The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-25
Asst. Secretary of State.
Published in The Topeka State Journal
March %, 1911
SENATE BILL No. CSC.

SENATE BILL No. 6S6.
An Act relating to the management and
control of the State Penitentiary and
the Kansas State Industrial Reforma-
tory. and repeating certain acts in con-
flict herewith.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
thirty days after the eN passage of this act,
appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate three electors of the
state, not more than two of whom shall
be of the same political party, and no two
of whom shall at the time of their APP
pointment reside in the same congress
Board of Penal Institutions. No person
holding any elective office or any ap-
his appointment, shall be eligible to an
appointment said board but this limi-
tation is not to apply to any of the pres
ent members of the directors of the
State Penitentiary or managers of the
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
and no member of the board hereby
created may be selected from the county
in which any institution mentioned in this
act is located. The first appointees of
designated by the governor, for a period
OF one. two and three years from the first
day Of July, 1911 and thereafter the term 11
Der of said board shall receive, as full
compensation for all his services in con-
duties of his office, the sum of IS per day
for every day necessarily and actually
employed in such service and in addition
essary travelling expenses The governor
may remove any member of such Board
of Penal Institutions for good cause
shown and fill the vacancy by appoint
ment until the next meeting of the Senate
thereafter: The Board Of Penal lnstitu-
tions shall elect and designate IN writing
one of it's members as treasurer thereof,
TO whom all moneys belonging to the
Board of Penal Institutions shall be paid,
and who shall; under the order OF the
Board of Penal Institutions. pay the same
to the state treasurer, accordlng TO law N;
taking therefor proper receipts and
Vouchers Said treasurer shall be required
to give bond to the state for such an
amount as may be deemed necessary 70
fully protect the funds of the state, WITH
good and sufficient suretIes. a respo N
and doing business in the state OF Kansas,
NAV be accepted as surety on such bond,
and cost of said bond shall be PAID by the
state. The form of said bond shall be ap-
proved by the attorney-general, put the
amount and sufficiency thereof snail be
90 The members of the Board of
Penal Institutions shall, by virtue OF their
office be the directors of the state Penl-
Tertiary and managers of the Kansas IN,
dI1strfal Reformatory and shall have full
power to manage, control and govern
said institutions, subject only TO the i1nl-
fafions and restrictions and supervision OF
the governor in this act contained and
laws now in force governing the sdiu III
situations. -,
said institutions July ], 1911. and at
that time shall organize and enter upon
the discharge of their duties, and at that
time the present board of directors CT the
state Penitentiary and managers of the
Kansas State Industrial Refor71laIoIy
shall vacate their offices ana turn over "
said Board of Penal Institutions az me
hooks papers money and control of the
business of the said State PenitentIary
and Kansas State Industrial Reformalory
and they shall have no farther legal ex-
fsteuce and the powers heretofore e1ef,
cised by them shall be and become vested