the above amount, there is hereby conditionally appropriated from the General Fund an amount of $1.25 per capita.

(Acts 1923, No. 528, p. 704; Code 1923, §4827; Acts 1927, No. 595, p. 693; Code 1940, T. 45, §144; Acts 1945, No. 309, p. 502; Acts 1957, No. 362, p. 477, §2; Acts 1967, No. 246, p. 626; Acts 1973, No. 1002, p. 1538; Acts 1977, No. 532, p. 704; Acts 1980, No. 80-624, p. 1070, §1.)