Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-06

Sec. IS. Bet further enacted, That re
specting all crimes and offences committed
within the State Prison aforesaid and the
precincts thereof, the said Prison and pre-
cincts shall in all Judicial proceedings, be
deemed and taken to be, as well within the
County Of Suffolk as the County of Middle
sex, and the several Courts of the said
Counties, respectively, shall have concur
rent jurisdiction over the same, and of all
crimes and offences therein committed.
Sec. &c. BE 1t further enacted, That
when any convict shall be discharged, who
shall have uniformly conducted well during
his confinement, the Inspectors may give
him recommendation, or assist him in pro-
curing employment, at his request, if they
shall see fit. And every convict, previous to
his being discharged at the expiration of
his sentence on second commitment, shall
have the letters Mass. S. P. and also the
year in figures when his discharge shall
take place, marked on the inner surface of
the upper part of his left arm, by punctur-
ING the skin, and rubbing some colouring
matter on thu sa.ae.
SEC. 81. Be 1t further enacted, That
from and after the first day of April next,
the Act entitled can act providing for the
government and regulation of the State
Prison, passed the twenty first day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and eleven;
an act in addition thereto, passed the six
teenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen; an act further in adj
dition thereto passed the first day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen
and an act further in addition thereto passed
the twelfth day of June one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen and an act entitled
an act making further provisions for the
punishment of Convicts, sentenced to hard
labour, and the better regulation ofthe State
Prison, passed the twenty third day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen, excepting the fifth and sixth Sec
tionss thereof, so far as the said fifth and
sixth sections are not altered by the nine
teenth and twentieth sections of this act;
and also an act entitled An Act for regu-
lating the supplies of food and other arti-
cles for the State Prison and for letting
by contract the labour of the Convicts, pas
sed the twenty third day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty two;
also An Act entitled an act, i'll addition to
the several Acts for the government and
regulation of the State Prison, and defining
the powers and duties of the Officers of the
same passed the tenth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven,
be and the same are hereby repealed, saw
ing always that all acts, matters and things
done under, and pursuant to said acts shall
remain good and valid, and all Officers,
Agents and Servants of said prison, who
have been appointed or employed under the
same, shall remain in their respective Offices
and places until others are appointed and
employed in their stead, in the same manner
they would have done had not said acts been
repealed, and the powers and duties to be
exercised and performed by the Directors as
is provided in an act, entitled An act for
the erecting another building within the
limits Of the State Prison in Charlestown,
and for the better government thereof,
passed the fifteenth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty six,
shall be exercised and performed by the In
spectors to be appointed in conformity to
the provisions of this act. And this act
shall take effect, and be in force from and
after the first day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty eight.
Approved by the Governor March IL, 1928.