Section 31-2-32 Liability of officers and enlisted men for lost or damaged military property.
Section 31-2-32
Liability of officers and enlisted men for lost or damaged military property.
Whenever any military property of the United States or the State of Alabama shall have been lost, damaged or destroyed, and upon report of a disinterested survey officer, it shall appear that the loss, damage or destruction of the property was due to carelessness or neglect, or that its loss, damage or destruction could have been avoided by the exercise of reasonable care, the money value of such property shall be charged to the accountable and responsible officer, warrant officer or enlisted man, and the pay of such officer, warrant officer or enlisted man, from both federal and state funds at any time accruing, may be stopped and applied to the payment of any such indebtedness until the same is discharged.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §32; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §33.)