The advocate., 1895-03-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
Published March 6, 1885,
Substitute for Senate Bill No. 2SS.
AN ACT

Be it Enacted By the Legislature Of the State Of
Kansas:
Section l. There is hereby established at
Hutchinson, Reno county, Kansas, an indus
trial reformatory, which shall be known as
"The Kansas State Industrial ReformatOry,"
and which shall be conducted by board Of
three managers, no two Of whom shall belong
to the same political party who shall be ap-
pointed by the governor, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the senate, and who shall
have general charge and superintendence
thereof, and shall perform the duties required
of them by this act. No person living In the
county in which the reformatory is located
shall be eligible as a member Of the board Of
managers.
Sec 3. The persons constituting the board
of managers Of said reformatory shall hold
office as follows: The term Of Office of one
shall expire on April 1, 1897, and the term Of
office Of two shall expire on April 1, 1899, and
thereafter the members Of said board shall be
appointed for q term Of four years. The said
managers shall receive as compensation for
their services three dollars per day and actual
necessary expenses. The governor shall have
power to remove any OF the managers for mis-
conduct, incompetency or neglect OF duty
after an opportunity shall have been given
them to be heard upon written charges
Sec 8. The board OF managers shall have the
charge and general supervision Of the grounds
and buildings Of said reformatory, and they
are hereby authorized to purchase the neCes-
sary material and supplies therefor, and shall
procure such mechanical and other assist
Rnee as shall make effective the labor and re-
form OF the inmates OF che said refOrmatOry.
They shall examine all the accounts and eX-
penditures and vouchers relating to the busi-
ness Of the reformatOry monthly, and shall
certify their approval to the auditor OF state.
All vouchers shall be made in duplicate, one
copy to be forwarded to the auditor Of state,
and the other copy kept on file at the reforma-
tory. 1t shall be the duty Of such board OF
managers, on or before the 30th day Of June
preceding the biennial sessions OF the legisla-
ture, to report to the governor, to be by him
transmitted to the legislature, the condition
of the reformatOry and their proceedings in
regard to the inmates, the condition OF the
buildings, and the amount Of money expended
during the preceding two years, with de-
tailed statement thereof, with such recon-
mendations as the board Of managers shall
deem proper.
Sec. 4. The said board Of managers shall ap-
point general superintendent Of said reform.
cause after opportunity shall be given him to
be heard upon written charges. The said gem
eFal superintendent shall by and with the ad-
vice and with the consent OF the board OF man.
agers appoint such foreman and instructors
and all officers and employees as may be neces.
sary, any Of whom may be removed at any
time by the general superintendent. The re-
naming duties of the general superintendent
shall be such Ss may be described, and except
as otherwise provided, the general superin-
rectton Of the board OF managers.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
other than inmates sentenced As prisoners to
be boarded or fed in the reformatoly at the
expense of the state.
Sec. 6. Every officer who shall be appointed
In pursuance Of the provisions of this act shall
take and file in the Office of the secretary Of
state,Within fifteen days after appOintment,the
constitutional oath Of office; and the superin-
tendent and such other officers as shall be re-
Qulred by the auditor so to do shall, respeC-
lively, give bonds to the state in such PEN
atty and with such sureties as the auditor
shall approve, conditioned for the faithful
performance OF their duties as required by
law.
Sec 7. Amy person between the ages OF six
teen (16) and twenty-five (25), who shall be
convicted for the first time Of any ofense pun
ishable by confinement in the state peniten.
tiary, may, in the discretion Of the trial judge,
be sentenced either to the state penitentiary or
to the Kansas State Industrial lReformatory,a
any person who upon such conviction shall be
sentenced to imprisonment In the Kansas State
Industrial reformatory, shall be imprisoned
according to this act, and not otherwise, and
the courts Of this state imposing such SEN
tence shall not fix limit of duration thereof
The term OF such imprisonment Of any person
so convicted and sentenced shall be termi-
mated by the managers Of the reformatory as
authorized by this act; but such imprison-
ment shall not exceed the maximum term
provided by law for the crime for which the
prisoner was convicted and sentenced.
Sec. & The discipline to be observed in said
refOrmatOry shall be reformatOry, and the
said board of managers shall have power to
use such means Of reformation consistent with
the improvement of the inmates. as they may
deem expedient. Persons confined in such
reformRtory may be employed in such labor
as will best contribute TO their support and
reformation. PrOUided, That the time or labor
Of such persons shall not be sold or con-
tracted to any firm, corporation or indiVid-
ual.
Sec,9 The board of managers shall have
power to transfer to the state penitentiary "or
In case any prisoner shall become insane, to
the state insane asylum" any prisoner who
to have been at the time Of his conviction
more than twenty-five years Of age, or to have
been previously convicted of crime. and may
also so transfer any apparently ineorrigible