The Florence daily tribune., 1899-07-18
Rules for Parole Under the lnde-
terminate Sentence Law.

would enforce under the indeter-
inmate sentence law. He has
adopted some of the rules in force
in the best institutions in the
country, adding others of his own.
The announcement follows:
In obedience to the require
ments of an act entitled AN Act
in Relation to Sentences to the
State Penitentiary and to Author
Use and Regulate the Paroling of
Convicts," which becomes effect
i've on the 3D. day of August, A. ID.
1899, and pursuant to the author
ity contained in Section of said
act, the following rules and regu-
lations are hereby prescribed and
pronounced for the paroling of
convicts who now are or may
hereafter be imprisoned in the
state penitentiary under SEN
tence other than life sentence
and who may have served the min
imum term pronounced by the
trial court and fixed by the stat
ute.
Rule Application for parole
must be made to the warden of
the state upon printed blanks fur
nished to prisoners by him for that
purpose.
Rule 2-No prisoner shall be
eligible to parole who has not been
in the first grade continuously for
n period of at least six months
prior to the date of application for
parole, and whose private record is
good, but no convict who shall
make an assault with deadly
weapon upon any employe of said
penitentiary shall be eligible to
parole under any circumstances.
PRIsoNER's PAST CONSIDERED.
Rule 3-The warden shall ascer-
tain as much of the character and
history of each convict previous
to his conviction as possible, and
shall determine from such evidence
as he may obtain the probability
of the prisoner complying with the
terms of his parole, his ability,
willingness and opportunity to
earn his own livelihood and to lead
an honest and Industrious life. The
warden shall submit the applica-
ton and endorsements with his
recommendations together with
the prison record and statement
from the prison physician of the
condition of the convict's health
to the governor with all convenient
speed.
Rule 1.-The judges and district
attorneys of all courts wherein a
person may be convicted and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary are re-
quested upon the passing of such
sentence to convey to the warden
brlef statement of the evidence
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cured, together with such an ac-
count of the previous life and
character and career of the pris-
oner rs may be disclosed at the
trial, and such other facts which
they may possess or of which they
may be informed concerning him.
All such statements shall be filed
by the warden and preserved with
the process of commitment under
which the prisoner is detained.
Rule 5-Upon receipt of the
recommendation of the warden the
governor may sign and deliver to
the warden parole for such CON
vict, which shall be his authority
to release the prisoner named there
in from confinement within the
prison within thirty days from the
date of receipt of said parole, sub
ject to the requirements of the
said act and of these rules.
CONTROL OF PARoLED PRISONERS.
Rule 6, Before delivering the
prisoner his parole and releasing
him from custody the said prison.
or shall be required to sign an
agreement with the warden to re-
port to him on the first day of each
month for the period of one wear