and more hardened class. Each department shall be entirely separate from any other department and shall have different subordinate officers in control thereof, and said board shall provide rules whereby the inmates may be transferred from one department or class to another department or class from time to time, as their conduct may merit or require; and in order that there shall be separate departments so that the inmates may be classified according to their deserts and each class kept in its appropriate department, the board of managers shall cause suitable buildings and enclosures to be erected for the department or class containing the older or more hardened offenders, and those who cannot be controlled or managed except by closer confinement and sterner discipline than in the school department. Said buildings and enclosures shall be erected upon a different part of the grodu.from the buildings now located thereon, and shall constitute distinct department of the institution, but shall be under the control of the board of managers and superintendent thereof with such subordinate officers as may be necessary.

Sec. 2. Emergency.-There being no provision for the establishment of a reformatory for persons between eighteen and thirty years of age, and there being an immediate necessity for the same, an emergency exists within the meaning of the Constitution, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 15, 1915.

[H. B. 13.]

CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS: Penitentiary

Twine Plant.

Binder

AN ACT to repeal sections 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669 and 1670 of chapter 19, article XIX of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1909 relating to the state penitentiary and the powers and duties of the warden and board of inspectors thereof, relative to the manufacture of binding twine in said penitentiary, and to enact four new sections in lieu thereof to be known as sections 1666, 1667, 1668 and 1669, with an emergency clause.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. Repealing sections 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669 and 1670 and enacting four new sections in lieu thereof.-Sections 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669 and 1670 of chapter 19, article XIX of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1909, are hereby repealed and the following new sections in lieu thereof are hereby enacted to be designated sections 1666, 1667, 1668 and 1669.

Sec. 1666. Warden authorized to manufacture binding twine. The warden of the state penitentiary is hereby empowered to

operate the binding twine plant at the state penitentiary in the manner approved by the board of prison inspectors, and is empowered to purchase such extra machinery and equipment and erect and maintain same, as shall be necessary to operate such plant with the greatest efficiency, and in accordance with the most modern methods of manufacture of binding twine.

Sec. 1667. Disposition of money derived from sale of twine, etc.-All moneys derived from the sale of twine shall be collected by the said warden and paid into the treasury of the state to the credit of the "earnings Missouri penitentiary fund." All such moneys received from such sales by the warden shall be deposited with the state treasurer and a true and correct account thereof kept by the warden in the same manner and at the same time as is now provided, or may hereafter be provided, by law, for the receiving, accounting and depositing of moneys received by said warden from contractors of prison labor, or for any article manufactured or sold for the state.

Sec. 1668. Price of twine-how sold and to whom.-The said warden is hereby invested with the power to sell all twine manufactured in the said plant in the manner provided by law and approved by the board of prison inspectors. The price of binding twine manufactured at the state prison shall be fixed by the board of inspectors and the warden, not later than March 1st of each year. Such price may be changed at any time by said board and said warden when conditions warrant such change. Such twine shall be sold to actual consumers in quantities needed for their use or to dealers under such rules and regulations as may be provided by said board, for cash or security approved by said warden. Dealers desiring to purchase such twine shall enter into a written agreement with the state to sell only to actual consumers for their own use, within the county or territory designated. The state shall retain a contingent interest in any twine sold to dealers and, if any dealer shall violate his said agreement, the board of inspectors, upon application of the warden, may declare such twine forfeited to the state and authorize the warden to retake possession thereof. Every dealer purchasing such twine shall keep it separately from other twine which he may have in his possession for sale. In disposing of the product of said binder twine plant, the board of inspectors and the warden shall give preference to citizens of the state, but, if, at any time a surplus of twine is on hand, or will probably accumulate, the product may be sold absolutely to the first applicant therefor.

Sec. 1669. Material, machinery and equipment, purchase of. The warden, under the direction and by the approval of the board of inspectors, shall purchase such raw material, machinery and equipment as may be required for the operation of the binder twine. plant, and the state auditor shall draw warrants on the "earnings. Missouri penitentiary fund" in the state treasury upon requisition of the warden for purchases required for the operation of said plant

in the same manner as requisitions are made and warrants drawn for other uses and support of the penitentiary.

Sec. 2. Emergency.-The congested condition of the state penitentiary and the discontinuance of the contracts for convict labor and consequent idleness of the convicts, creates an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution, and this act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage.

Approved March 23, 1915.

[C. S. S. B. 557.]

CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS: Penitentiary.

AN ACT to repeal section (s) 1615 of article 19, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909, and enacting a new section in lieu thereof to be known as section 1615, providing for the control of the state penitentiary with one warden, one deputy warden, one physician, one chaplain, one matron, and such turnkeys, guards and other assistants as may be necessary; creating a board of penitentiary inspectors to be composed of state treasurer, state auditor, attorney-general as ex officio members, providing for a quorum, defining their powers, manner of qualifying before entering upon their duties, where oath to be filed, and providing for their compensation; defining the duties and powers of the warden; providing for the appointment, salary, duties and powers of the superintendent of industries; prohibiting the board of penitentiary inspectors or the warden of the state penitentiary, or the superintendent or other officers of any penal institution or reformatory in this state from letting, farming out, giving, contracting for or selling to any firm, person, association, or corporation, except that each and all prisoners in the penitentiary may be required to work, and the product of their labor disposed of to the state, or in the open market as herein provided; permitting the board of penitentiary inspectors at their option and discretion, to renew any contracts or to make new contracts for not to exceed one-half of the workable force of the penitentiary for a period not later than December 31, 1916; authorizing the employment of a limited number of convicts upon the public roads of the state under such terms as may be provided by law, or upon such farm lands as may be secured or leased by said board; authorizing the purchase upon reasonable terms of such machinery as may be necessary for the employment and use of penitentiary inmates; causing to be manufactured under the direction of the superintendent of industries, with the approval of the board of penitentiary inspectors, such articles as may be, in their judgment, needed for the various state institutions, together with any other articles or products that may be disposed of on the open market, at a profit to the state; provided that all articles manufactured at the state penitentiary, and not required for use therein, shall be furnished to the state, and to public institutions owned or controlled by the state, prices to be fixed and determined by the board of penitentiary inspectors, provided said prices are at fair and prevailing rates, said articles to be furnished upon requisition of proper officers of the state or its political subdivisions or of the trustees or managers of such institutions; providing that no articles so manufactured shall be purchased from any other source by the state, or public institutions of the state, unless the board of penitentiary inspectors shall certify that same cannot be furnished within 60 days, and prohibiting the auditing or payment of any claim without such certificate of release; providing for the creation of a relief fund for the convicts; providing for the apportionment of the relief fund to all convicts employed, whether in productive enterprises or general work, according to the number of days of labor of each convict, provided they have obeyed the rules; giving to the board of penitentiary inspectors the right to determine the rights and interests of all parties mentioned in this act; providing for the appropriation necessary to the purchase or rental of machinery to be used in the working of convicts in factories or industries operated by the board of penitentiary inspectors; appropriating out of the state treasury sufficient fund for purchasing of material and paying expenses required in manufacturing, handling, and marketing the products of the factories or industries for the years 1915, 1916; repealing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act; with an emergency clause.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. Duties of board of inspectors-binding twine plant. The board of penitentiary inspectors shall, upon the passage and approval of this act, caused to be employed in the state factory for the manufacture of binding twine not fewer than one hundred convicts, from time to time, as the demand of the factory will justify. The board of penitentiary inspectors is hereby empowered to purchase such equipment, and install and maintain same, as shall be necessary to operate said twine plant with the most modern methods for the manufacturing of binding twine.

Sec. 2. Sale of products of state twine plant.—The superintendent of industries of the Missouri penitentiary is hereby empowered to sell the twine manufactured in said plant in such manner as has the approval of the board of penitentiary inspectors. The price of binding twine manufactured at the Missouri penitentiary shall be fixed by the board of penitentiary inspectors, and may be changed at any time commercial conditions warrant. The product of the state twine factory shall be sold to actual consumers, in any quantity, or to dealers, under such rules and regulations as may be provided by the said board, either for cash, or on time, with such security as may be approved by the warden. Dealers purchasing twine shall enter into a written agreement with the state to sell only to actual consumers, for said consumers' use within the county, or territory, designated by the board of penitentiary inspectors. The state shall retain a contingent interest in any twine sold to dealers, and if any dealer shall violate his agreement, the board of inspectors may declare such twine forfeited to the state, and authorize the superintendent of industries to retake possession thereof. Every dealer purchasing twine from the state factory shall keep the quantity so bought separate from other twine, which he may have in his possession for sale. In disposing of the product of the state binder twine factory, the board of inspectors and the superintendent of industries shall give preference to citizens of this state, but if at any time a surplus of twine is on hand, or is likely to be accumulated, the product may be sold. to the first applicant therefor. The superintendent of industries under the direction and by the approval of the board of penitentiary inspectors, shall purchase such raw material, machinery and equipment as may be required for the operation of the binder twine. plant, and the state auditor shall draw warrants on the "earnings

of the Missouri penitentiary fund" in the state treasury upon requisition of the superintendent of industries for purchases required for the operation of said plant in the same manner as requisitions are made and warrants drawn for the other uses and support of the penitentiary.

Sec. 3. Repealing and re-enacting section 1615, R. S. 1909.That section 1615, article 19, of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1909, be and the same is hereby repealed and the following new section enacted in lieu thereof to be known as section 1615, so that said section when so enacted shall read as follows:

Sec. 1615. Duty of warden, as to financial concerns of the penitentiary. The warden shall attend to the financial concerns of the penitentiary and shall pay into the state treasury all moneys received by him on account of the institution and shall keep in suitable books, regular and complete accounts of all moneys received, and from what source, and shall have vouchers for all money disbursed. The books shall exhibit the profits or losses of each branch of manufactures.

Sec. 4. Appointment of superintendent of industries duties of-salary. The board of penitentiary inspectors is hereby empowered to appoint a superintendent of industries of the penitentiary, at a salary not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum. He shall, under the direction of the inspectors, purchase such raw material as may be required for manufacturing in the prison factories by convicts and employ such outside help as may be necessary and shall be in charge of all articles manufactured by the state, and shall act as distributing agent for the manufacturing enterprises connected with the institution, with authority to appoint agents or salesmen, subject to the approval of the board of penitentiary inspectors. He shall have charge of the factories under such rules and regulations as may be made by the penitentiary inspectors. The superintendent of industries shall make monthly reports to the board of penitentiary inspectors, said reports to be in whatever form said board of penitentiary inspectors may require.

Sec. 5. Contracts for convict labor.-The warden of the penitentiary by and with the consent and approval of the board of penitentiary inspectors is hereby authorized to contract with any person, firm, or corporation for the services of such convicts as are not engaged or employed in the industries conducted by the state or in road work as herein before provided; but in no event shall a contract be made for the services of any convict for a period expiring later than December 31, 1916: Provided, that not to exceed one-half of the convicts so confined in the penitentiary physically able for labor shall be employed under contract. No contract for the services of able-bodied male convicts of said penitentiary shall be made at less than seventy-five cents per day for each convict. Sec. 6. Board to purchase machinery-certain articles or products to be manufactured. The board of penitentiary in-