House Committee on Penitentiary - 15th R.S. (1876)

Committee:	House Penitentiary
Title:	Consideration of the penal system and the penitentiary lease
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	Convict lease system | Inmate health | Inmates | Prison escapes | Prison labor | Prison population | Prisons |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 15th Leg., R.S. 182 (1876)
Session:	15th R.S. (1876)
Online version:	View report [21 pages  File size: 1,083 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate all matters related to the affairs of the penitentiary Commissioners appointed by the Governor and report as to what may be necessary to enable the State of Texas to resume control of the penitentiary in case of emergency and report on the practicability of adding to the penitentiary in Huntsville. *

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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