Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-07-18
OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Third Session Of the Thirty
Serenth Congress.

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An act to provide for the Imprisonment of
persons convicted of crime by the Criminal
Court of the District Of Columbia.
Be It enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of A'ner.
ica in Congress assembled, That all persons
who shall hereafter b. convicted by the Grim
innl Court of the District of Columbia Of any
offence, the punishment Of which by law shall
bs confinement in the penitentiary. shall be
confined during the term for which they shall
be sentenced by said court in some suitable
prison in convenient State, where they can
ba employed at suitable labor. to bo desgna.
ted by the Secretary Of the Interior.
Sec. 9. And be II further enacted, That
i, sl,ali be the duty of the Secretary of the
Interior to contract with the managers or su-
pnrin.cndent of suitable prison in some con-
veni-nt State for the Imprisonment and SUBJ
sis.cncc and proper employment Of MI pris-
o,ers who shall be convicted in said court of
such of noes, on the best terms he can; and
he shall, on or before the first day of each
Columbia, inf ,rm said court in writing Of the
designation and location of the prison in which
hp shall have mad. provision for the continc.
m.nt and support Of prisoners; and said
court shall sentence all persons who shall, dur
ing said term, b. convicted Of such offences.
10 confinement at hard labor in tho prison so
designated.
Sec. 3. And be II further enacted, That
. it shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of the
Interior to make suitable provision for the
safe transportation Of all prisoners to the pris.
oners to the prison to which they shall be
sentenced by the court. and until they shall
h. so transported they shall be confined in
the Jail Of Washington City.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That
the action Of the Secretary Of the Interior. in
transferring the prisoners confined in the PEN
itentiary Of the District Of Columbia to the
the panitrntiary in the city of Albany, in the
State of New York. in thu month Of Septem-
ber last, by direction of the President, is here
by legalzed and declared valid, and the said
prisoners shall continue in confinement in said
prison until the expiration of their several
terms of Imprisonment, or until they shall be
legally discharged.
Sec. S. And be 1t further enacted, That
all appropriations heretofore made for the snp-
port Of the prisoners in the ppnitentiary Of the
District Of Columbia, or for the payment Of
watchmen, laborers. and officers connected
with said penitentiary. and all appropriations
which shall hereafter be made for the expen.
sea and support Of prisoners convicted in the
District Of Columbia. shall be applied. under
the direction Of the Secretary Of the Interior.
to defray the expenses Of transporting to and
subsisting prisoners in any selected by him,
as before provided for their confinement. The
Secretary Of the Interior shall also cause to be
paid from such appropriations thskum Of ten
dollars to eech prisoner when he or she shall
be legally discharged. to enable such prisoner
to reach the point he or she may wish to 60.
Sec. 6. And be It further enacted, That
whenever q suitable penitentiary shall be
erected in the District Of Columbia, and com.
pleted for tho reception Of prisoners. it shall
be the duty Of the Secretary of the Interior
to cause to be transferred to such penitentia.
ry all persons who shall then b. imprisoned
outside Of the District Of Columbia, under
sentence of the Criminal Court of said district
APPROVED, January 16, 1868.