Section 1—At the expiration of existing contracts Wardens are directed to employ the convicts under their control for and in behalf of the State.
Section 2—No labor shall be hired out by contract.
Section 4—All convicts under the control of the State and county officers, and all inmates of reformatory institutions engaged in the manufacture of articles for general consumption, shall receive quarterly wages equal to the amount of their earnings, to be fixed from time to time by the authorities of the institution, from which board, lodging, clothing, and costs of trial shall be deducted, and the balance paid to their families or dependents; in case none such appear, the amount shall be paid to the convict at the expiration of his term of imprisonment.
The prisoners receive no payment whatever, even for overtime work, except occasionally a slice of pork for supper.
K. G., plant this and other material I'll send you, in a safe place.
M.