The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-02-11
TO WORK
CONvICTS
GLOVER ONE or THE AUTHORS
OF IMPORTANT BILL BEFORE
THE HOUSE.

Special to The Express.
Oklahoma City, Feb ll.-Following
is the nlll text Of house bill No. 32O.
by Glover and others. providing for
he working Of state conyicts, the bill
having heen reported for passage
FEB. 3;
Section J. For the purpose Of work
ing short term and other state con-
yicts on the public roads among the
various counties Of the state, the state
highway commissioner shall subldi-
vide The state into twenty numbered
districts, to be as near the same geo
graphical size as practicable, and The
warden OF the state penitentiary shall
subdiyide the short term and other
conyicts that are capable Of doing
manual labor, into an equal number
Of groups as districts above provided.
When said districts above provided
shall have been plated the highway
commissioner shall designate each
county BY number, beginning in the
northeast OF such district.
Sec 2 Upon The application Of the
county commissioners Of any county
in its numerical order of any Of the
above districts for a group Of said con
victs to the state highway commits.
sioner for convict labor to be employed
npon the roads of said county, said
county commissioners guaranteeing to
The state highway commissioner and
the warden Of the state penitentiary
that such county will pay transporta-
tlon, keep, maintain, pay all guards,
and furnish necessary services OF
physicians, free Of any cost to the
state, the warden Of the state peni-
tentiary shall supply such county com
missicners with a group Of said con-
Wc.s The warden OF the peniten-
lia'y shall furnish one or more port
able coges to each county for holding
such ccnyicts. and shall have the Sc.
.ecins md furnishing of the necessary
guards, and the state highway com
missioner shall prorate such road ma
ch'nery as the state now has or may
purchase among the several districts
'as above provided.
seq. 3. Should any county fail or re.
fuse, through its commissioners, to
make application for convict labor as
aboye provided. said failure shall not
rreNen the next county in numerical
order from making such application.
through its commissioners, and no
county shall work such groups of con-
victs for longer period Of time than
ninety (90) days provided that any
county can work such convicts until or
dered moved TO the next county, and
provided, further, that should all the
counties in any one Of the above NUN.
bered districts, fail or refuse to make
application, through its county com
missioners, for conyca laboi said fail
ure Or refusal shall not prevent any
county in any other numbered district
from making application through its
commissioners in regular crder, for
two groups and two Or more portable
cages.
Sec. 4. It is the purpose of this act
that any county working convicts upon
the public roads shall not work the
said convicts upon the roads receiving
STATE aid and where contrac labor is
employed
Sec z, In the event Of disagreement
between The warden Of the state peni-
lenitary and the state highway com.
missioner in complying with the pro.
visions Of this act, such disagreement
shall be referred to the board Of
prison control, and their decision in
such disagreement shall Be final