The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-07
REPORT ON STATE PRISON.
Financial Report of the State
Penitentiary for l9O7-O8--Su-
perintendent Urges Abolition
of Present Convict System.

In the report of Superinten- /
dent j. S. Mann, of the State ,
penitentiary, for the years 1907 +;
)8, which the board of directors
has approved and submitted to
Governor Glenn for considera-
ton, the following interesting
facts are set forth:
ION yesterday, December 3lst,
we paid every outstanding obi
cation of the prison and at the
close of the day had on hand !
$141, 1856. 70 in cash and $13, 319.-
% in solvent credits not due and
farm products unsold but valued
at current market prices and
other cash assets, making a total
balance of 1854, CTS. SO.
I'm 1906 we paid Sc, 564.O7 for
paving the walks of Capitol
Square. In 1907 we paid to the
general fund of the Treasury
$4,000 and during 1867 and
1908 we have paid for the sup
port of the Hospital for the Dan
gerous Insane 1920, making a
total previously paid from the
earnings of the prison to the use
of the State of $50, 784.07. This,
added to the balance received
from thel Encouragement of the pris
on under Governor Russeils adj
ministration, we have left 1924, =
1874. 80, which represents the sur
plus fearnings overleXpenditures
under the present management
during the last eight years, en-
bracing the administration of
Governor Aycock and Governor
lGlenn.
THE General Assembly Of 1907
enacted three laws affecting the
revenues of the State prison:
Chapter 152 Public Laws di
reefs the board of prison direc
tors to deposit with the State
Treasurer on or before January
LIST, 1909, a sum sufficient to pay
what are known as prison
bonds," which amount to $170,
600.
Chapter 262, Section 6, Pub
lie Laws, appropriated IS, 600 pc
= annum for the support and main
tenance of the Hospital for tn
Dangerous Insane and direct
= the same to be paid out of tn
States prison funds-a total at
preparation for the two years Q
1 $4,000.
i Chapter 1896. Public Laws, d
4 reefs the board of prison diret
tors to pay to the State Treasul
er SITS, 600 for the use of tn
general fund of the State.
ION April Sd, 1907, the boar
of prison directors, upon tn
written request of the Stat
Treasurer, paid into his hanC
$104, 600 North Carolina a pc
cent. bonds and $40, 400 in cas-
for the use Of the general fun
of the State, in full compliant
with Chapter 1896.
"Since April, LIST, 1906, up
January LIST, 1909, we have el
tirely maintained and supporte
the Hospital for the Dangerol
Insane out of the earnings of tt
prison, and have expended f
this purpose the sum of SO, 20
We have, therefore, complied
full with Chapter 262, Section
- This was a financial burde
, never before imposed upon Il
prison; but, on the contrary, tt
policy of the State seems to ha'
been to keep the Hospital for tt
Dangerous Insane as an instit
ton entirely separate and distin
from the States prison, althou&
physically connected with it. :"
At its meeting in October t
board of directors of the pris'
instructed the superintendent
y take up with the Assistant A
o" torney General the matter
paying the prison bonds, d
January LIST, this year, at viii
time, it was stated, the pris
authorities would have on ha
about $50, 900, which could
Do paid to the State Treasurer to
applied to the payment of the
bonds, as directed. but that the
- would not be a sufficient amou
to pay the bonds in full a
nothing would be left for
maintenance and support of
n prison. The Assistant Attorn
- General advised that the amou
be paid and that the Legislatr
are be asked for an appropriation
, defray the running expenses
the penitentiary. Later the m
ter was laid before the Govern
who, after going over the sitl
ton with the Council of Sta
NE advised the prison directors I
70. to comply with the act of I
Legislature. However, the
rectors decided to issue, and
- issue. a voucher for Sal, 1856.
which represented the total c.
Y. balance belonging to the pris'
at the same time requesting |
State Treasurer to hold the YOU
er and not use it in the pawn,
,r of the prison bonds" until af
the Legislature shall have c.
vened, in order that it may p
an act authorizing him to ret,
the voucher and not require |
expenditure of the prison ca
ings in payment of the bonds.
The physical condition of
IS Institution is reported as entir
satisfactory. The farm has
yielded as we'll as usual for !
last two wears on account