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126 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. R.E»IMBURSEMENT OF UNITED STATES. District to re- Sec. 1097. For the purpose of re-imbursing the United States for a imb¤'¤° UD it ° d part of the cost of a new jail authorized to be constructed by the act of

 £’;W°?*;5 °f June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty2six, and acts amendatory
 thereof, the legislative assembly of the District shall assess, by tax or

260, s. 2,v.,17,p.~211: otherwise, and cause to be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States, at or before the completion of said Jail, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. i . secretary of In- _ Sec. 1098. Upon default of the payment of the sum specined in the t B ¤‘i¤ F te ¤¤U¤¤* preceding section at the time mentioned therein, the Secretary of the EF “"h"’"· Interior shell appoint a collector, whose duty 1t_shal_l be to proceed with 1bid.,pp. 211, 212. the collection of the taxes as assessed by the legislative assembly m such manner and form as the Secretary shall prescribe. T 0 ¤¤¤¢¤¤ ’¤ M. Sec. 1099. If the District shall neglect or refuse to assess the tax pro- "’l‘°“· vided for by section ten hundred and ninety-seven, the Secretary of the Ibid. Interior is empowered to make such levy and proceed to 1ts collection CHAPTER THIRTY—FIVE, PENITENTIABY. sec. Sw- 1100. Transfer of prisoners to District peni- 1125. Manufacture of shoes for Army and tentiary, when. Navy. _ 1101. Use of penitentiary. 1126. Prison regulations. _ 1102. Inspectors. 1127. Power of warden to punish. 1103. Warden. 1128. Mode of punishment. 1104. First meeting of inspectors. 1129. All punishments to_be reported. 1105. Regular meetings ofboard. 1130. Regulation of punishments; report 1106. Quorum. , to Congress. 1107. Secretary of board. 1131. Deduction from term for good con- 1108. Inspections. duct. 1109. Labor of convicts. 1132. Physician and surgeon. 1110. Proceeds of their labor. 1133. Infirmary. 1111. Rules and regulations. 1134. Removal to iniirmary. 1112. Attention to cleanliness. 1135. Return. 1113. Appointment of keepers, &c. 1136. Government of iniirmary._ 1114. Inspection of accounts. 1137. Relaxation of discipline in favor of 1115. Annual report to Congress. the sick. _ 1116. Inspectors not to be interested in 1138. Religious and moral instruction. contracts. 1139. Admission of visitors._ 1117. Bond of warden. 1140. Penalty of omcers for certain viola 1118. How sued; limitation. . tions. 1119. Salary of warden, &.c. 1141. Protection of convicts and preserva- 1120. Duties of warden. tion of order. 1121. Warden’s monthly accounts. 1142. Suits affecting penitentiary, how 1122. Warden’s quarterly accounts. * brought. 1123. Warden not to be interested in con- 1 1143. Allowance to prisoners upon distracts; penalty. l charge. 1124. Who to act in absence of warden. Transfer or pris- ·Sec. 1100. Whenever a suitable penitentiary shall be erected in the i ¤¤¤r¤_ t0_ l€}¤¤¤¤t District and completed for the reception of prisoners, it shall be the $,;:,1* b ° ” ****7* duty of the Attorney~General to cause to be transferred to such penite¤—

 tiary all persons who shall then be imprisoned outside of the District,

10 s_ 6 p_ 63;;; under sentence of any court of the district. i;s,,’0f pgnmn- Sec. 1101. The penitentiary shall be exclusively appropriated to tlw tiary. confinement of such persons as may be convicted of odenses punishable

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·;;,_ ,,_ 1, ,,_ 4: p_ 36g_of the District. Inspectors. _ SEQ. 1102. The President shall annually appoint five respectable jmlbidy B_ 2, p_ 365 inhabitants of the_District to be inspectors of the penitentiary, who shall severally hold their offices for one rear from the date of their a oint- 1 1 . 1 out 5 pp