198 BULLETIN 414, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
grades one and three may be worked on the public roads of counties on application 
therefor by the county boards of commissioners to the board of commissioners of 
State institutions. _ The counties shall, at their expense, guard, feed, clothe, main- 
tain, and give medical attention to all convicts so employed. Convicts so employed 
shall at all times be under the supervision of the board of commissioners of State 
institutions, and shall comply with, all rules and regulations prescribed by said board 
and the commissioner of agriculture. All grade one convicts so used shall be paid 
for at the rate of $10 per month, and grade three prisoners at the rate of $1 per month. 
Convicts shall not be worked more than 10 hours a day. (Acts 1916, ch. 6915.) 
The commissioner of agriculture shall keep a record'of the conduct of each prisoner, 
and, when no charge of misconduct has been sustained against him. the following 
deductions from his sentence shall be made by the board of commissioners of State 
institutions: Two days per month off for first year of sentence; 3 days for second year; 
4 days for third year; 5 days for fourth year; 6 days for fifth year; 7 days for sixth year; 
8 days for seventh year; 9 days for eighth year; 1*0 days for ninth year; and 15 days per 
month off for the tenth year and all succeeding years. Accrued commutation shall 
be forfeited for mutinous conduct or for escape 'or attempted escape. (Acts 1915, 
ch. 6917.) 
Counties. — Boards of county commissioners may employ all persons in the jails 
of their respective counties, under sentence for crime, at "lab or upon the streets of 
incorporated cities and towns, or upon roads, bridges, and public works of the county; 
or the said boards may, in their discretion, lease such convicts to be kept and worked 
either within the county or in any other county in the State. No female, or physi- 
cally disabled convict, shall be so worked. Said convicts shall be kept and worked 
under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commissioner of agri- 
culture, with the approval of the board of commissioners* of State institutions. The 
supervisors of State convicts shall inspect and supervise all county convict camps. 
(Acts 1909, ch. 5963; Acts 1913. ch. 6537.) 
Persons confined in the county jail under sentence of a court may be worked on 
the roads of the county. If the number of convicts in any county at any time be less 
than five, the county commissioners may arrange with the county commissioners of 
any other county for an exchange of prisoners. The cost of guarding and maintaining 
such prisoners shall be paid by the county in which they are worked. Ten hours 
shall constitute a day's labor for all such convicts. Every such convict shall be en- 
titled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit at the rate of 30 cents per diem 
on account of fines and costs. (G. S. 1906, sees. 4110, 4111, 4113.) 
The sheriff shall be allowed the following fees for feeding prisoners: For feeding 10 
prisoners, or less, 50 cents per dav each; and over 10 prisoners, 40 cents per dav each. 
(Acts 1915, ch. 6898.) 
Georgia. 
State. — Every crime declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable in the discretion 
of the judge by a fine of not to exceed $1,000; imprisonment not to exceed six months; 
work in the chain gang on the public roads or on such other public works as the 
county or State authorities may employ the chain gang not to exceed 12 months. 
All male felony convicts, except such as are now required by law to be kept at the 
State farm, may be employed by the authorities of the several counties and munici- 
palities upon the public roads, bridges, or other public works thereof. On or before 
the 10th day of February annually, the prison commission shall communicate with 
the county authorities of the State and ascertain those counties desiring to use convict 
labor upon their public roads, and said county authorities shall advise the prison 
commission, in writing, whether they desire so to use such labor and the number 
desired. The convicts shall be apportioned among the counties according to popula- 
tion. Convicts may be awarded to counties other than the one in which the convic- 
tion was had. One county may, upon the approval of the prison commission, deliver 
its quota of convicts to another county, to be used on the roads and bridges thereof, 
the counties so receiving such convicts to have the right to compensate "the county 
from which the convicts came, with work upon its roads, or by the exchange of an 
equal number of convicts. The prison commission may, when in funds, purchase 
road machinery, appliances, and teams, and equip and organize road-working forces. 
the same to be used for the construction and repair of roads and bridges in counties 
not using their convicts under the preceding provisions, when requested by the 
authorities thereof so to do, the work to be done as nearly as practicable in proportion 
to the convicts which would have been assigned to such county in case it had worked 
its convicts, but as many convicts in addition to said proportion may be worked as 
any county is willing to pay the expense of, and as the commission may have at its 
disposal. The county in which convicts are worked shall pay the expenses thereof, 
