The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21

priations requested 1t is the inten
md meaning of this section that al
: requests for appropriations for sal
2 institutions shall be placed unde
= sole control of the Board and tina
l appropriations for the maintenance
and for ordinary repairs and improve
: ments thereof shall he made to tn,
. Board in single sums to be use'
} for the several institutions according
to their varying needs.
Hereafter the appropriations TO
said institutions shall be G. three
classes: % Maintenance (2) Oh
binary repairs and improvements
go Specific purposes. Appropriation
for specific purposes she'll cover al
items for constructions. extraOrdin
airy repairs and purchase of lanC
shall be used only for the irstitu
tions and purposes specified therein.
= Sec. "a. Be it further enacted
That for the purchase Of materia
and machinery used in mdnufactur
ing industries, other than those op
Grated in the Tennessee state Peni
tertiary and the Bushy Mountain
Penitentiary, SPECIAL appropriation
shall be made to be known as the
manufacturing fund Receipts from
the sales of manufactured articles
shall not be turned into the State
Treasury but shall he credited to
said fund, to be used for the purpose
I of purchasing further materials, ma
chinery and supplies for such in
s., dustries, and the managing officer
shall make a full monthly report of
The products, sales, receipts and dis.
bursements of said industries 10 the
State Comptroller.
Sec 35 Be it further enacted.
That, the Warden of tie Tennessee
State Penitentiary and the Warden
of the Bushy Mountain Pepitantiary
shall transmit on or before Monday
of each week to the State Treasurer
all the moneys collected by hem
from every source and shall forward
to the Board a detailed statement of
such collections. TIE Treasurer
shall credit the moneys thus re-
ceived to separate accounts kept in
the name of said institutions. The
funds thus deposited may he used
by the Board for the payment of
duly authorized purchases of sup
plies, goods, wares, merchandise,
manufacturers and produce used in
the maintenance or operation OF the
said institutions and for the payment
of salaries, wages and compensation |
of employees and also for the rur-
chase of live stock and equipment |
for the farms and for new macilin- |
cry and for machinery repairs and /
for building repairs and for all
necessary and legitimate exper ses
connected with or incident to the
operation of these sail institutions; |
provided that any new building OF
new equipment that will exceed ST.
10000 in cost Shall be authorized in /
writing by the Governor before the
can be made.
Sec. &C. Be it further enacted
That the Board may make such in
vestigations as it NAV deem neces-
: ~ to the performance of its duties
'nd to that end it or any member
thereof shall have the same power
as justice Of the peace to admin
ster oaths and to enforce the at
endance and testimony of witnesses
md the production of books or zap
1
RS. 1t shall keep a record OF such
stating the time
,lace, character or subject, witnesses
and examined and its
In matters involving the conduct
# an officer, stenographic report
# the evidence shall be taken and
opy thereof with all documents in
reduced Kept on file ut the Office
The fees of witnesses for attend
nee and travel shall be the same
s in the Circuit Court. but no officer
y employees of the institution under
INVESTIGATION shall be entitled there,
o.
Any Judge OF the Circuit Court,
ither in term time Or in vacation,
pon APPLICATION of any mmeber vi The
Board, may compel the attendance
( witnesses, the production of hooks
r papers and the giving Of testi-
nony before said oPa"d. or before
ny member Of the Board, by
Judgment for contempt or otherwise,
n the same manner as in cases be- 7
ore said Courts. S
Sec 81. Be it further eracted,
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