St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-07

b. =. No, 1ll0-AN ACT TO provide for and
regulate the employment OF oOnvtcts In the
state prison ct Saltwater, and 70 repeal
chapters one hundred and nine.y-sey ven
of the General Laws of one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-seyen (1S87l.
Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State
Of MINES sta:- 49, 4 Il
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 in addition to such oath by
such other evidence as can be obtained the
business, if any, in which such convict had
been engaged prior to such arrest and con-
viction; whether such convict had learned
and practiced any mechanical trade. and II
SO. the nature Of such trade and 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 certifi-
cate 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-
vict is committed to the care Of said warden
pursuant to his sentence.
Sec. 2. Every person coveted OF crime
and committed to the state prison shall be
regularly employed at and be compelled to
perform q reasonable amount Of hard labor
in some industrial employment; and no per-
son SO committed as aforesaid shall be ex-
empt from such labor and employment un-
less on account of incapacitating sickness or
other disability, rendering It impossible that
such labor be performed.
SEC. 3. The employment Of convicts 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
Sec. I. Subject Is the qualifications
and regulations In this chapter
and required to provide for the employment
Of such conyicts in one or more of three (3)
different systems of employment. One usual
ly known as and to be designated the Estate
Account System;" another usually known as
and to be designated the Contract SYSTEM"
and third usually known as and to be des-
ignated the s.Piece Price System" Providing
that said convicts shall be employed as much
as practicable under the State Account Sys-
tenn.
Sec 5. In providingfor and regulating the
labor OF the convicts under these systems of
employments, the warden shall, in classify
ing and apportioning the prisoners to the
work, In all cases. have In view, as well, the
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 con-
vict from one class of employment to an
other as may seem proper and expedient.
SEC. g.. AL or portion Of the prison shops
and such vacant grounds as the board of
managers deem proper, and which are moi
needed to carry on industrial employment
under the State Accout or Piece Price sys-
TENS, may be leased by the board of man
ayers to parties from whom such board OBJ
tains the highest and best price, and for
such length Of time, not to exceed two (2)
years. as the board may deem for the inter
estS of the state.
Sec. 2. The managers may, II IN their
judgment they deem 1t proper and expedient,
let to service under the Piece Price or Con-
tract system, or both, not to exceed one
half N2) of all able-bOdied conyicts confined
In the prison at the date of such contract
Or contracts to the lessee or lessees of the
prison shops, or to any person OF corporation,
such lease to be made in accordance to the
law on the subject OF prisons, including this
chapter, and not to exceed the term Of two
(2) years. Such convicts shall not be leased
to any contractor or lessee for less than the
sum of forty-fve (45) cents per day for act
ual work. Provided, That such lease shall
not be lease of individual convicts for any
specified time, so as to preclude the with
drawal Of any convict and the substitution
in his place of another when deemed for the
best interests of the convict under such rules
and regulations as shall have been estab-
lished by the board of managers, or other
wise provided by law.
Sec. 8. Whenever the board Of managers
shall deem it expedient and proper to enter
into contract to lease the prison shops, or
any portion thereof, or the prison grounds,
or any portion thereof, to any person, or per-
sons, corporation, or corporations, who may
desire to rent the same, and employ convicts
therein, 1t shall be the duty of said board of
managers to pass a resolutioIfto that effect,
specifying the number of convicts whose la
Dor and services are to be let; the time the
contrect shall commence, and the length Of
time it shall continue, together with the shop
room, yardroom, machinery and other faeiH-
ties which are to be let. Upon the passage
nj cr1nh Init n mo PC
shall cause the same, together with call for
sealed bids. or proposals, to be published in
newspaper printed and published in the
county where the prison Is situated, and an IN
capital, for period of three 81 weeks
next preceding the time fixed in
such notice for opening such
proposals. The board shall also prepare
duplicate form Of the contract to be entered
into, with the date Of the commencement
and length of continuance Of the contract
specifying the class or classes of Industrial
employment upon which bids will be re-