The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-09
convicted, regardless Of the erroneous sen.
tence previously imposed.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the date Of its passage
Approved April 2, 1889.

convicted, REGARDLESS Of the erroneous SEN
tence previously imposed.
SEC. g. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the date Of its passage
Approved April 2, 1889.
Is.
s. F. No. 377-AN ACT to amend chapter
two hundred and eight (2O8) Of the den
eral Laws OF ono thousand eight hundred
ana eighty seven dsa, relating to the
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
SECTION l.. That section fourteen IA, Of
chapter two hundred and eight (2DS) of the
General Laws OF one thousand eight hundred
and efghty-seyen QSS1), be and the same is
hereby amended SO as to read as follows:
The board OF managers shall have power to
transfer to the state prison at Saltwater any
prisoner who subsequently to his comlnttal
shall be shown to have been at the time Of
his conviction more than thirty 900 years Of
age Or to have been previously convicted Of
crime, and may also transfer any apparently
incorri2ible prisoner whose presence in the
refOrmatOry appears to be seriously detri-
mental to the well being Of the institution to
the state prison, and such managers may by
written requiSition require the return to the
rcfOrmatory OF any person who may have
been so transferred. They may also cause to
be transferred any person or prisoner con-
fined in the state prison who is serving out
his first sentence therein to the refOrmatorv
under such rules and regulations as the board
OF managers of said state refOrmatory, and
the board Of managers of the state prison in
joint session shall prescribe.
They shall have authority to receive and
imprison inmates Of the state reform school
who may be transferred by the board of man.
ayers Of the state reform school to the state
reformatory in accordance with the provis-
ions of law in respect thereto and such in
mates, when transferred to the state reforna-
tory, shall be under the guardianship of the
board of managers of the said reformatory
II tNnS~
release in like manner and under like coudi-
tons to persons sentenced to the said reform
atory. Such board of managers shall have
power to establish rules and regulations I'M
der which prisoners within the reformatory
may be allowed to go upon parole outside OF
the reformatory buildings and enclosures
and to remain while on parole in the legal
custody and under the control of the board
of managers, and subject at any time to be
taken back within the enclosure OF said re-
formatory, and full power to enforce such
rules and regulations and to retake and to re-
|mprison any convict so upon parole is here
by conferred upon said board, whose written
order certified by its secretary, shall be
sufficient warrant for all officers named in 1t
to authorize such officers to return to actual
custody any conditionally released or paroled
prisoner and it is hereby made the duty Of
all officers to execute said order the same as
ordinary criminal process.
The said board Of managers shall also have
power to make all rules and regulations
necessary and proper for the employment,
discipline, instruction, education, removal,
temporary or conditional, release or return as
aforesaid OF all convlcts in said reformatory.
The board Of managers are hereby author
lied to receive and retain, during their term
Of sentence to the state prison, such prison
ers so transferred from said state prison as
aforesaid, and the laws applicable to the
convicts In the state prison. SO far AZ they re-
late 10 the commutation of imprisonment for
good conduct, shall be applicable to said
cOnvicts when so transferred.
SEC. 2. That said chapter is hereby further
amended by adding thereto the following
sections: Twenty-one (2D: twenty-five (22(::
twenty.three (23). twenty-four (24) and
Section Fl. Board Of Managers Shall Meet
In Joint session-It shall be the duty Of the
board Of managers Of the state prison and
board Of managers Of the state reformatory
to meet in joint session at the state capitol,
in the city Of st. Paul, on the second t2d)
Tuesday, in May, one thousand eight hun
dred and eightynine Qss9), and as often
thereafter as the governor may direct, and
the governor shall be ex-officio president Of
such joint session. The said boards of
managers In joint session shall prescribe
rules and regulations for the transfer Of con-
victs from the state prison to the state re
formatory, and of inmates OF the state re.
form school to the state refornlatory. And
they shall provide for the transfer Of and
cause to DO transferred not less than so nor
more than rs prisoners from the state prison
to the state reformatory during the year
1880: and may transfer to the stale prison
any of such prisoners whenever there shall
be more transferred and duly sentenced to
said reformatory than can there be accom-
modated. Provided, that no life convicts
shall be transferred from the state prison to
the state reformatOry until he shall have first
served a term in the state prison of at least
twenty. one cay years, less the diminution
which would have been allowed by law for
good conduct had he been sentenced for q
term Of twenty-one (2D years. They shall
also consider any matters which may be
brought TO their attention pertaining to the
Joint interest Of the two institutions, and
shall take such action hs they snail ueem
proper thereon.
SEC. %. Parole or Life Convicts-No life
convict who shall have been Transferred to
the state reformatory shall be paroled until
shall have been given for such parole. and
no such paroled life convict shall be uncon-
ditionally released by the board OF managers:
but such convict shall remain i'll the legal
custody Of the said board Of managers and be
subject at any time to be taken back within
the enclosure Of said reformatory during the
term of his natural life, unless the governor
shall sooner issue pardon tor such convict
SEC. IS. State Agent May be Appointed
The said board of managers in joint session
may at any time, when they deem it neces-
sary, appoint state agent fol the aid and
supervision Of discharged prisoners. The
said state agent shall receive such salary as
they shall fix and determine, together with
the necessary travelling expenses incurred In
the discharge OF his duties, and shall perform
such duties as they may prescribe i'll behalf
of prisoners discharged from the state prison,
the state reformatory or any other public
prison in this state 1t shall be his special
duty to assist discharged prisoners in obtain
ing employment.
The salary and expense Of the said state
agent shall be paid from the current expense
fund Of the state prison and state reforma-
tory. and shall be divided between the two
institutions in proportion to the appropria-
ton made by the legislature for their current
expenses.
SEC. "a. Repeating Clause-Au acts and
parts Of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.
SEC. %. When to Take Effect-This act
shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.