The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-23

AN ACT 10 provide for tho Imprsonnsent ol Persons
convicted Of Crimes by the c imnal Court OF the
District Of Columbia.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES oi'Lbe United States of Anler-
ioa in Congress assembled, That al persons
who shall hereafter be convicted by the
Criminal Court of the District of Column
bia of any offence, the punishment of
the penitentiary, shall be confined dur
ing the term for which they shall be sem
fenced by said court in some suitable
prison in a convenient State, where they
can be employed at suitable labor, 10 be
designated by the Secretary Of the Inie-
rior.
Sec. 2. AnaJe 10 further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Secretary Of the
Interior to contract with the managers
or superintendent Of suitable prison in
some convenient State for the imprison-
ment and Subsistence and proper en-
ployment of all persons who shall be
convicted in said court of such offences,
on the best terms that he can and he
shall, on or before the first day of each
term Of the Criminal Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, inform said court in
writing Of the designation and location
Of the prison in which he shall have
made provision for the confinement and
support of prisoners; and said court
shall sentence all persons who shall, du-
ring said term, be convicted of such
offences, to confinement at hard labor in
the prison so designated
Sec 8. And be IL further enacted, That
il shall be the duty of the Secretary Of
the Interior TO make suitable provision
for the safe transportation of all prison
Oners to the prison 10 which they shall
be sentenced by the court, and until
they shall be 80 transported they shall
be confined in the jail Of Washing ton
City,
Sec 4. Ind De u further enacted, That
the action of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in transferring the prisoners con-
fined in the penitentiary of the District
ofColumbia iOtho penitentiary in the city
of Albany, in the State Of New York, in
the month of September last, by direo 4.
tion of the President, is hereby legalized
and declared valid, and the said prison
ers shall continue in confinement in said
prison until the expiration OF their seye-
raj terms Of imprisonment or until they
shall be legally discharged.
Sec. o. And Be 10 further enacted, That
I all appropriations heretofore made foI
the support of the prisoners in the peni-
tcntiary OF the District of Columbia, on
| for the payment of watchmen, laborers
aud officers connected with said peni-
tertiary and all appropriations which
| shall hereafter be made for the expenses
and support of prisoners convicted in the
District of Columbia, shall be applied
under the direction Of the Secretary Of
the interior, 10 defray the expenses OF
Transporting TO and subsisting prisoners
in any prison selected by him, AZ before
proyided for their confinement The
! Secretary of the Interior shall also cause
TO be paid from such appropriations The
sum of ten dollars TO each prisoner wheT
he or she shall be legally discharged, tC
enable such prisoner TO reach the poin
he or she may wish TO go TO.
Sec. 6. ind Be u further enacted, Tha
when q suitable penileniiary shall b'
erected in the District Of Columbia, ans
completed for the reception Of prisoners
il shall be the dutyoOf the Secretary 0
the Interior 10 cause 10 be transferred &
such penitentiary all persons who shal
then be imprisoned outside OF the Dis