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ͧ 2258-2260. PAROLES AND PARDONS. Tit. IX, Ch. 20.
10 so convicted, and the judge so exercising this power of suspension of
11 the execution of sentence shall enter same upon the calendar and cause
12 the same to be journalized and made of record in the court in which
13 such conviction is had, and the person having such custody, care and
14 guardianship of the person, the execution of whose sentence has been
15 suspended, shall make a full and complete report every thirty days,
16 in writing, to the district court wherein such conviction was had,
17 showing the whereabouts and conduct of the person thus placed in
18 his care, custody and guardianship or, the trial judge may place
19 such person under the supervision of the board of parole, subject to
20 the rules of said board as to conduct, supervision, employment, reports,
21 revocation of parole and final discharge. Such person, however, may
22 be pardoned by the governor at any time after the suspension of
23 execution of the sentence pronounced against him upon such condi-
24 tions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think
25 proper.
[S., '13, § 5447-a ; 37 G. A., ch. 206, § 1 ; 39 G. A., ch. 8, § 1.]
SEC. 2258. Remitting fines and granting pardons.
1 The governor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures
2 upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he
3 may think proper. After conviction of a felony, no pardon shall be
4 granted by the governor until he shall have presented the matter to,
5 and obtained the advice of the board which has power to parole per-
6 sons from the institution to which such person has been sentenced or
7 committed, but he may commute a death sentence to imprisonment in
8 the penitentiary for life. Before presenting the matter to the proper
9 board for its action, where the sentence, is death or imprisonment for
10 life, he shall cause a notice containing the reasons assigned for grant-
11 ing the pardon to be published in two newspapers of general circula-
12 tion, one of which shall be published at the capital and the other in
13 the county where the conviction was had, once each week, for four
14 successive weeks, the last publication to be at least twenty days prior
15 to the time of presenting such application to such board.
[C, '51, §§ 3278, 3280, 3281; R., '60, § 5116; C., '73, § 4712;
C, '97, § 5626; S., '13, § 5626; 38 G. A., ch. 173, § 1;
39 G. A., ch. 73, § 1.]
SEC. 2260. Return of pardon warrant.
1 When any convict is pardoned or reprieved, or his sentence com-
2 muted, or any fine or forfeiture is remitted, the officer to whom the
3 warrant is directed shall, as soon as may be after executing the same,
4 make thereon a return in writing of his doings, sign the same with his
5 name and official title, and file the same with the board of parole, and
6 file in the office of the clerk of the court in which the conviction was
7 had, or in which it was to have been enforced, a certified copy of the
8 warrant and return, the proper entries in relation to which shall be
9 made by such clerk.
[C., '51, § 3279; R., '60, § 5121; C., '73, § 4714; C, '97,
§ 5628; 39 G. A., ch. 24, § 1.]