§ 1-6. Nonpayment of fine.

In all cases where a fine is imposed by or in the municipal court, in default of immediate payment thereof, the defendant shall be imprisoned in jail, or required to work in the streets or other public works in the city, under the direction of the police, until the fine is paid, allowing fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day until the sum amounts to that of the fine; provided, the defendant may pay the pecuniary fine assessed against him at any time while he is serving at work or while he is serving his jail sentence, and in such instances he shall be entitled to a credit of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each day or fraction of a day that he has served and shall only be required to pay the balance of the pecuniary fine assessed against him.

(Code 1950, § 1-6; Code 1959, § 1-6)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. art. 43.09.