The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-03-18
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AN ACT

ANACT
TO CREATE A TERRITORIAL PRISON
COMMISSIONER, AND PROVIDE FOR
THE SAFE KEEPING OF TERRTT0RT-
AL CONVICTS.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as fol-
lows The Territorial Treasurer is hereby
made ex-Oficio Territorial Prison Commits
sioner, and it shall be his duty to exercise a
general supervision over all Territorial Pris-
oners within this Territory.
2. The county jails of Boise and Nez
Perez counties, are hereby made temporary
Territorial prisons, and their respective keep
ers thereof
3 3. The Sheriff of each county in this
Territory other than those of Boise and Nez
Perez, are hereby required to transfer any
Territorial convicts, or conyicts that are now
or may hereafter be, lodged in the jails of
their respective counties, to the nearest Ter
rial prison.
4. The Territorial Prison Commissioner
shall have a general supervision Of such
Territorial prisons and the Territorial con-
victs therein, and shall report to the Legisla-
tive Assembly at its next regular session "a
proper location for Territorial prison, and a
plan or plans for the same, together with an
estimate of the probable expense of its con-
struction.
5. For the purpose of defraying the
expenses of keeping Territorial prisoners,
there shall be set aside fifteen per cent. of the
Territorial tax hereafter levied and collected
to constitute a special Territorial prison
fund.
3 6. The sheriffS of their respective cou,
ties are hereby required to furnish the neces-
sary shackles, letters or other means of con-
fnemeut, and necessary food and sustenance
for such convicts until they are lodged in the
Territorial prisons, to be paid for out of the
Special Prison Fund.
q 7. The Territorial prison keepers under
the direction of the Prison Commissioner,
shall, when it will conduce to the public in
terest, employ, or cause to be employed at
hard labor, all Territorial convicts which ale
now, or may hereafter be sentenced to tn
Territorial Penitentiary by virtue of the laws
this Territory and it shall be the duty
the prison keepers to keep, and render an ex-
act account, of amount and. value Of all the
labor performed by such prisoners, and of all
the4expense attending such labor during the
time of such employment; and he shall also
make quarter yearly reports in detail, to the
prison Commissioner showing a fair and just
exhibit of all such labor and expenses incur
red said reports shall be made on the first
Mondays Ct jan, April, July and Oct, of each
year; all properties arising from any such
prison labor, after deducting the necessary
expenses thereunto attending, shall be paid
into the Territorial Treasury for the use of
the Territorial prison fund. i
If shall he tho 6ufv of the Tnrrit0rIa1
Prison Commissioner, to examine and certify
all accounts of the sheriffs Of the various
counties, and the Territorial prison keepers,
to the Territorial Auditor; when satisfied
they are legal and just, the Territorial Audit
or shall draw his warrant upon the Territorial
Pr on Fund, for the amount to be paid by
the Territorial Treasurer
8. The Territorial prison keeper, under
the direction of the Territorial Prison CON-
missioner, and with the consent of the re-
spectve Boards of commissioners of Boise
and Nez Perez counties, shall make such i'm
proyements and additions to the county jails
of said counties, as may be absolutely neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this Act,
which expenses, together with all necessary
expenses for the safe keeping and mainten-
ance of Terrtoril prisoners shall be paid for
out of the Territorial prison fund.
10. Whenever it shall be necessary for
any oficer or other person, in pursuance of
any requisition from the Governor of the
Territory, upon the authorities of any other
State Territory or country for the extradition
of any person charged with crime in this
Territory, to travel from this Territory, such
officer, or other person so travelling, shall be
allowed from the Territorial prison fund, a
sum equal to his actual expenses, and five
dollars per day for the time actually required
for the performance of such service, which
sum shall be aSeertained by the affidavit of
the party claiming the same.
3 H. The Territorial prison keepers are
hereby required to enter into bonds with suf-
fcent sureties, to the satisfaction of the Tel
ritorial Prison Commissioners, couditio led for
the faithful performance of their duties and
the paying over to the Territorial Treasurer
of all nett proceeds of prison labor, as re-
9ujead by law.
- IL. 1t shall be the duty of the Territ0ri-
al Prison Commissioner to examine all bills
andvouchers concerning any and all expenses
incurred by reason Of keeping and maintain
ing Territorial prisoners, prior to the passage
of this Act, and which may have been certi-
fed to be just and correct, by the Board of
County Commissioners, or Probate Judge of
the proper counties, and when the Prison
Commissioner shall have found the same
correct, he shall certify the same to the Ter
ritorial Auditor, VINO shall draw his warrant
upon the Territorial Treasurer, fer the pay
ment thereof, to be paid out of the general