Evening star., 1900-04-25

Of any Of said penal institutions who shall
refuse to admit said commission or any of
said commissioners or Its secretary or
other authorized agent for the purpose of
visitation or inspection, or shall refuse or
neglect to furnish the Information required
by said commission or any member thereof
or Its secretary, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor. and subject to fine of s10o for
each such refusal or neglect. The rights
and powers hereby conferred may be en-
forced by an order of the Supreme Court
In making investigations as herein en-
powered said commission or any member
thereof is hereby empowered to issue com
pulSory process for the attendance Of wit
nesses and the production of papers, to ad-
minister oathS, and to examine persons I'M
der oath and to exercise the same powers
as belong to referees appointed by the
court.
Reports to Be Required.
The said commission shall have the
further duty and authority to require the
proper officials Of the state and the po-
Ntical divisions thereof. and of all public in
stitutions of the state. and political di-
visions thereof, supported wholly or in part
by the state or any political division thereof
to furnish to said commission, annually, esu-
mates for each ensuing year of the amount
of labor to be required by each and of the
articles which may be manufactured in
penal institutions, required to be pur-
chased for the use of the state or the po-
Htical divisions or said institutions in their
charge or under their management.
All persons sentenced to the prisons, re-
formatorfes, penitentiaries. jails in the
state shall be employed for the state. or
political division thereof, or In productive
industries for the benefit Of the state, or the
political divisions thereof, or for the use of
public institutions owned or managed and
controlled by the state, or the political di-
visions thereof which shall be under rules
and regulations for the distribution and di-
versification thereof to be established by
the state commission Of prisons.
The labor of the prisoners in the institu-
uons known as state penitentfaries. prisons
or reformatories. after the necessary labor
tor and manufacture of all needed supplies
for said institutions. shall be primarily de-
voted to the state and the construction and
care of the public buildings, roads and in
stitutions thereof, and the manufacture of
supplies for the state and public institu-
tfons thereof and secondly to the public
divisions of the state, and public fnstitu-
ttons thereof; and the labor of the prisoners
In the institutions known as county jails.
prisons. warehouses, or reformatories after
the necessary labor for and manufacture
of all needed supplies for the same, shall
be primarily devoted to the counties, re-
spectively, in which said institutions are
located. and the towns. cities and villages
therein, and to the construction and care
of the public buildings. roads and institu-
tions thereof. and the manufacture of sup
plies for the public institutions of the coun-
ties, or the political divisions thereof and
secondly 70 the state and publlC 1nStttu-
tions thereof
1t shall be the duty of the state commits
sion of prisons to distribute among the
penal and reformatory Institutions under
its jurisdiction the labor and industries as
signed by the commission to said institu-
tions. due regard being had to the location
and convenience of the institutions to the
other institutions to be supplied. The COM
mission of prisons shall annually cause to
be procured and transmitted to the legis-
lature, with its annual report a statement
showing in detail the amount and quantity
of each Of the various articles manufac-
tured in the several penal and reforma-
tory institutions under its control and the
labor performed by the prisoners therein,
and Of the disposition thereof.
The officers of the state prisons, reform
atories and penitentiaries. county jails
and other penal and reformatory institu-
tfons, respectively, are authorized and di-
rected to cause to be manufactured by the
prisoners in the institutions such articles
as are needed and used therein, and also
such as are required by the state or poiti-
cal divisions thereof, and in the buildings
offices and public institutions owned or
managed and controlled by the state, in
cluding articles and ma aterials to be used
in the erection of the buildings and con-
structton Of roads.
DfsposinE of Prison Products.
All such articles manufactured in the in
stitutions not required for use therein may
be furnished to the state, or to any poiiti-
cal divisions thereof or for or to any pub
lie institution owned or managed and con-
trolled by the state, or any political di-
vision thereof, at and for such prices as
shall be fixed and determined as herein
after provided, upon the acquisitions Of the
proper officials, trustees or managers there
of. No article manufactured shall e
purchased from any other source for the
state or public institutions of the state, or
the political divisions thereof, unless said
nmmlSSlpn nYiSnnS shall
that the same cannot be furnished upon
shall be audited or paid without such GER
uficate.
On or before October in each year the
proper officials of the state, and the politi-
cal divisions thereof. and of the institu-
tions of the state, or political divisions
thereof, shall report to the said commits
sion Of prisons estimates for the ensuing
year of the amount of supplies of different
kinds required to be purchased by them
that can be furnished by the penal and re-
formatory Institutions of the state and the
political divisions thereof. The said COM
mission is authorized to make regulations
for said reports, to provide for the man
ner in which requisitions shall be made for
versiAcation of the industries in said insti-
tutions.
The state commission of prisons shall fix
and determine the prices at which all labor
performed. and all articles manufactured
and furnished to the state, or the political
divisions thereof, or the public institutions
thereof. shall be furnished. which prices
shall be uniform to all. The prices shall
be as near the usual market price for such