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
SECTION 5. The board of managers of each district is hereby authorized
by a majority vote to select a suitable site for the state industrial
farm of the district. Such site shall be within the district, and
shall either be chosen from lands donated to the Commonwealth for the
purpose or purchased by the board with moneys appropriated or donated
for the purpose; _Provided_, That any such site shall not contain
more than two thousand (2,000) acres. The title to land donated or
purchased as herein provided shall be taken and held in the name of
“The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” and shall be examined and approved
by the Attorney General prior to the acceptance or purchase of the
land. In the selection of a site the board of managers shall take
into consideration the objects and purposes of the institution, the
accessibility of any proposed site to the counties included in the
district, and all or as many as practicable of the following enumerated
advantages and resources. The land selected and purchased shall be of
varied topography with natural resources and advantages for many forms
of husbandry, fruit growing, and stockraising; for brick-making, and
for the preparation of all other road and paving material; and shall
have good railroad drainage, sewage, and water facilities. Waste land
or land requiring drainage may be selected if deemed susceptible of
profitable cultivation after its improvement.
SECTION 6. All buildings constructed in pursuance of this act shall be
plain and inexpensive in character and the labor in constructing such
buildings, improvements and facilities shall be supplied by persons
committed to the state industrial farm or confined in State or county
penal, reformatory, or correctional institutions so far as found
practicable.
The board of managers shall procure all necessary materials; erect and
equip such buildings; employ such skilled labor as cannot be furnished
by the persons committed to their respective industrial farms or by
persons confined in State, or county penal, reformatory or correctional
institutions and provide all proper facilities for their use and for
the practical use of the institution.
When the board of managers of any State industrial farm shall have made
all preliminary arrangements for the construction of the buildings and
equipment therein, they shall notify the Governor who shall issue a
proclamation announcing such fact, and thereafter prisoners having more
than thirty days to serve shall be transferred to such State industrial
farm from any jail or workhouse in that district on the order of the
Governor.
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