Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
Approved, April Is, 1881.

Ia statutes Oh 1S-s, ScctiOH lVsOO,
as amended by Laws 1929, Chapter
%, and Sections 1O767, 10169, 1870
and 1875, relating to the State
Board of Parole.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Section 1896, as
amended by Laws 1929, Chapter %,
be amended so as to read as follows:
'10766. A board having power to
parole and discharge prisoners con-
fined In the state prison, state re-
formatory or state reformatory for
women is hereby created, to be
known and designated as State
Board of Parole Said board shall
be composed of a chairman and two
other members, who shall be appoint
ed by the governor with the advice
and consent of the Senate and who,
except as hereinafter provided, shall
hold office for term of six years
from the first Monday in January
next after such appointments are
made and until their successors be
appointed and qualified, provided that
Immediately or as soon as practic-
able after the passage of this act said
board shall be appointed to hold Of
flee from July first next after such
appointments are made, the chair
man until the first Monday in jan
uary, 1887, one member until the
first Monday in January, 1885, and
one member until the first Monday
in January, 1888. Not more than two
members of said board shall belong
to the same political party. In case
OF q vacancy it shall be filled for
the unexpired term in which such
vacancy occurs as herein provided
for original appointments. Said board
shall keep record of all its pro-
ceedings and to that end may desig-
nate one of its members to act as
secretary, or may require the per-
Torrance Of the duties of that office
by any parole agent or any other
person in its employ"
Sec. 2. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 10767, be
amended so as to read as follows:
''10767. The board of parole con-
stituted under the provisions of this
act shall be deemed continuation
OF the board of parole constituted
under the provisions of law in force
at the time of the passage thereof,
and all matters and proceedings pend
ing before the board of parole as
constituted before the passage of this
act shall be carried on and completed
by the board as constituted here
under"
Sec. 3. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 1O769, be
amended so as to read as follows
"10769. The salary Of the chairman
OF said state board of parole
shall be the sum of 81, 10000 per an.
mum, payable as hereinafter pro-
vided. Each of the other members
of said board shall receive as com.
pensation the sum of $500 per day
for each day actually spent in the
discharge of his official duties, in.
Guiding the duties of secretary. In
addition to the compensation so pro-
vided, each of the members of said
board shall be reimbursed for al
expenses paid or incurred by him in
the performance of his official duties
Said compensation and said ex
penses shall be paid out of the reve.
nue. fund in the same manner as the
salaries and expenses of other state
officers are paid. All of the other
expenses of the state board of pa
role shall be audited and allowed BY
the state board of control and paic
out of the funds appropriated fol
the maintenance of the penal in
situations of the state in such pro
portions as the state board of contro
Ehau determine. Said board of pa
role shall furnish such estimates o,
anticipated expenses and require
ments as the state board of contro
may from time to time require"
Sec. 4. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section lotto, b.
amended so as to read as follows:
lotto. The said state board o.
parole may parole any person sen
fenced to confinement in the state
prison or state reformatory, provided
that no convict serving a life sem
tence shall be paroled until he ha.
served thirty-five years, less the
dimunition which would have beer
allowed for good conduct had his
sentence been for thirty-five years
and then only by unanimous consent
in writing of the members of the
board of pardons. Such convicts
while on parole shall remain in the
legal custody and under the contro
OF the state board of parole, subject
at any time to be returned to the
state prison or state reformatory
and the written order of said board
certified by the warden or superin.
tendent of the state reformatory
shall be sufficient warrant to any
officer to retake and return to actua
custody any such convict. Geo
graphical limits wholly within tn,
;o
the same enlarged or reduced accord
ing to the conduct of the prisoner.
In considering applications for pa
role or final release said board shall
not be required to hear oral argu
ment from any attorney or other per
son not connected with the prison
or reformatory in favor of or against
the parole or release of any prisoners
but it may institute inquiries by cor
respondence. taking testimony OF
otherwise, as to the previous history
physical or mental condition, an(
character of such prisoner. and t.
that end shall have authority to re
quire the attendance of the warder
OF the state prison or the superintend
ent of the state reformatory or the
state reformatory for women anc
the production of the records of sale
institutions and to compel the attend.
ance of witnesses, and each member
OF said board is hereby authorized te
administer oaths to witnesses fol
every such purpose"
Sec. 5. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 1875, b,
amend so as to read as follows:
LOTS. Said board of parole as fal
as possible, shall exercise Jupervis
ion over paroled and discharged con
Vets and when deemed necessary fol
that purpose, may appoint state
agents, fix their salaries and allow
them travelling expenses. It may also
appoint suitable persons in any part
of the state for the same purpose
Every such agent or person shall
perform such duties as said boarc
may prescribe in behalf of or in the
supervision of prisoners pareled OF
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