The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-04
1903 ,....................... .slsO.sc8 s7

The net proceeds in this report are per maps as great. if not greater than tbos or any other institution of like kind i, the United States They would have hse, suii greater. but for the trouble encoun sereo With new mine at Flat Top mines TOT which the Board of Inspectors are i, no way responsible. II
 Ctner methods of employing the con Victs may be adopted at no distant dax, which. it is hoped, will be in the intera;, or the convicts and of the State.
 uesire to express my thanks to vo,, SAceiency Tor the valuable services ren. ou tne Board, In this important worl, ana also to all the officers and emnIora. connected with the department l ol "hich Is respectfully submitted "p-o.,s. J. M. Carmichael.
 resident State Board of Convict In.
 The Physician Inspector
 lne report of President Carmicbae, is pro...- n py reports from Dr. Shirley 5ragg. Physician Convict Insnec,or a,,s Judge Thomas Bradford. Assoc,ats anu In spector of Convicts. ih-
 Ine report of Dr. Bragg shows the. Al, . heaitn or the convicts has materiaII,, ,,. proved and that the death rate fo. .h. past year has been lower than at , e '',,e m the history of the department
 me Jails of the State are again crit,. eisea oy pr. Bragg. He says:
 Hiahy or the Jails of the State continue .'"e ueath certificates with a lavish ncient in ventilation. deficient in Yro,.e,. 1000. oehcient in everything pertaining to heaIlh' cess pool of danger and dis case paved with filth. overf1owinr with Vermin disseminating tuberculosls -- and otner constitutional diseases. a menace not only to those confined i'm them b,,t more Tar reaching, a menace to the citi- ]ens or the State. Humanity cries aloud that something be done"
 pr. Bragg recommends that all co,- tracts Tor lease of convicts be abolished at the earliest possible moment ana thot soHVlcts slcts snail be worked under absolute State control. He says the convict laws need remodelling and that the manare- ment or County convicts should be rem ouied. During the month of June ba says he ordered fifty County convlcts ant oI the mines on account Of their bad state or health. The County convict. he savs should be placed on the same nIane .. the State convict. Tn closing he calls at- 1ehtion to the fact that the lands at Spelgners and Wetumpka are virtuaIIv without value and can never be made to pay expenses. Associate Inspector Bradford renor,s that ne mas visited all camps where State convicts are leased He says the condi- ton or the state convicts are as good as they can be under present contracts. The County convict camps he says have shown some improvement but the limited power gwen the State over County con victs puts them practically at the mercy of the contractors. He recommends leg islative action to improve the condition of County convicts.
 Live Stock of State. In supplemental statement President Carmichael reports the number of live | stock on hand as follows:
 We have a good quantity of stock at all the several prisons. as will be seen below:
 At Wetumpka-Mules. 12: horses. 3; hogs. 1oi; cattle. 9f.
 At Speigners-Mules. G7; horses, I; cows. DO; hogs. 250; sheep 50.
 At No 4.-Muies. l5; horses, 2; cows,