The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-27

n.sn1ng or any clothing. provisions, ma
CURED for the use of the prison or the
maintenance or support or the prisoners
and such adyertisemenf shall be maze
newspapers published in this state. such
advertisement to be inserted in one paper
in each of the cities of ersey City, New
ark and Trenton having the largest daily
Icirculat1on, and the contracts made there
on, shall be made with the best Bidders
subject to approval of the board of man
ayers; provided, that nothing in the sec
ton Shall be deemed or taken or con-
struei to authorize said warden or board
of managers to contract viii any per-
son or corporations to hire or contract
for the labor of the prisoners or any
the making or manufacturing of felt and
silk hats or any part or parts thereof;
provided, further that nothing in this
section shah be deemed, taken or con-
strued to authorize said warden or board
| of managers to employ, contract or hire
! out the b Of the prisoners or any part
in unmber at any time I'm the prosecution
or conduct of any special branch of in
duStry, trade or business, or making or
manufacturing goods, wares or merchan-
disc of any k,nd whatsoever; and pro-
vided also, that all goods cd wares manu-
featured in the ~reforrnatory and offered
or exposed for sale shll be marked,
stamped or tagged with the words
manufactured in the New Jersey state
reformatory," in accordance with the
provisions of an act entitled "a further
supplement to an act entitled An act for
| the government anu TeRuldUOH OIL the
| state prison. approved April twenty-frst,
| one thousand eight hundred and seventy
| six which supplement was approved
April thirtieth, one thousand eight nun
dred and eighty-sever.
10. And be it enacted. That said war
den shall cause full and regular ac-
Implements. provisions. clothing, sup
| plies and other articles by him pur-
! chased and supplied to the prison, and
| of all the articles manufactured or pre-
/ ma red Therein and SOLD or QlSDOSG OF.
and the sums for which they were sold,
| and to whom. to be entered and kept by
| vision, in books provided for the pur-
| pose; and he shall close his accounts for
eaeh, year on the thirty-1rst DAY OF
them ready for examination and settle
ment on the second Tuesday OF, Novem-
b per loi tb@ Board dn Of Iaa nag ssT the COM ON
mittee appointed by hte legislature to
| settle the accounts of the
and the legislature itself at such tunes
as it shall direct.
20. And be it enacted. That said war
den shall receive and take into said re-
forlnatory all male criminals between
the ages of sixteen and thirty years ana
not known to have been previously SEN
fenced to a state prison or e~nltemt AT
other state or country, VINO slall pc
| legally sentenced to said reformatery on
conviction of any criminal offense in any
court having jurisdiction thereof. and
| any such court may, in its discretion,
sentence to said reformatory any such
male person convicted Of a crime. pun
ishable by Imprisonment i'm a state
prison, between the ages, of sixteen nnd
thirty years. as aforesaid; the dlselplhe
to be observed in said prison snail pc
reforrnatory, and the said managers shaH
nave power to use such means OF re-
| snent of the inmates as they may deeE9
expedient; criminals may. pc emptoyeo
| in agricultural or mechanical LABOR as a
means Of their support and ofmat
| the system of labor shall be that known
as the 'piece-price plan" or e.pupilc' az
count system" as provided for IN the
| sand eight hundred and eighty-four, en-
titled ian act to provide for the en-
ploynnent of the inmates OF any prl for1
institution located within, the state, or
partly by one system and partly by. the
other, az shall $, ! be : IN d The alSoF besfo 81 ne
Ri. And be it enacted, That from and
after the passage of this act, and as soon
| be Completed as will permit Of the reeep-
ton Of an& safe custody Of risioners' the
board Of "a fhs snail snaIt me- ne r Ie's Of ali
| counties of this state. and then 1t shall
be lawful. and the courts OF this state
are hereby authorized. TO sentence me
class of offenders mentioned in the TWEEN.
tieth section of this act. connected OF any
criminal offense to the said r~efornatory
instead of the state prison, when such
criminals are. between the ages OF SIX
teen and thirty years rsa+ oaob cor.
II. 3ilU Dea k1 ctldsttd. L i9l 1sNNa
let upon being received at the, reforma-
tory, be examined by the warden. CLERK
and as many many Of atf the deputy p oyrd egeP Is thei
becoming acquainted with the. person
! and countenance of such convict, ms
name. height. apparent and alleged age
place of nativity, trade complexion, colof
Of hair and eyes and Length OF 1eet 70
| and such psculiarities of features or
appearance as may. serve to indenlfy such
convict, can write he shall, sign MS name
under such description of his person ana
| in such description shall be stated the
| clothes and other articles, broughtto the
he taken from him and carefully preser5
| yed. to be restored to him at the time
of his discharge, unless h shafl pc
otherwise disposed of by order OF the
%. Ard be. It enacted, That after the the
completion OF TIE man ! 2, pu fha 3 b anu n oae
essary for the construction of shops and
the Enclosures of the, grounds upon Whten
| completion of the unfinished portions OF
the reformatory.. shall be performed hy
the in # sbaIiI b be tar the a du maS Of of fh efr princile
| keeper of the state prison to select such
number of inmates from the state PRISON
as shall as nearly as may become within
the twentieth section of this act, as TO
age and crime, and transfer the same to
the refor5mat to as H. shall gsrs pc 81 fe9 the re-
%fornatory, to labor on the unfinished IN
closure or the buildings or the shops, as
nldV De DtSI s dodPlCd- " liz $3.50
mechanical labor required; and the
| be audited by the comptroller for and
paid by the treasurer of the state when
the same shall be approved by the gov
ernor.
2. And be it enacted. That when any
| prisoner shall be transferred from the
| state prison to the said state r~efornajorXy
under the provisions of the act. it shall
the state prison from which he IS re-
! moved to deliver to the warden of the
to which he is removed a
| certified copy of the official documents
| and papers under the authority of which
| the said prisoner was received and under
| which he is detained, and the said GER
titled and papers shall be as
| prisoner in the r~eformatory to which he
is removed until discharged by due, pro-
cess of law as if such prisoner had not
been so removed.
Is. And be it enacted, That all sheriffs
| shall be allowed for the t~ransporations
of prisoners sentenced to the state re-
| ~formatory the same rate per mileages.
| allowed and paid under the laws of the
| state for transportation of prisoners sen,
| fenced to the stateprison, and it, shall
i be the duty of all sheriffs to convey all
prisoners sentenced to the state refor-
| matory in the same space of time and
in the same manner as now prescribed
| by law for the conveyance of prisoners
| sentenced to state prison; and 1T shall
| be the duty of the county clerks to deliver
to the sheriffs certified copies of com
mitments and bills of costs of all prlS-
| oners sentenced to said refornlatory in
the same manner and time as now pre-
| scribed by law unde conviction and SEN