HB 509, 36th R.S.
Relating to amending certain statute relating to lease of short-term convicts so as to authorize the county commissioners court in counties having a population of over one hundred thousand (100,000) according to the U.S. Census of 1910 to have the option of leasing from the Board of Prison Commissioners all convicts sent to the penitentiary from such counties where the convictions do not exceed two years in length, and providing for the terms upon which such convicts can be obtained by said counties.
Author: Wallace Malone
Subjects:
Corrections--Jails & Prisons
PRISON LABOR
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