Acts of Assembly Relating to the Eastern State Penitentiary

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Eastern State Penitentiary, 1904 - Prisons - 116 pages
 

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Page 84 - Said board may adopt a seal, and may adopt such by-laws, rules, and regulations for the transaction of the business of the board and the government and management of its affairs, not inconsistent with the laws of this State and of the United States, as it may deem expedient.
Page 82 - States, as a day of thanksgiving, or fasting and prayer, or other religious observance, shall, for all purposes whatever as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and of the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of" bills of exchange, bank checks and promissory notes, made after the passage of this act, be treated and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday...
Page 81 - New Year's day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday; the twenty-second day of February, known as Washington's birthday; the thirtieth day of May, known as Memorial day; the fourth day of July...
Page 37 - ... or such person or persons as may, from time to time, be designated by said board or its duly authorized officer or agent, whenever any such body or bodies come to his or their possession, charge or control, and shall, without fee or reward, deliver such body or bodies, and...
Page 43 - States, until they shall be discharged by the course of the laws thereof, under the like penalties as in the case of prisoners committed under the authority of such states, respectively...
Page 94 - States: and also to make, have, and use, a common seal, and the same to break, alter...
Page 86 - County jails or prisons and alms or poor houses, and shall possess all the powers relative thereto, mentioned in the fifth section of this Act, and shall report to the Legislature the result of the examination, in connection with the annual report authorized by this Act.
Page 86 - ... accomplished, whether the laws in relation to them are fully complied with, whether all parts of the...
Page 52 - Whenever any criminal, convicted of any offense against the United States, is imprisoned in the jail or penitentiary of any state or territory, such criminal shall In all respects be subject to the same discipline and treatment as convicts sentenced by the courts of the state or territory...
Page 43 - That it be recommended to the legislatures of the several States to pass laws, making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their jails to receive and safe keep therein all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until they shall be discharged by due course of the laws thereof...

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