Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 546

Trials, Judgments and Executions in Criminal Cases

←546.880

Section 546.881.1

546.890→

August 28, 2015

St. Louis City workhouse, commitment.

546.881. 1. Every person committed to the workhouse of the city of St.

Louis, or other place of punishment provided by that city, by the circuit

court of the city of St. Louis, shall be put to hard labor at such work as

his or her strength and health will permit, whether within or without such

place of imprisonment, and shall be under the control and management of those

having charge of such prison, subject to such rules and regulations as the

municipal assembly of St. Louis City may establish for such prisons.



2. If the party committed is unwilling although able to pay the fine and

costs, if such be the punishment for the offense, in whole or in part, in

payment of such fines and costs, the party committed shall be allowed for his

or her work at the rate of ten dollars per day. No imprisonment for

nonpayment of fine and costs shall exceed six months.



3. When a fine is assessed by the circuit court of the city of St. Louis

the court may provide for the payment of the fine and costs on an installment

basis under such terms and conditions as the court deems appropriate.



4. Any person, after being committed to the workhouse or other place of

imprisonment provided by the city of St. Louis, for nonpayment of his or her

fine and costs, desiring to pay same, shall make application to the judge of

said court, who shall in open court order the fine and all costs of such

person to be paid to the clerk of said court, whose duty it shall be to

receive same, enter satisfaction on the execution in his execution book, and

give notice in writing, under the seal of said court, to the superintendent or

person having charge and control of said workhouse, that the execution

against such person has been fully satisfied, whereupon such person shall

immediately be discharged from said workhouse or place of punishment.



(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)



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