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FIFTY-FlFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 429. 1899. 1283 person, when no other provision is made by law for the punishment of such attempt, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as follows: First. If the crime so attempted be punishable by impr·isonment in the penitentiary or county jail, the punishment for the attempt shall be by like imprisonment, as the case may be, for a term not more than half the longest period prescribed as a punishment for such crime. Second. If the crime so attempted be punishable by fine, the punishment for the attempt shall be by fine not more than half the amount of ’ the largest line prescribed as a punishment for such crime. Sec. 193. That the section last preceding must not be construed to 1’r¤¤¤·1i¤z ¤¤¤¤w¤. protect a person who, in attempting unsuccessfully to commit a crime, hw °°""“°d‘ accomplishes another or diiferent crime, whether greater or less in guilt, trom suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed. . Sec. 194. That when a person is sentenced to imprisonment in the ,°f;jP““°*“°‘*¤· penitentiary, his term of coniinement therein commences from the day ` of his delivery at such prison to the proper officer thereof, and no time during which such person is voluntarily absent from such penitentiary can be estimated or counted as a part of the term for which such person was entenced. _ Sec. 195. That a judgment of imprisonment in the penitentiary need vig¤·¢¤¤·>¤¤ ¤f ¤¤¤· only specify the duration and place of such confinement, and thereafter ' the manner of the confinement and the treatment and employment of the person so sentenced shall be regulated and governed by whatever ‘ law may be in force prescribing the discipline of the penitentiary wherein he is confined and the treatment and employment of persons sentenced to confinement therein. Sec. 196. That a judgment of imprisonment in the penitentiary for ,;,,,,g,,,,,,,,,,m,,,,.;,_ any term less than for life suspends all civil rights of the person so ¤¤¤·:·é¤ i¤f1>¤¤i¤¤¤ri sentenced, and forfeits all public onices and all private trusts, authority, °"’ °° ° or power during the term or duration of such imprisonment. Sec. 197. That a person sentenced to imprisonment in the peniten- Judgmsnwrimprsstiary for life is thereafter deemed civilly dead. °'““°“° '°' '""‘ Sec. 198. That the person of a convict sentenced to imprisonment in laersqaoe ¤ ccnyict the penitentiary is under the protection of the law, and any injury to X}'l,f°,'}_ ‘ ° ”“""" '°" his person not authorized by law is punishable in the same manner as if he was not convicted or sentenced. Sec. 199. That whenever, in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, ssnnmm m peniany person is sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, such sen- §jgf_}jf’>`~ I""' °“’ tence may be executed by the confinement of such person in the building at Sitka, in said district, now used for that purpose, or in any other place of confinement within or without the said district that may be designated by the court, and his place of imprisonment may be changed at any time, and from time to time, upon the order of the Attorney- _ General. Sec. 200. That whenever the words “jail” or "county jail" occur in ···m¤,*··u·n¤m»¤»»r. this Act, the same shall he held to mean any house, building, structure, ship, or vessel used or suitable for the confinement of persons serving sentences for crime or awaiting trial therefor. Sec. 201. That the commencement and termination of a sentence of _ Sepcnccnwcggnry imprisonment in a county jail is to be ascertained by the rule pre- ·"‘“L °" °‘°°“‘ ‘ scribed in section one hundred and ninety-four of Title I, and the manner of such confinement and the treatment of the persons so sentenced shall be governed by whatever law may be in force prescribing the discipline of county jails: Proirirled, That the United States marshal for Proviansx said district may, under such regulations as the Attorney—Genera1 may ,,,E§‘¤§§S°*°‘§°;{b§§ prescribe, employ 01* 031186 to be employed Hp0D public works any or Workall persons sentenced to imprisonment in the jails or the penitentiary within said district: And provided further, That for the purpose of sat- umm on line nnisfying any judgment which may be giVOI1 against a prisoner for any 1"°°" line, or for the costs and disbursements in the proceedings against him, such prisoner- shall be credited with two dollars for every day’s labor performed by him in pursuance hereof.