The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-27


geney. Early in the summer of last
year I had all the rules and regulations
for the government of convicts of Ala
bama revised and remode1ed / called to
my assstanuee IN preparing these re-
xised rules and regulations The state
prison inspector and examiner, German.
We went over every rule that had here
tofore existed and made the rules con
form 10 the laws that We're then In force.
The rules under which the department
had been governed had been adopted long
before the present code and many of the
provisions We're obsolete. I also person
ally prepared the following rules.
Prepared Rules
az It shall be the duty of the physician
and associate Inspector to recommend
such transfers of prisoners from one
place to another as they see fit, but no
transfer of any prisoner from one place
or camp to another shall be made by any
transfer agent warden, guard or en-
ploye of the convict department except
on written order from the president of
the board of inspectors. A monthly re-
port shall be submitted in writing by the
physician inspector on the third Tuesday
Of each and every month at the regular
meeting of the board cf inspectors giving
the age, color, sex and term of sentence.
place of confinement and Character of
services being performed by each and
every prisoner afflicted with tuberculosis,
together with such recommendation as
he may see fit to make as to q change
In the character Of work they are per-
forming or their transfer to the tubereu-
losis hospital at Wetumpka.
"24. The convict department shall keep
a book In which shall be set out by item
and properly listed each item of per-
sonal property furnished each warden
and what disposition has been made of
the same, said list to show all of said
property which came into the possession
of said warden at the time he entered
upon the discharge of his duties. as well
as a list of all property purchased or
furnished him during his incumbency in
office, as well as a list of all of that
which has been sold or other wise dis
posed of, the person TO whom 1t was sold,
the price, or any other disposition there
of. Said property shall be separately
listed for each camp or institution pre-
sided over by a warden and made a
charge against said warden, TO be ac-
counted for by him.
80. record shall be kept In this Of
fice similar to that provided TO be kept
for state convicts OF all persons SEN
fenced to hard labor for the county, and
who are under their supervision. The
Judge of probate. commissioners. or
agent of hard labor for each county in
this state shall report to this board on
the last day of each and every month
the name, age. sex and race of every
person sentenced to hard labor, date of
conviction, crime, term of conviction, adj
ditionaI term for costs, date of expira-
ton of sentence and amount of costs.
That the clerk of this board shall for
ward to each probate Judge necessary
blanks for such reports, and said clerk
when furnishing said blanks shall call
the attention of the probate Judge to the
penalty provided in section 4 of the act
adopted November 3O 1907. for their fall
ure to comply with the rule
'.57. County convicts suffering with
pulmonary tuberculosis must be confined
In separate and distinct quarters or cells
from state convicts, and from other coun-
ty convicts who are not infected. Such
provisions shall be made by the contrac-
tors
IA Each warden shall cause to be
kept book to be known as a property
book in which shall be listed each and
every item of personal porperty owned
by the state or the convict bureau, the
date when the same was purchased, and
If the same is sold or disposed of, to
whom sold and for what price and how
disposed of. and If said property is worn
out or destroyed such fact to be set out
in said book and a written report made
to the convict bureau. Each warden~is
to be held liable for all property which
comes into his possession and which IS
not properly accounted for
.s75. The salary of no warden or any
other subordinate employe of the convict
department shall be increased or de-
creased or any additional position created
carrying salary or increased pay without
the unanimous consent of the board of
convict inspectors with the approval of
the governor.
20 No inspector or officer or employe
of the convict department shall be direct
ly or indirectly interested In the pur-