Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-29

| 1eedlnS, clothing and paying all expenses
| of the labor, and working the same under
| the direction of state officers, the owner
| of the land or state to provide the prison,
| provided that under no circumstances
| less than one hundred convicts shall be
employed at any one place, except on
| lands owned by the state.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, That the
| board of managers shall establish the
| manufacturing division, and may manu-
facture cotton yarn, cloth, clothes, shoes,
| hats, caps, underwear, socks and all
| forms OF wearing apparel, furniture, farm
| implements, lumber, shingles, brick, and
| any other manufacture that in their opin-
| ion would yield the most profit, by build
| ing, buying, or leasing factories, mills,
| kilns or other manufacturing establish
ments, upon such terms and conditions
| as, in their opinion, will best protect the
| interest of the state; or they may con-
| tract tolfurnish the labor, to operate fac
| tories or mills, for stipulated price for
| the product, or per month per capita. or
per classification of the labor provided,
that eoaviets shall not be assigned to
any kind of labor injurious to health or
unusually dangerous to life or limbs
Sec 80. Be it further enacted, That
the board of managers shall establish the
mining divisions and may mine coal, IRON
ore or other ore, by leasing coal or ore
lands, by leasing mines already opened,
with or without equipment Of boilers, en-
| glnes hosting machinery, track tram
| cars, pumps and all. other mine equip
| ment, with or without the provision of
| prisons and their equipment and other
necessary buildings, and may mine coal,
| IRON ore, or other ore, upon the following
| terms, to-wit 1st, the state to mine the
| coal. iron ore, or other ore and to pay
stipulated price per ton as a royalty, and
| sell the coal or ore I'M the market by cons
tract or otherwise. I'd, The state
to mine the coal. iron ore or
other ore at a stipulated price per ton
delivered In the railroad car at the mine.
Provided, That no mine shall be leased
| that is incapable Of good hygiene being
established; and provided further That
10 convict shall be assigned to the mine
| division who is over so or under 20 years
| or age, or one whose sentence Is for less
| than one year, or one who is not of good
| physical condition, or one who is afflicted
| with any Of the following conditions: Any
organic disease of any of the internal or
| gans, enlargement of Emphatic glands,
| any form of cachexin on general dyscra-
STA, epilepsy, serious functional diseases.
foolish or idlotie, habitual sickness of all
descriptions, blind or blind in one eve
| loss of an arm, hand, foot or leg, anchy-
losis of joint or joints, any form of hernia,
or any other physical, pathological or
surgical condition which weakens Grip
| PIES or binders the effort to labor or one
| who Is suspected of having tuberculosis,
or marked local or general predisposi-
ton thereto
Sec. 80. Be 1t further enacted That the
board of managers shall establish the in-
valid division at such place as in their
Judgment is best suited FOR that purpose,
and to which shall be assigned the aged
and infirm, those permanently diseased,
the permanently crippled who are unable
to work in the other divisions, and all
tubercufar subjects, in which the disease
Is developed, Notwithstanding their phys
zeal conditions otherwise. They shall
puIJin 50 id 6iViciop with
as the medical director may direct, and
shall provide q separate sleeping apart
ment for each tubercular subject. They
shall provide such work for those as
signed this division as the medical direc-
tor may approve
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, That con-
Victs assigned to the agricultural and
manufacturing division, shall be distrib-
uted in squads of not less than 100 ex-
cept on lands or in mills or factories
owned by the state and those assigned
! to mines shall be concentrated at one
| place il possible, and not more than two
| places provided, that the state may at
any time open up and operate mines on
| leased lands with any number the board
of managers may direct, and provided
further that at no time shall more than
| 20 per centum of the whole number of
convicts be assigned to the mine division.
Sec. 49, Be 1t further enacted, That the
board of managers shall appoint a chap
lain q a salary of $500 per annln whose
term of office shall be two wears. and
who shall have general charge of the re-,
lIgious and moralinstruction of convicts.
under such rules as the board of mana
gers may determine
Sec. Sc. Be it further enacted. That the
board of managers may appoint a super
jntendent of schools. at a salary of nor
more than 5000 per annum. whose term
of office shall be two years, and who shall
take charge. Of the educational depart-
ment as established by the board of man
ayers.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, That the
board of managers shall establish a re-
formatory, to which shall be assigned
all male convicts tinder 16 years of age.
who shall be required to work in the agrl-
cultural or manufacturing divisions for
eight hours a day, and shall be required
to attend school four hours a day, under
such rules and regulations as the board
| of managers NAV adopt. and shall be
kept separate and apart from all other
convicts except during working hours.
Sec. 49, Be it further enacted That the
board of managers shall establish a wo-
mans department, over which they shall
put in charge a matron, and that they