East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-26

sale and handling of said products;
providing however, that grain sacks.
wool sacks and hop clotn shall be
sold to consumers within this state
only and for cash, and provided fur
ther, that when in any year the appli-
cations for grain sacks, wool sacks
and hop cloth shall exceed the output
the same shall be apportioned among
the applicants pro rata as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 5. All applications for manu-
featured jute products shall be made
upon blanks prepared and furnished
by the board of prison directors,
which blank shall be properly filled
out by the applicant who shall state
flee address, number of grain sacks
or wool sacks or amount of hop cloth
desired, description of the lands
upon which the grain or hops are
growing or are to be grown, or the
ranges upon which the applicants
sheep run, and such application shall
be verified by the applicant and shall
applied for are for his own individual
use and not for the use of another and
not for speculation; provided, how
ever, that where the applicant is an
executor, administrator, guardian or
officer of court the affidavit shall
show that fact and sufficient informa-
tion to advise the board for whom he
is acting Any person who shall make
any false affidavit hereunder shall be
deemed guilty Of perjury, and upon
conviction shall be punished accord
ingly.
Sec. s. Said board shall keep an
accurate record of all applications
for grain sacks, wool SACKS or hop
cloth made to 1t. and on the first
Monday of February in each year
shall determine the number and
amount OF applications made to pur-
chase wool sacks, and on the first
Mondays of May. June, July and Aug
use in each year shall determine the
number and amount of applications
made to purchase grain sacks, and on
the first Monday in July in each
year shall determine the number and
amount of applications to purchase
hop cloth, and the supply of such
products on said dates available for
sale; and in case the amount of such
products applied for exceeds the sup
ply on hand for sale, then the board
shall forthwith distribute the supply
pro rata to the several applicants,
and shall ship the same at the ex-
pense of the applicant upon the pay
ment of the price thereof in cash.
Applications may be made in any
season of the year and as received by
the board shall be placed on file for
consideration and apportionment as
hereinabove provided.
Sec. Z. That on the first Monday
of January in each year the board of
prison directors shall fix the price at
which such grain sacks. wool sacks
and hop cloth shall be sold during
the ensuing year. and shall determine
such price at the net cost as herein
provided, and shall forthwith give
public notice thereof by posting a
schedule of prices in the office of the
clerk of said board and Immediately
forwarding a copy thereof to the
county clerk of each county in the
state. whose duty 1t shall be to forth
with post the, same in a public place
in his office.
Sec. s. That the purchase of the
necessary machinery, fixtures and
fabrics and the erection of necessary
buildings as herein provided shall be
made as soon as practicable, and
after such machinery is ready for
operation nothing but jute fabric
shall be manufactured in the state
penitentiary; provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to prevent the manufacture of
any article designed for exclusive use
In or about the penitentiary or for
the proper operation thereof.
Sec. 8. That pending the comple-
ton of said jute mills, the board of
prison directors shall have authority
to provide for the employment of
cenvicts in such manner and upon
such terms as they may deem for the
best interests of the state; but said
board of prison directors shall not
enter into any contract for convict
labor the duration of which will ex-
tend beyond the time when said jute
mills sahll be completed and ready
for operation.
Sec. 10. All acts and parts of acts
that are in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.