St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-12

After amendments for clerical errors
the Reyes bill was then passed by
vote of rs to 2. The provisions of the
keyeS bill are:
1t shall be the duty of the court in
which any person shall be convicted of
any OffenSe punishable in the state
prison, before passing the sentence to
ascertain by the examination of such
convict on oath. and i'll addition to such
oath by such other evidence as can be
obtained, the business, if any, i'll which
such convict had been engaged prior to
such arrest and conviction; whether
such convict had learned and practiced
any mechanical trade, and if so, the na-
ture of such trade and the length OF
time the same has been followed: and
the clerk of the court shall enter the
facts as ascertained and decided by the
court on the minutes thereof, and shall
deliver a certificate fully stating the
facts so aScertained, to the sheriff of
the county, who shall cause the same to
be delivered to the warden of the state
prison at the same time that such con-
Wet is committed to said warden pur-
Suant to his sentence. Every person
convicted of crime and committed to
the state prison shall be regularly em-
ployed at, and be compelled to perform
a reasonable amount of hard labor in
some industrial employment; and no
person so committed as aforesaid shall
be exempt from such labor and employ
ment unless on account of incapacitat-
ing sickness or other disability render
ing it impossible that such labor be per-
formed. The employment of cOnyicts
in the state prison shall in all respects
be governed by the provisions OF this
chapter, and shall be conducted as
specified in the succeeding sections
hereof. Subject to the qualifications
and regulations in this chapter specified.
the managers shall be empowered and
required to provide for the employ
ment of such convicts in one
Or more of three O. different systems
of employment. One usually known
as and to be designated the Estate Ac-
count System" another usually known
as and to be designated the Contract
System" and third usually known as
and designated the Piece Price Sys-
tenn" In providing for and regulating
the labor of the conVictS under these
systems of employment the warden
shall, in classifying and appOrtiOning
the prisoners to the work, i'll all cases
have in view as we'll the education and
reformation of the individual convict as
the pecuniary welfare of the state, and
shall, under such rules and regulations
as shall have been prescribed by the
board of managers. have authority to
change any convict from one class of
employment to another as may seem
proper and eXpedient. All or portion
of the prison shops. and such vacant
grounds as the board of managers deem
proper. and which are not needed to
carry on industrial employment under
the state account or piece price systems.
may be leased by the board of man
ayers to parties from whom such
board obtains the highest price. and for
such length of time, not to exceed two
% years, as the board may deem for the
Interests of the state. The managers
may, if in their judgment they deem it
proper and eXpedient, let to service I'M
der the piece price or contract system,
or both, not TO exceed 0ne-half o. of ali
able-bodied cOnVictS confined in the
prison at the date of such contract or
contracts, to the lessee OF leSSeeS of
the prison shops. or to any person
or corporation, such lease to be made in
accordance with the law OH the subject
of prisons including this chapter. and
not to exceed The term of two {2) years.
Such cOnYictS shall n0t be leased To any
contractor or lessee for less than two
u years. Such convicts shall not be
leased to any contractor or lessee for
less than the sum of fOrty-iive 40 cents
per day for actual work. Provided.
that such lease shall not be lease of
individual convicts for any specified
time so as to preclude the withdrawal
OF any convict and the substitution i'll
his place of another when deemed for
the best interests OF the convict by the
warden. under such rules and
regulations as shall have been es-
tablished by the board of managers.
In every contract made pursuant to the