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road fund, except that part payment for clothing and commissary supplies, not ex- 
ceeding 50 cents per day per convict, shall be paid from any appropriation made for 
support and maintenance of the State prison. (R. L. 1912, sees. 7598-7602, and 
Acts 1913, eh.. 288.) 
Every convict not guilty of infraction of the rules and regulations, and who shall 
faithfully perform the duties assigned him, shall be allowed from his term of sentence 
a deduction of two months for each of the first two years; four months for each of the 
second two years; and five months for each remaining year. (R. L. 1912, sec. 7585.) 
Counties. — The board of county commissioners of the several counties may, by 
proper order, establish a branch county jail in any town in the county and provide 
that persons charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor in such town or other town 
or townships mentioned in such order shall be imprisoned in such branch jail instead 
of the county jail at the county seat. Said board in any county where such branch 
jail is established may direct the jailor in charge of same to work the prisoners therein 
confined on the streets of such town or on the public roads of the district or township 
wherein such jail is located. < (R. L. 1912, sees. 7514-7616.) 
The board of county commissioners in each county, the mayor and board of alder- 
men of each incorporated city, and the board of trustees of each incorporated town, 
may make all necessary arrangements for working any prisoners committed to any 
jails in such county, city, or town upon the roads, streets, or public works thereof, 
for at least six hours per day. The sheriff of the county, the chief of police of a city, 
and the marshal of a town, respectively, shall have charge of such prisoners. Any 
prisoner who shall be disobedient or disorderly may be confined in a dark and solitary 
cell. Prisoners who shall be obedient and faithful shall have five davs per month 
deducted from the term of sentence. (R. L. 1912, sees. 7617-7622.) 
New Jersey. 
State. — The State commissioner of public roads may make application to the prison 
labor commission for any number of prisoners confined in the State penal institutions 
to labor on the public roads. Said prison labor commission, in conjunction with the 
governing body of the institution from which such prisoners are to be detailed, shall 
determine the number to be assigned, the cost of transportation and maintenance, the 
compensation for labor, and may enter into an agreement with said commissioner of 
public roads for payment of said cost of transportation and maintenance, or any por- 
tion thereof. The governing body of the institution from which such prisoners are 
to be detailed shall fix all rules of discipline and shall detail necessary guards for the 
control and safe-keeping of the inmates so detailed. All such work shall be performed 
under the supervision of the State commissioner of public roads, who may lawfully 
expend any moneys available for construction, repair, and maintenance of roads to 
meet the cost, or any portion of such cost, of housing, feeding, and guarding such pris- 
oners while at work, or for purchase of tools, machinery, supplies, and road-building 
materials needed. (Acts 1912, ch. 223, as amended; Acts 1913, ch. 290.) 
"State prison" shall be taken to include the present existing prison in the city of 
Trenton, and any and all State farms, camps, quarries, or grounds where convicts 
sentenced to the State prison may be kept, housed, or employed. Its management 
shall be vested in a board of inspectors consisting of six members appointed by the 
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, for terms of six years. The said 
board of inspectors shall have exclusive management of the State prison, and shall have 
power to make rules and regulations for the government and control thereof. All 
expenditures shall be from appropriations made therefor, and earnings shall be turned 
into the State treasury. A keeper of the State prison shall be appointed by the gov- 
ernor, on advice and consent of the senate, for a five-year term, and he shall be the 
executive officer thereof and shall appoint all employees, including deputies, guards, 
and physicians. Nothing herein shall prevent the board of inspectors from entering 
into an "agreement with the State commissioner of public roads, or other department 
of the State government, for the employment of prisoners on public work. (Acts 1914, 
ch. 271, as amended; Acts 1915, ch. 390.) 
Appropriations are made annually to meet transportation expenses of prisoners and 
guards to and from farms and camps. (Acts 1915, chs. 403 and 405.) 
Counties. — The board of chosen freeholders of any county may cause prisoners under 
sentence, or committed for nonpayment of fine and costs, or in default of bond for 
nonsupport of family, in the county jail or other county penal institution, except 
females and those incapable of manual labor, or so many of them as may be required, 
to work on the public roads of such county, and also upon the grounds of any county 
institution, and said board may pay the warden of such penal institutions such sum, 
not exceeding 50 cents per day for each day of eight hours' work performed by such 
