Executive orders for parole, 1931-1939.

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Executive orders for parole, 1931-1939.

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"In all cases, except treason and impeachment, the governor has power... to grant reprieves, commutations, paroles, and to remit fines and forfeitures...." (Ala. Code, Chapter 202, Section 5127 [1923]). An executive order may grant pardon or parole. The governor is required to report to the legislature at each session all the pardons, paroles, reprieves, commutations, and remissions of fines granted, and his reasons for action. This series consists of several volumes labelled "parole pending good behavior" or "permanent paroles" which contain executive orders for parole. Sixteen of these volumes are designated "for the House" or "for the Senate". Each order lists the prisoner's name, county of residence, crime, date convicted, sentence, and gives a statement of parole along with the governor's signature, a number, date, and the attesting mark of the Secretary of State. These records were created during the existence of the Board of Pardons (1901-1935), the Parole Bureau (1935-1939) and during the administrations of Governors Benjamin Meek Miller (1931-1935) and Bibb Graves (1935-1939).

4 cubic ft. (20 volumes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Authorities: Alabama Government Manual, 1982. 1819 Alabama Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 1-15, 16, 18. Acts 1933, No. 177, p. 189. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Code of Alabama 1876. Code of Alabama 1975. 1901 Alabama Constitution, Art. V, Sec. 116, 126-128, Amendment 282. The Governor is the chief executive of the State. He sees that laws are faithfully and equitably exe...