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court. A lot of ground on which to work such prisoners at crushing rock may be pur- 

 chased or rented, and the rock so crushed may be sold by the sheriff to any incorporated 

 town or city, or, by order of the county court, it may be turned over to any road over- 

 seer for use on the public roads. A person imprisoned for nonpayment of a fine shall 

 be credited $1 on such fine for each day he shall so work. (Rev. Stat. 1909, sees. 

 3732-3733, 4915-4916.) 



Montana. 



Counties. — Persons convicted of crime and sentenced to the county jail may be 

 required by the board of county commissioners to work on the public roads under 

 such rules and regulations as said board may prescribe. The sheriff may employ 

 guards and shall provide necessary clothing, food, and bedding for all prisoners com- 

 mitted to jail and shall be allowed such fees therefor as said board may determine. 

 Boards of county commissioners may do work on State roads with convict labor. 

 (R. C. 1907, sees. 9772-9776; Acts 1913, ch. 78.) 



Nebraska. 



State. — The board of commissioners of State institutions shall provide labor for the 

 prisoners; and no prisoner shall be hired out to contract, except as herein provided. 

 Any county, city, or village, through its proper officers, may contract with the warden, 

 subject to approval of said board, for prison labor to be used in building or repairing 

 roads or streets, or on other public wol-ks, at a wageto be agreed upon; and such 

 county, city, or village shall make satisfactory provision for boarding, lodging, safe- 

 keeping, and guarding all such prisoners. As a matter of discipline, the warden may 

 make deductions from the earnings of convicts for violation of a rule or for any mis- 

 conduct. One-half the amount credited to each convict shall constitute a fund for 

 the relief of those dependent upon him, and shall be paid to such dependent persons 

 on order of the board of commissioners of State institutions. Said board may grant 

 to prisoners employed outside the prison inclosure and to those making satisfactory 

 progress in the prison school a deduction of time from their sentences, m addition to 

 that otherwise granted by law, conditioned on good behavior and obedience to rules, 

 but such deductions shall not exceed one month from each year of the sentence. 

 (R. S. 1913, sees. 7317-7318, 7320-7322, 7324, as amended; Acts 1915, ch. 137, and 

 ch. 240, 1915.) 



Counties. — The county board of each county having a population of over 2,000 and 

 under 100,000 and the mayor and council or legislative body of any city having a 

 population of over 5,000 and less than 100,000 shall provide for the employment of 

 pnsoners sentenced to the county jail or committed to jail for nonpayment of any 

 fine. (Acts 1915, ch. 70.) 



Nevada. 



State. — ^When any prisoner shall be discharged from the State _ prison, either by 

 expiration of sentence or pardon, the warden shall furnish him $25 in cash, to be paid 

 out of the State prison fund. (R. L. 1912, sec. 7596.) 



The board of State-prison commissioners shall detail for work on the public high- 

 ways of the State such male convicts in the State prison asit may deem suitable for 

 such detail, excepting prisoners under death sentence; provided that such detail shall 

 be voluntary on the part of the convict. Convicts so detailed shall be under the 

 general direction of the warden and guards appointed pj him and subject to such 

 rules and regulations as said board shall establish. Prisoners shall not be required 

 to wear stripes, and for infractions of the rules the maxim um_ pxinishment shall be a 

 return to confinement in the penitentiary and forfeiture of credits. For good behavior 

 and faithful work, convicts so detailed shall be allowed 10 days' time off their sentences 

 for each month of work in addition to the time off otherwise allowed by law; and in 

 addition thereto each convict shall be allowed 10 cents for each day's labor, which 

 may be paid those dependent upon him for support or allowed to acciunulate and be 

 paid to him on his discharge. Said board of prison commissioners, on recommenda- 

 tion of the State engineer or the county surveyor, shall determine upon what roads 

 such convicts shall be worked and shall pass upon the plans and specifications of said 

 engineer or county surveyor in respect thereto. The State engineer shall have general 

 supervision and fllrectionof the road work done. Counties shall, at their own expense, 

 coustruct bridges or other structures requiring skilled labor, but no convict shall be 

 employed thereon. Counties may be required to contribute in part to the expense 

 of maintenance of convicts. All expenditures necessary in carrying out the fore- 

 going, including trjols, implements^ horses, wagons, tents, bedding, clothing, tobacco, 

 medicine, and commiijgary materials and supplies shall be paid from the general 



