Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1921-05-26
REFORMATORY
PRISON BILL
introduced. by Representative
w. F. Clouse in
Congress

| Washington d. c., 5-21-21.
Putnam County Herald,
COokeville, Tenn.
Dear Sirs:-I am enclosing here
with bill which l have introduced
providing for the erection of U. S.
Reformatory Prison at Cookeville
Tennessee, and l shall thank you to
give due publication to same in the
columns of your paper as it will no
doubt be of much interest to your
readers.
Yours very truly,
w r. CLOUSE.
n. r. 61e7
A BILL to provide for the pur-
chase of site and the erection oi
United States Reformatory prison in
connection with farm; to provide
for the imprisonment and employ
ment of certain United States pris-
oners, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate ana
House of Representatives or the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the Attorney General
be, and is. hereby, authorized and d.
rected to acquire, by purchase, con-
demnation or otherwise, site con-
tanning not less than one thousand
acres of lands suitable for farming
purposes in the county of Putnam,
State Of Tennessee, located at point
as convenient and accessible to the
| United States district courthouse in
the town of Cookeville as is consist
ent with the objects and purposes OF
this Act, and cause to be erected
thereon suitable buildings and sur
roundings for the confinement ana
employment Of all persons convicted
of crime in the district court of the
United States within the boundaries
of the State of Tennessee, and for
which offense the punishment pre-
scribed Is Imprisonment for any per-
iod less than one year and one day,
or in any case in which the presiding
Judge may be of the opinion that the
case merits a lesser punishment than
Imprisonment in the penitentiary:
Provided, That the plans, specifica-
tions, and estimates of such site and
buildings shall be previously made
and approved by law, and shall not
exceed an expenditure of more than
$500, 900.
SEC. 2. That said prison shall be
known as "the United States Reform |
atory for Tennessee" and it shall be |
the duty of the several judges holding
the district courts Of the United |
States in the several divisions of the
State of Tennessee to in all cases
where the punishment prescribed by
law is Imprisonment for term of
lss than one year and one day, and
in all cases where, in the opinion OF
the court the offense merits a pun
ishment less than Imprisonment in
the penitentiary pronounce judge
ment and accordingly sentence the
prisoner to Imprisonment In the Unit
ed States Reformatory for Tennessee
for such a period of time as the of-.
cost.
SEC. g. That the sum of $4,000
Is furher appropriated, to be expend-
ed under the direction of the Attorney
in the fitting and equipment
Of said buildings and farm with the
necessary machinery and workshops |:
for the employment of all prisoners
therein: Provided however, {
That no prisoner shall be employed I
IN the manufacture Of any commodi. 8
" other than supplies for the Gov. i
srnment and in the production OF farm I
Ind food products. tI
SEC 4. That the control and man Q
lgement of said prison shall be vest Q
I'd in the Attorney General, who shall '
rave power to appoint superintend- 7
mt and such subordinate ofiicers as n
nay be necessary for the manage t
nent, safekeeping. care, protection, Il
md discipline of such United States b
prisoners, and shall also have power 8
md authority to promulgate rules and c
equations for the government Of ID
he prisoners therein confined, and d
4 the officials connected Herewith t
IS he may deem proper and neces- p
ary. 8
SEC. s. That the transportation 8
4 all prisoners convicted of crime
nd sentenced under the provisions 9
4 this Act to said reformatory ana l,
heir delivery to the superintendent a
hereof shall be by the marshal OF e
he court wherein Such conviction g
5 obtained, and the actual expense Q
I such marshal, Including transpor- a
alton and subsistence; hire. trans d
'ortation and subsistence of guards: a
nd the transportation and subsist-
nee Of prisoners shall be paid. on ap- 4
roval of the Attorney Gene, e
4 the judiciary fund, but shall also a
ense may merit and to be there con- ,
med at labor under such rules a. may d