210 BULLETIN 414, U. S. DEPAUTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



Counties. — Boards of county commissioners may purchase or lease beds of lime- 

 stone or other road-building material after same is approved by the State highway 

 commissioner as being suitable, or such boards may lease and operate a plant for manu- 

 facturing brick or other road materials and supplies. When such purchase or lease 

 is made the said board shall make necessary aiTangements to work the county con- 

 victs thereat, such convicts to include those persons whose punishment, in whole or 

 in part, is imprisonment in jail or workhouse, and all persons, physically capable, 

 who are confined for failure to pay a fine or costs in a criminal prosecution. All such 

 piisoners shall be under control of the board of county commissioners, who may enact 

 all needful rules and regulations for the successful working of such prisoners, employ 

 a supeiintendent and necessary guards and attendants, and levy an annual tax, as 

 other taxes are levied, for paying the expenses of such convicts and for carrying out 

 the pm-poses hereof. (Page and Adams Anno. Ohio Gen. Code, 1912, sees. 2229-2239.) 



Oklahoma. 



State. — The State board of pubUc affairs and the department of highways are 

 required to make all necessary arrangements for working State con^dcts upon the 

 public highways of the State under the following conditions: (a) The State shall 

 fiurdsh all tools and machinery and draft animals out of fimds appropriated for that 

 piupose; (b) the fiUTiishing of tentage, housing, quarters, and equipment pertaining 

 to the custody of the prisoners shall be paid from prison funds available for the main- 

 tenance of such prisoners. Food, clothing, guarding, sanitary appliances, and med- 

 ical attention for convicts in road camps shall be provided by the State the same as 

 if the convicts remained at the State prison. The county desiring convicts to work 

 upon the State roads must bear the cost of transporting the men, animals, tools, and 

 guards, and shall furnish food for animals, board for guards, fuel and supplies for 

 power machinery and ordinary repairs to same, paying therefor out of the county 

 road and bridge fund. Metal, cement, stone, or other road-building materials shall 

 be fiunished by the county unless it is planned to produce same with convict labor, 

 which is hereby authorized. The State board of public affairs shall formulate rules 

 and regulations for the government of State convicts while at work on roads, including 

 good-time allowance for good behavior and efficient service. The corporation com- 

 mission may make and enforce rates for transportation of persons and freight in con- 

 nection with such convict labor. Said work shall be performed on such roads and 

 of such kind and character as designated by the board of county commissioners of 

 the county where located, and the county shall bear all cost of materials. Convicts 

 so worked shall be divided into groups of not exceeding 100 men each and only one 

 group may be worked in a county at a time and not for more than five months in any 

 one coimty in any one year, nor shall any two groups be worked in any coimty until 

 all coimties making application therefor shall have received their proportion of work 

 by said convicts. (Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 7601, and Acts 1915, ch. 173, art. 5.) 



Counties. — The board of county commissioners may purchase such equipment as 

 may be necessary for employing convicts or other labor upon the public roads and may 

 pay for same from either the court or road and bridge fund. Said board may work 

 any convicts confined in the coimty jail, either as punishment for crime or in lieu 

 of payment of fine and costs, upon the public highways and may employ such guards 

 and other assistants as may be required. When in the judgment of said board the 

 expense of working convicts upon the highways is too great on account of the small 

 number available, or for any other reason, it may provide necessary apparatus and 

 work such convicts in crushing rock for use on the public highways of the coimty. 

 Any person working upon the pubUc roads in Ueu of payment of fine and costs shall 

 be allowed a credit of |1 per day thereon. The board of county commissioners may, 

 by agreement with the city council, receive such prisoners of any city, but for the 

 services of such city convicts shall only pay the cost of maintenance. Said board 

 shall purchase supplies for feeding and maintaining county convicts while at work 

 from the lowest and best bidder, and shall furnish wholesome food in sufficient quan- 

 tity and variety, together with medical attention when required. (Rev. Laws 1910, 

 sees. 7590-7596, and Acts 1913, ch. 112.) 



Oregon. 



State. — ^The superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary shall furnish and use 

 such convicts as he may deem reasonably safe for that purpose to do the work neces- 

 sary to repair and properly improve the roads leading to certain State institutions. 

 A competent road builder may be employed to direct such work, and he may employ 

 extra guards and purchase necessary machinery, tools, and mateiials. Each convict 

 so worked shaU receive a credit upon his sentence of two days for each day he shall 



