867-341.

Compen ation for keeping

prisoners.

1850-86-1.

be transferre

de the jail of

another parish.

SEC. 2938. The sheriffs of the different parishes of the State shall be allowed fifty cents a day for the maintenance of every prisoner confined in the prison of the parish of which he is sheriff.

SEC. 2839. Whenever it shall be established to the satisfaction of any judge or justice of the peace, exercising jurisdiction in any parFrisoners may ish of this State that the jail of the parish is unsafe or unfit for the security of prisoners, it shall be the duty of the judge or justice of the peace to issue his writ to the sheriff or other officer of the parish, commanding him to convey any prisoner whom he may have in custody to the nearest jail in any adjoining parish, in a safe condition, the prisoner there to remain until the jail of the first mentioned parish shall be repaired, until trial, or until he may be discharged by due course of law; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the parish to which the prisoner shall be conveyed, to keep the said prisoner safe and secure, and subject to all judicial orders or decrees issuing from the parish from which the prisoner may have been sent, for which the said sheriff shall receive the same compensation as is allowed by law in other cases, to be paid by the parish from whence the prisoner was sent.

1850-86-2. Compensation for removi..g prisoners.

614-38-1. United States prisoners to be received.

7814-38-2.

'Compensation for keeping them.

855-42.

All wance to be

paid debtors in

-confinement.

1855-162.

SEC. 2840. Each sheriff for conveying a prisoner to any other parish, as contemplated by this act, shall be entitled to charge ten dollars for each prisoner, and the same rate of mileage now allowed for conveying prisoners to the State penitentiary, to be paid by the parish from which the said prisoners shall be removed.

SEC. 2841. All the sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies, within this State, to whom any person shall be sent or committed by the marshal of the District of Louisiana, or his deputies, under the authority of the United States, whether on civil or criminal process, or upon any process or warrant which may be issued by the President of the United States, or those to whom he may delegate authority for any cause whatever under the law of the United States, shall be and they are hereby enjoined and required to receive such prisoners into custody, and keep the same safely, until they shall be discharged by due course of law; and all such sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers and their deputies, offending in the premises, shall be liable to the same pains and penalties, and the parties aggrieved shall be entitled to the same remedies against them or any of them, as if such prisoners had been committed to their custody by virtue of legal process issued under the authority of this State.

SEC. 2842. For keeping such prisoner, the sheriffs, jailers, etc., shall be entitled to demand and receive of the marshal of the district, quarterly at the rate of fifty cents for every ration, and fifty cents per month for each prisoner.

SEC. 2843. No debtor shall be kept in confinement at the suit of any creditor, unless he shall pay the keeper of the jail three dollars and fifty cents a week in advance for the use of the debtor.

SEC. 2844. The sheriffs throughout this State shall be entitled to demand for transportation of prisoners, for mileage, six cents for Mileage for con- each mile he may necessarily travel, both in going and returning, and for the expenses of one prisoner, conveyed as aforesaid, he shall receive five cents per mile for going only; and for additional prisoner thus conveyed, the sum of three cents for each mile.

veying pris

⚫oners.

His accounts,

SEC. 2845. No eums shall be paid to any sheriff for any services, how made out. as specified in the preceding section, unless his account shall name

the prisoners so conveyed; and when certified by the judge as regards the distance, shall be paid on the warrant of such judge.

SEC. 2846. The distance for which sheriffs are to be paid is to be computed from the jail of the parish from whence the prisoner was Distance, how removed to the jail or penitentiary in this State to which the sheriff computed. was ordered to conduct such prisoner, and where they did actually deliver them.

Convicts sen

SEC. 2847. All convicts sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor, 1855–151. by any of the courts of this State, shall be conveyed by the sheriff tenced to hard? of the parish in which the prisoner has been convicted to the pen- labor to be taken itentiary at Baton Rouge, and there delivered to the keeper of the tiary. penitentiary.

to the peniten

1855-305.

and Jury required to inspect prisons. Penalty against jailers not comP.ying with laws a ment of prisone

SEC. 2818. Every grand jury is required to inspect the prisons within their respective districts and make report, to the judge of said court, of the manner in which the prisoners are treated, and if any of the sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, or any of their deputies, should be presented by them for not having complied with the laws regulating the treatment of prisoners, he or they shall be fined in sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.

PENITENTIARY AT BATON ROUGE.

regulating treat

ers.

1865-52.

SEC. 2849. In order to secure to the State some return for the cost of clothing and feeding the large number of convicts under Extra session, sentence of the courts for high crimes, and in order that their labor Removal of con may be made useful to the State, the Governor be and is hereby victs to peniten empowered to have said prisoners removed to the State penitentiary, at Baton Rouge, there to be confined and controlled as hereinafter provided in this act.

tiary.

pointed.

SEC. 2850. The Governor is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the term of two years, for Board to be a the general supervision of said penitentiary, five competent citizens, residing in the vicinity of the prison, to be styled, "The Board of Control of the Louisiana Penitentiary," who shall have direction and control in the management of the same.

SEC. 2851. The members of said board of control shall meet at least twice in each month at the office of the penitentiary, and To meet twice hold their sessions from day to day until all business connected

month.

with the prison be disposed of. Each member of the board, for his Compensation services, shall receive as full compensation the sum of two hundred to each member and fifty dollars per annum, to be drawn semi-annually on the war- $250. rant of the president of the board.

SEC. 2852. It shall be the duty of the clerk to keep accurate accounts of all moneys received and expended, of the provisions Duty of the and clothing furnished the prisoners, the cost of the same, and clerk. report quarterly to the board of control; and it shall be the duty of the latter to transmit the same, with their report, annually, to the Governor at least ten days before the meeting of the General Assembly. For his services, the clerk shall receive a salary to be Salaries, how fixed by the board of control, to be drawn quarterly on the warrant fixed. of the president of the board. The compensation of the chief warden, the physician, the officer over the guard, and the police necessary to perform the duty of guarding the prisoners, shall be fixed by the board, and the sums paid as provided for in the case of the clerk; Provided, That the salaries so fixed by the board shall first be transmitted to the Governor for his approval.

Inventory and

SEC. 2853. An inventory and appraisement shall be made of all 1858-222. the machinery, tools, and other fixtures on hand at the commenceappraisemet of ment of the lease, for which the lessee or lessees shall give a receipt machinery, etc. and bind himself or themselves to return in good condition, or others of equal value, at the end of the lease.

Register t be kept by the

clerk.

How convicts

may be employed.

M ney and clothes t be furnished discharged convicts.

Clergymen to

SEC. 2854. The clerk of the penitentiary shall keep a register, in which shall be entered the names in full of all convicts, with the date of their reception, the term of their imprisonment, the parish where, and the crime for which they were convicted, their ages, sexes, color, and places of their nativity, and the date of their discharge or death, which shall be open to the inspection of the public.

SEC. 2855. The convicts may be employed in such manufacturing, mechanical, and other labor as the lessees may deem proper, but no convict shall be employed without the walls of the penitentiary.

SEC. 2856. The lessees shall furnish each convict, at the expense of the institution, at his or her discharge, with ten dollars and a coarse suit of citizen's clothes, if required to do so by the board of control.

SEC. 2857. The lessee or lessees, with the sanction of the board of control, shall employ five clergymen, of different denominations, be appointed to if there are so many in the city of Baton Rouge, to preach every

preach to con

victs; their

salary.

Guards, how appointed.

hand, how dis

posed of.

Sabbath, alternately, to the convicts, whose salary shall be one hundred dollars each per annnm, to be paid by the lessees, and charged to the current expenses of the institution; and the said lessee or lessees shall have power to appoint such guards as he or they may deem necessary, to be paid in like manner.

SEC. 2858. The said lessee or lessees shall purchase from the Raw material on State all raw materials which may be on hand, at a price to be fixed by two sworn appraisers, one to be appointed by the Governor and one by the said lessees, with power to appoint an umpire; for said price the said lessees shall give his or their bond, payable at the expiration of six months; and at the expiration of the lease, should it not be renewed, the State will take from the lessees all such raw material then on hand at a like appraisement, and on a like credit. SEC. 2859. The duties of the physician and chaplains shall be Duties of physi- prescribed by the board of control, and shall be so performed as to secure constant attention to the health and moral and religious instruction of the convicts.

cian and chaplains.

SEC. 2860. The board of control are hereby authorized to furnish Books to be fur. such books as they may consider useful to the convicts, not to nished convicts. exceed annually the sum of one hundred dollars, chargeable to the current expenses of the institution.

1848-E.S-3-2 Clerk to keep register of births.

1844-43-8.

to labor separate

SEC. 2861. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the penitentiary to keep a register of the births in the penitentiary.

SEC. 2862. The convicts in the penitentiary whose sentences have been commuted from death to imprisonment, either for life or Convicts for life for a term of years, shall no longer be permitted to labor in company from the others. With the other convicts; but shall be employed apart from them, and as soon as the necessary changes in the cells can be made, shall be confined and made to labor alone, on the plan in force in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania; those changes to be made under the direction of the board of directors.

1842-520-6.

How rewarded for good con. duct.

SEC. 2863. For the purpose of encouraging exemplary conduct in the convicts, and as a reward for the same, the board of directors shall have power to remit a small portion of the term of any convict.

It shall in no case exceed two days per month, and one month shall intervene between each remission; a book shall be kept by the clerk, in which shall be recorded a brief statement of the circumstances and reasons of each remission, and the name of the convict, which book is to be submitted to the inspection of the directors and the committees of the Legislature.

Solitary confine

SEC. 2864. Hereafter solitary confinement in the penitentiary is 1838-109-4. abolished, except in enforcing obedience to the police regulations meut. thereof.

penitentiary

SEC. 2865. The lease of the penitentiary executed between his excellency, Governor Joshua Baker, and Messrs. John M. Huger and 1869-56. Charles Jones, approved by Major General W. S. Hancock, and Prior lease of dated March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, ratified and ap be and is hereby ratified and confirmed, subject to the provisions proved. and stipulations of this act.

SEC. 2866. The board of control of the penitentiary shall have

of the health

convicts.

the direction and control of the health and religious regulations of Board of control the convicts. They shall take care that the food and rations of the to have control convicts shall not be less than those prescribed by the United States and religious army regulations for soldiers, and that the clothing of the convicts cons of shall be comfortable, suitable and adapted to their employment; Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed into a right to impair their efficiency in their labor, or to interfere in the employment of the convicts in accordance with the terms of the lease; and Excessive punit shall be the duty of the board to see that no unusual or excessive ishment promode of punishment be introduced into the penitentiary discipline; hibited. and should the lessees, on due notice from the board, persist in violating the provisions of this section, the president of said board shall prosecute the lessees, and on conviction, they shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court.

erected and re

SEC. 2867. As part of the improvement which shall be made with the consent of the board of control, under the sixth item of the Buildings to be lease, the lessees shall complete the cotton and woolen factory pairs made. buildings already commenced, shall remove and rebuild the foundry to the rear of the main building, and construct it with the view of using it as a machine shop for the manufacture of agricultural implements; shall thorougly repair the department for female convicts; and shall construct a brick wall fifteen feet in height around the penitentiary grounds, and generally to make such repairs as may be indicated by the board of control; the board of control shall appoint the physician, who shall have the entire control over his department.

furnished.

SEC. 2868. In order to carry out fully the seventh item in said contract, the lessees of the penitentiary are required to procure and Machinery to be place in the buildings prepared for the purpose two hundred looms, with all the necessary machinery for preparing and finishing cotton cloths, and such machinery as may be thought advisable by the lessees for preparing woolen cloths; Provided, that before said purchase shall be made, a detailed estimate of the cost of such ma chinery shall be made out and filed in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, and provided that the whole cost of such machinery shall not exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars.

SEC. 2869. The Governor of this State is hereby authorized and directed to issue the bonds of the State, to be signed by him and State bonds to countersigned by the Secretary of State, and sealed with the seal of

be issued.

Bonds to be turned over to lessees on security given.

Payment of

bonds and interest.

the State, to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars, payable in forty years, and bearing interest payable semi-annually at the rate of seven per cent. per annum. The said bonds shall be registered in the books of the Auditor and Treasurer; shall be dated on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; shall be in sums of one thousand dollars each; shall be payable to bearer, and shall have interest coupons attached, payable in New Orleans, or in the city of New York, at the option of the holder, on the first day of March and first day of September of each year, which interest coupons shall be signed and stamped by the Treasurer of the State. For the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds the faith of the State is unconditionally pledged to the holder.

SEC. 2870. The bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be turned over to the lessees of the penitentiary, and shall be sold by said lessees, and the proceeds derived from sales thereof shall be applied to the objects of this bill. And the lessees shall give to the State securities to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars; said securities to be satisfactory to the Treasurer for the faithful application of the proceeds of the bonds; said securities to be released when the machinery is placed in the penitentiary, and a certificate of the board of control to that effect is presented to the Treasurer.

SEC. 2871. In order to meet the interest on the bonds to be issued under the provisions of this act, the State Auditor shall, as soon as he has received the assessment rolls of any year, and before he issues his order for the collection thereof, add to the assessment on the taxable property of the State an amount which shall exceed by twenty per cent. the amount of the interest maturing each year on said bonds, to be set apart to pay the interest on such bonds, and a further sum sufficient to retire annually the amount of any of said bonds, so that the bonds shall be paid by the time of their maturity, and the tax so levied shall be collected as other taxes; and the State Auditor and Treasurer shall, as soon as said fund is collected, or at the end of each year, advertise for proposals to purchase any of said bonds to the amount of the funds in hand, and they shall be authorized to accept any bids which do not exceed the principal and matured interest on any such bonds.