The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy 1919 (New Series, No. 58)Pennsylvania Prison Society
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The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy 1919 (New Series, No. 58)
Pennsylvania Prison Society
Charities -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Periodicals
(_e_) To establish rules and regulations for the keeping of records and
accounts by all such institutions, showing the labor performed by the
inmates thereof, the value of the products thereof, and the wages paid
to inmates, or their dependents, or both.
SECTION 11. All wages paid to the inmates of institutions within
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Delinquency owned, or managed
and controlled by the Commonwealth, etc., shall be paid out of
the committee’s manufacturing fund upon the order of the warden,
superintendent, or other proper officer of the institution in, or in
connection with, which the labor shall have been performed.
SECTION 12. The Prison Labor Commission created by the act approved
the first day of June one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, ... is
hereby abolished, and shall cease to exist, thirty days after the
chairman of the committee on delinquency shall have notified the
Prison Labor Commission in writing that the Committee on Delinquency
has been duly organized as provided in this act. Within such period of
thirty days the Prison Labor Commission shall transfer and set over
to the Committee on Delinquency all books, papers, and records, and
all moneys and evidence of debt, in its possession, and the Auditor
General is hereby authorized and directed to draw a warrant on the
State Treasurer for the payment to the Committee on Delinquency of the
unexpended balance of any appropriation made for the use of the Prison
Labor Commission.
SECTION 13. For the purpose of inspecting any institution within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Delinquency, such committee, the
Commissioner of Delinquency, and any director, expert, agent, or
employee, deputized by the Commissioner of Delinquency for the purpose,
shall have free access to the grounds, buildings, and all books,
papers, and records of such institution, and all persons, connected
with any such institution, are hereby directed and required to give
such information and to afford such facilities for inspection as the
person making such inspection may require....
SECTION 14. ...
Should any institution within the jurisdiction of the Committee on
Delinquency which is not owned, or managed and controlled by the
Commonwealth, etc., fail to obey such rules and regulations, or make
such report, such institution shall not be entitled to receive any
financial assistance from the Commonwealth, and it shall be unlawful
for the Auditor General, after having received notice in writing from
the Committee on Delinquency that any such institution has failed to
obey such rules or regulations, or to make such report, to issue a
warrant for the payment of any money appropriated to such institution
so long as such institution shall continue to refuse to obey such rules
and regulations, or to make such report.
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