Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

sin Is empowered to establish various
industries for the employment of pri-
Soners in the state reformatory and
IN the state prison, and to manufac-
ture articles for use by the state and
it's public institutions and by political
divisions of the state and their public
institutions, and for sale in the open
market. The said board shall fix the
price of all articles produced as near
the parket price as possible.
3. AS soon as the state board Of
control Of Wisconsin is prepared to
furnish prison products, it shall be
the duty of said board to give notice
to the proper officials of the state and
Its public institutions and Of the polit-
ical divisions of the state and their
public institutions Of the kind or the
kinds of products that it has manufac-
tured or is prepared to manufacture,
year there after, the proper officials
Of the state and it's public institutions
and of the political divisions of the
/ state and their public institutions shall
board estimates of the amounts of
such prison products which they will
require for the ensuing year.
8. The state and its public institu-
lions and the political divisions of
the state and their public institutions
shall not without permission from the
state board of control of Wisconsin,
purchase any such supplies, other than
road-building material, except from the
state board of control of Wisconsin.
Any official violating the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of not
to exceed one hundred dollars, or not
to exceed six months Imprisonment,
or both.
4. Whenever the state board of
control of Wisconsin refuses to grant
permission to purchase supplies else
where, the state department, or politi-
| cal division, or public institution to
which permission is refused, may APP
| peal to the governor, whose decision
| shall be final.
5. The state board of control of
| Wisconsin is empowered to purchase
| and install in the state reformatory
and in the state prison machinery for
| the employment of the labor of prison
the state for the employment of pri-
| sonerS at farm wark; to construct
| temporary barracks for prisoners enrA
| ployed outside the prison enclosure;
| to lease or purchase beds of limestone
suitable for the manufacture of fer
| tilizer, and beds of rock suitable for
| bodybuilding material and the right
| to invest a sufficient sum of money
| in raw materials for use in manufac-
| turing; and to appoint and fix the So l.
aries of skilled workmen and officials
needed to conduct the prison indus
| tries.
6. The state board of control of
Wisconsin and the state highway COM
conV1ctS in the construction and main
tenance of such roads or driveways
| as they may select, and in such man
| ner and upon such terms as the two
| bodies may agree upon, and to report
| to the governor for the use of the
| legislature of 1915 their findings in
| the matter and their view as to the
availability of convicts in state road
| construction.
| T. The state board Of control of
Wisconsin shall credit prisoners with
| compensation, which shall vary for
different prisoners in accordance with
formed, Willingness, and good behav-
| ior.
| 8. The state board of control of
| Wisconsin shall make, in it's biennial
| report to the governor, statement
| showing in detail the amount of each
of the various articles produced in the
| prison industries, the disposition of
these articles, the cost of the raw ma
| terra! purchased, the new machinery
installed, and the cost thereof, the
land purchased or leased and the cost
| of wages paid to prisoners.
(section 172-6O 49, There is APP
propriated on September /, 1913 fifty
thousand dollars payable from any
moneys in the general fund not other
wise appropriated, to the board of con-
troll to establish industries in the state
reformatory and state prison as pro-
vided in section 491Sm. Moneys der
! lived by the board of control from the
sale of products Of the prison indus
tries shall be paid within one week of
receipt into the general fund of the
state treasury and all such deposits
are appropriated to the board of con-
troll to carry into effect the provisions
of section 491Sm The board of con-
troll shall include with each remittance
to the state treasurer schedule show
ing the amount received from each
person, state department, public in
stitution, or political division.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's
passage and publication.
Approved July 81, 1913. Copy Law.