such case, the court shall appoint some suitable woman of satisfactory character and discretion, who shall take the custody of such minor female after her said commitment, and shall forthwith deliver her to said school, and be entitled to the same compensation therefor as is otherwise provided to be paid to the sheriff in all cases where, if such minor were a boy and were by a sheriff delivered to said school, he, the said sheriff, would be entitled to receive compensation, under the terms of this act. [Amended April 19, 1909.]

Examination of claims.

SEC. 26. The said board of trustees shall examine, audit, and allow the demands arising under the terms of the aforesaid act and the amendments thereto, and the state controller shall thereupon draw his warrants therefor, payable out of the proper fund, and the state treasurer is hereby ordered to pay such warrants. [Amended March 23, 1893.]

Transfer of boy under eighteen.

SEC. 27. Any boy under the age of eighteen years, who is undergoing sentence in any state prison in this state (except such as are undergoing a life sentence), and who shall be deemed a fit subject for training in the said school, may, upon recommendation of the state board of prison directors, with the approval of the governor, be transferred to said school for the unexpired period of his sentence, and when honorably discharged from said school, as hereinbefore provided, shall be entitled to such benefits and immunities as are provided for the other inmates of the institution. [Enacted February 7, 1907.]

WHITTIER STATE SCHOOL-PAROLE OFFICER.

An act making an appropriation of five thousand dollars, to be used by the board of trustees of the Whittier State School, at Whittier, California, providing for a parole officer, his compensation and traveling expenses.

[Approved March 21, 1907.]

SECTION 1. The board of trustees of the Whittier State School are hereby authorized to appoint a parole officer whose duty it shall be to find suitable places for those who are ready to leave the school, visit and care for them during the period of probation, make such changes as may be necessary to secure the best employment of said inmates and to perform such other duties as may be required of him by the superintendent and board of trustees.

SEC. 2. The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended for salary and traveling expenses of such parole officer.

SEC. 3. The salary of such parole officer shall be not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, and necessary traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties, as described in this act. All claims for traveling expenses shall be accompanied by an itemized bill.

SEC. 4. Not more than fifty per cent of the appropriation shall be expended in any one year.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

COMMITMENTS TO WHITTIER AND PRESTON.

An act relating to commitments to the state school at Whittier and to the Preston School of Industry; fixing the authority to examine and commit to such schools with the superior court judges of the counties, and fixing the responsibilities from which commitments are made to the state for maintenance of the persons committed therefrom; providing for the manner of payment thereof, and fixing the responsibility of the parents to the counties from which their children are committed.

[Approved March 26, 1895.]

SECTION 1. The superior judge of any county, and no other judicial officer, shall have the power to examine, discharge, or commit any offender either to the Whittier State School or to the Preston School of Industry; provided, that the superior judge shall determine whether or not the parent or guardian of any minor committed to the Whittier State School or to the Preston School of Industry is able to pay to the county in which the commitment is made for the maintenance of such minor during the term of such commitment; and when the superior judge shall determine that said parent or guardian has the ability to pay as aforesaid for the maintenance of such minor during the term of such confinement, the parent or parents or guardian shall pay into the treasury of such county the sum of eleven dollars per month in advance; and in case of the failure to pay the same as herein provided it shall be the duty of the district attorney of such county to proceed to collect the amount from such parent, parents, or guardian in the manner that other indebtedness against the county is collected.

SEC. 2. For each and every person hereafter committed to either the Whittier State School or the Preston School of Industry, the county from which the commitment is made shall pay into the state treasury the sum of one hundred and thirty-two dollars per annum, and at that rate for each fraction of a year.

SEC. 3. It is hereby made the duty of the clerk of the superior court of the county from which such commitment is made, to certify to the county auditor the name, age, and date of commitment of each person committed by the superior judge thereof, and the amount due to the state from the county by reason of such commitments, and before the first day of May and December of each and every year to file with the treasurer of the county a statement of the number of commitments, with the date thereof, and the amount due from the county by reason of such commitments, to the state treasurer; and it is further made the duty of the county treasurer, during the settlement or at the time of the settlement with the state during the month of May and December of each year, to pay to the state treasurer,

through the state controller, the amount so found to be due to the state by reason of commitments to the state schools as herein provided.

SEC. 4. The superintendent of the state school at Whittier and the Preston School of Industry are hereby required to transmit to the state treasurer a statement of all commitments to their respective institutions, showing the name of the person committed, the date of the commitment, and the county from which the commitment is made, and the amount due to the state from the county by reason of such commitments; said statement to be made quarterly as follows: on or before the first day of January, the first day of April, the first day of July, and the first day of October of each year; and it is hereby made the duty of the controller of state to add the amounts due to the state from said counties such sum as may be shown to be due by reason of commitments to such schools, as in section two of this act provided.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

CALIFORNIA STATE REFORMATORY.

An act to establish the California state reformatory; to provide for purchase of land therefor; and the construction of buildings and other improvements in connection therewith; to provide for the commitment and transfer of prisoners thereto and therefrom; to provide for the equipment, conduct and management thereof; and to make an appropriation therefor.

[Approved April 24, 1911.]

California state reformatory.

SECTION 1. There is hereby established a reformatory for the confinement, discipline and instruction of prisoners committed thereto as hereinafter provided, to be known as the California State Reformatory.

Who may be sent to reformatory.

SEC. 2. Any male person not less than sixteen and not more than thirty years of age at the time of sentence, convicted of felony for the first time may be sentenced to confinement in said reformatory, when in the judgment of the court said person is capable of reformation and said sentence is compatible with the general welfare, and the sentence shall designate the minimum and maximum term prescribed by law for the particular offense, but shall fix no other term; provided, however, that if no minimum is fixed by law the court shall fix a minimum of one year. The provisions of section 1588 of the Penal Code relating to credits for good conduct shall not apply to prisoners in the state reformatory.

Prison directors to manage.

SEC. 3. The state board of prison directors shall manage and maintain said reformatory when ready for occupancy as hereinafter provided. Said

board shall employ a superintendent who shall be the executive head of said reformatory, and shall establish such other positions as the needs of the service may from time to time require. Such positions shall be filled by the superintendent in the manner provided by law. The board may consolidate or abolish such positions and may fix and change the salaries to be paid.

Rules.

SEC. 4. The board of prison directors shall establish the rules under which the reformatory shall be conducted for the purpose of reformation of those committed to it; and shall adopt such methods as the board may deem expedient to restore them to freedom as self-supporting and selfrespecting members of the state. Such rules shall include provision for keeping records of the facts known of each prisoner on entrance and of his conduct and progress at such intervals as the board may fix. Each prisoner on entrance shall be thoroughly examined by a competent physician for physical or mental defects or abnormalities, and shall be provided such physical and surgical treatment as may be necessary to overcome such defects, so far as practicable.

Grades for prisoners.

SEC. 5. The board of prison directors shall, by rule, establish not less than three grades for the prisoners committed to the reformatory, one of which shall be the entering grade. The board shall so far as practicable establish rules by which each prisoner shall be promoted to a higher grade or reduced to a lower grade in accordance with his conduct.

Parole.

SEC. 6. The board of prison directors shall make and enforce rules governing the release of prisoners on parole and their conduct while on parole and their final discharge, and it is hereby declared the policy of the law that prisoners in said reformatory shall be given their liberty whenever in the judgment of the said board such release is compatible with the public welfare, and said prisoner will conform to its rules concerning prisoners on parole and support himself by honest industry; provided, that no prisoner shall be released before the expiration of the minimum term fixed by law for the offense of which he was convicted, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict the power of the governor to pardon any prisoner.

Return of paroled prisoner for unsatisfactory conduct.

SEC. 7. Whenever the governor of the state, the superintendent of said reformatory, or any member of the state board of prison directors is dissatisfied with the conduct of a paroled prisoner he may issue a written order, reciting the commitment and parole of said prisoner and his dissatisfaction with the conduct of said paroled prisoner, and directing his arrest and return to said institution, and said order shall be a sufficient warrant for any parole, probation or peace officer named therein to arrest and deliver said prisoner to any officer of said reformatory for return

thereto, and it is hereby made the duty of all such officers to execute any such order in like manner as a warrant of arrest for felony. At the next meeting of said board it shall determine whether or not the order by which such prisoner was placed on parole shall be revoked. If any prisoner on parole shall leave the state without permission from said board he shall be held to be an escaped prisoner and shall be arrested as such.

Final release of prisoner.

SEC. 8. The board of prison directors may give a final release to any prisoner who has fulfilled the conditions required of him in the reformatory and upon parole, when in the judgment of the board he is fitted to take his place as a free citizen of the state, and shall have power, by so providing in the order of release, to restore said prisoner to all the rights of citizenship. When any prisoner shall have served the maximum term provided by law for the offense of which he was convicted he shall thereupon be discharged. No petition or other form of application for the parole or release of a prisoner shall be entertained by the board, except the application made by the prisoner himself.

Incorrigible prisoner.

SEC. 9. The board of prison directors may establish rules by which any prisoner appearing to be incorrigible may be removed to any one of the state prisons. Such prisoner shall serve the maximum term established by law for the offense of which he was convicted, including the time served in the reformatory, with such deductions for good conduct during his incarceration in such prison as the law and the rules of the prison may allow.

Transfer from prison.

SEC. 10. The board of prison directors may transfer from the state prisons to said reformatory any prisoner serving his first term for felony who in their judgment can be reformed and restored to a life of honest industry; provided, that the consent of the prisoner to be bound by the terms of this act, and for the maximum period fixed by law for the offense of which he was convicted unless sooner discharged, shall be first procured in writing. Said prisoner shall thereafter be treated in all respects as though originally committed to said reformatory.

Prison law applicable.

SEC. 11. The laws governing the state prisons of this state in relation to expenses of transportation of prisoners to and from the same, escapes, prevention of escapes, suppression of riots, revolts, mutinies, or insurrections, and the punishment of crimes committed therein, are hereby made applicable to the reformatory.

Instruction in reformatory.

SEC. 12. The discipline of the reformatory shall include instruction in the elementary school courses and in pursuits by which the prisoners may support themselves when released. Said instruction shall chiefly be given