Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-03-07
fPUBLlC-NO. 81

AN ACT to provide for the imprisonment 0f
persons convicted of crime by the Crmiaal
Court Of the District Of Columbia. r III
Be 1t enacted by tie Senate and Hoxsc q
Representatives. IF the United States Of Awer-,
ica in Congress assembled, That all persons
who shall hereafter be convicted by the Grim.
inal Court of the District of Columbia Of any
offence, the punishment of which by law shall
bs confinement in the penitentiary, shau b.
confined during the term for which they sAe]l
be sentenced by said court in some suitable
prison in q conveient State, where t1sey can
be employed at suitable labor, to be dssigua-
ted by the Secretary Of tho Interior. -4I
SEC. 2. and be It .fxrtAev enacted, That +
shall be the duty of the Secretary Of the L.
terror to contract with the managers or supes.
intende mt Of suitable prison in some conven.
lent Statefor the imprisonment and subsistence
and proper employment of all prisoners who
shall be convicted in said court Of such ofFen-
ces, ON the best terms that hc can; and he
shall, on or before the first day Of each term
of the Criminal Court of the District Of Col
umbia, inform said court in writing Of tho
designation and location Of tho prison In which
hc shall have made provision for the cdn6ne-
ment and support Of prisoners; and said cosrt
shall sentence all persons who shall, during
said term, be convicted Of such offences, 70
confinement at hard labor in the prisen -
designated.
SEC. 3. Axd Be It .fsrtker enacted, That
it shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of the
Interio: to make suitable provision for tho
safe transportation Of all prisoners to tho psis-
on to which they shall be sentenced BY tho
court. and until they shall be 30 transported
they shsll be confined in the Jail Of washing-
ton City. aa W
SEC. 4. And Ie t. fartAcr enacted, That the
action Of the Secretary Of the Interior. In
transferring the prisoners confined in tho pen.
Tertiary Of the District Of Columbia 70 tho
penitentiary in the city Of Albany. In tbs
State of New York, in tho month Of 6epGsm-
ber last, by direction of the President, b here
by legalized and declared valid, and the said
prisoners shall continue in confinement h said
prison until the expiration Of their several
terms of imprisonment, or until they shall b
legally discharged. a
SIC. s. Axd be Il tfsvt1er enacted, That an
appropriations heretofore made for the support
Of the prisoners in the pcnitentiary Of The
District Of Columbia, or for the payment Of
watchmcn, laborers, and officers connected
with said penitsntiary, and all appropriations
which shall hereafter be made for tho expsu-
ses 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 Ia
and subsisting prisoners in any prison sslse-
ted by him, as before provided for their con-
inement. The Secretary Of the interior shall
also cause to be payed from such sppropssa-
tions the sum Of ten dollars to each psi6oase
when he or she shall bs legally discharged.
to enable such prisoner to reach the poin( ~
or she may wish to 50 to. - esd
SIC. 6. Asd be e .fi~tkcv esacsed. That
whenever suitable penitentiary shah b
erected in the District Of Columbia. and com.
pleted for the reception Of prisonsss, il shAll
be the duty Of the Secretary Of the Interior u
cause to b. transferred to such psnitentiasy N
persons who shall then be imprisoned outside
Of the District Of Columbia. under sentsucs 4
the Criminal Court Of said District.
| (Approved, January 10th. 1851 e