direct that the surplus be transferred from these accounts and used for the support of the several institutions wherein the industries are maintained. Receipts from any one of the institutions shall be applied to paying the bills of that institution only. The warden or superintendent of the state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, reformatory prison for women or state farm shall, as often as he has in his possession money to the amount of ten thousand dollars which he has received under the provisions of [R. L., c. 225, §§ 43 to 55 inclusive, relating to the labor of prisoners], pay it into the treasury of the commonwealth, and the master or keeper of a jail or house of correction shall, as often as he has in his possession such money to the amount of five thousand dollars, pay it into the county treasury. [R. L., c. 255, § 56, as am. by Acts, 1914, c. 669.] 1341. Enlargement of shops, etc. With the approval of the governor and council, the prison commissioners may expend from the Prison Industries Funds, such sums as are needed to rearrange or enlarge the shops for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of [R. L., c. 225]. They may also employ such additional help as the governor and council shall approve to make the needed arrangements with the institutions and departments that are concerned in the law relative to making. goods for public use. [Acts, 1912, c. 565, § 4.] 1342. Penalty. Any officer who wilfully refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this or of any other act relative to the purchase of articles and materials from the prisons, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars. [Acts, 1912, c. 565, § 5.] 1343. Agents for aiding discharged prisoners. The prison commissioners may employ an agent for aiding prisoners who have been discharged from the state. prison. . . . Said agents shall endeavor to secure employment for prisoners who have been permanently discharged or released on permit from the state prison or the Massachusetts reformatory, provide said prisoners with needed assistance, and perform such other duties relative to such discharged or released prisoners as the board requires. . . . The commissioners may expend not more than three thousand dollars annually for the assistance of prisoners discharged from the state prison and not more than five thousand dollars annually for the assistance of prisoners discharged from the Massachusetts reformatory or from any institution to which he was removed from said reformatory. [R. L., c. 225, § 136, as am. by Acts, 1903, c. 212, § 1.] 1344. Female agent. The commissioners may also employ, a woman as their agent in rendering assistance to female prisoners discharged from the prisons in this commonwealth. She shall counsel and advise them, assist them in obtaining employment and, under the direction of the commissioners, may render them pecuniary aid. The commissioners may expend not more than three thousand dollars annually for the assistance of discharged female prisoners and may pay therefrom to the temporary asylum for discharged female prisoners, or to any charitable institution of a similar nature, such amount as they shall determine for the support of women charged with crime whose cases are disposed of without sentence. [R. L., c. 225, § 137, as am. by Acts, 1905, c. 235.] 1345. Annual report of agents. The agent for aiding prisoners who have been discharged from the state prison and the agent for aiding discharged female prisoners shall annually, on or before October 15, make full and detailed statements to the commissioners of their doings for the year ending on the thirtieth day of Sep tember, which shall be included by the commissioners in their annual report. [R. L., c. 225, § 140.] 1346. Aid by county commissioners. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner who is released from prison on probation with such amount of money as in their opinion can be wisely used to encourage his reformation, or they may pay it to a probation officer to be used for such prisoner. [R. L., c. 225, § 141.] 1347. Aid by keeper of jail, etc. - The master or keeper of a jail or house of correction may, with the approval of the county commissioners, expend such amount, not exceeding ten dollars, in aiding a prisoner discharged from his custody as in his opinion will assist such prisoner in his endeavor to reform. He may, in his discretion, pay it to the prisoner, or to some person selected by the master or keeper to be expended by him in behalf of the prisoner or for providing the prisoner with board, clothing, transportation or tools. The amount so paid by a master or keeper shall be allowed and paid by the county like other prison expenses. [R. L., c. 225, § 142.] RECLAMATION OF LANDS. 1348. Reclaiming land by labor of prisoners. During all times in which outdoor labor is practicable, inmates of penal institutions who are required to labor shall be employed, so far as is possible, in the reclamation of waste places, and in cultivating lands for raising produce to be used in public institutions. Prisoners so employed shall be at all times in the custody and under the direction of the prison officers. [Acts, 1913, c. 633, § 1.] 1 1349. Land for the Prison Camp and Hospital. The governor and council may purchase or otherwise take in fee any parcel of waste or unused land, not exceeding one thousand acres in area, for the purpose of reclaiming, improving and disposing of it for the benefit of the commonwealth. When land has been so taken, the governor and council shall cause a description thereof as certain as is required in an ordinary conveyance of land to be filed in the registry of deeds for the county or district in which the land lies, with a statement, signed by the governor, that it is taken on behalf of the commonwealth for the purposes described in this section. The act and time of filing such description shall be considered the act and time of taking such land, and shall be sufficient notice to all persons that the land has been so taken. The title to such land shall then vest in the commonwealth. [R. L., c. 225, § 63.] 1350. Establishment of prison camp. After such land has been so taken, the prison commissioners, with the approval of the governor and council, shall cause iron buildings of cheap construction to be erected thereon for the accommodation of not more than one hundred prisoners. When such buildings are ready for occupancy, the governor may issue his proclamation establishing on such land a [Prison Camp and Hospital] for prisoners, and the prison commissioners may appoint a superintendent thereof, who shall hold his office at their pleasure, give such bond as they require, receive such salary as they determine and who shall have the custody of all prisoners removed thereto. The superintendent, with the approval of the prison commissioners, may appoint and determine the compensation of assistants, and they shall hold their office at his pleasure. [R. L., c. 225, § 65.] Prisoners 1351. Employment of prisoners at Prison Camp and Hospital. who are removed to the [Prison Camp and Hospital] for prisoners shall be governed 1 Name changed from "Industrial Camp for Prisoners" by Acts, 1906, c. 243. and employed there under regulations made by the prison commissioners. The Massachusetts highway commission and the board of agriculture shall from time to time, at the request of the prison commissioners, give to them such information as may enable them to prosecute to the best advantage the work of reclaiming and improving waste land and of preparing material for road building by hand labor. [R. L., c. 225, § 66, as am. by Acts, 1904, c. 243, § 1.] 1352. Aiding discharged prisoners. The prison commissioners may expend from the appropriation for aiding prisoners discharged from the Massachusetts reformatory such an amount as they consider advisable for aiding prisoners discharged from the [Prison Camp and Hospital]. [Acts, 1904, c. 243, § 4.] 1353. Disposition of improved land. Land reclaimed or improved, as [provided in R. L., c. 225], may be applied to the use of the commonwealth, or it may be disposed of by the governor and council at public or private sale. Any road material prepared, as aforesaid, may be sold by the superintendent of said camp, with the approval of the prison commissioners, to the authorities of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town. [R. L., c. 225, § 68.] 1354. The commonwealth may acquire land for purpose of reclamation. The state board of agriculture and the state board of health, acting as a joint board, are hereby authorized with the approval of the governor and council, to purchase or take by right of eminent domain in the name of the commonwealth for the purposes of this act [Acts, 1913, c. 759, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Reclamation of Wet Lands"], any tract or tracts of wet land, except salt marshes, together with such dry lands, if any, as may be necessary for access thereto. In carrying out the provisions of this act the said joint board may, in its discretion, determine that any of the powers and duties hereby conferred or imposed shall be exercised and performed by either one of the two boards composing the joint board. [Acts, 1913, c. 759, § 1.] 1355. Purchase, etc., of wet lands for reclamation. The joint board established by Acts, 1913, c. 759 [see preceding paragraph] may, in its discretion, in order further to carry out the purposes of said chapter, purchase any wet lands at a price not exceeding the assessed valuation thereof, and may accept on behalf of the commonwealth gifts of land to be drained and reclaimed as therein provided. The sellers or donors of such lands may reserve the right to buy back the land at any time within two years upon paying the price originally paid by the commonwealth, together with the amount expended in improvements and maintenance, and interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, but in the absence of a provision to that effect in the deed of purchase or gift the former owner shall not have such right, and the lands so acquired shall be offered for sale, in whole or in part, by the said joint board, at such time or times as it shall deem expedient, at a price not less than the cost of the land plus the cost of reclaiming the same, and interest at the rate of four per cent per annum. [Acts, 1914, c. 596, § 1.] 1356. Labor of prisoners may be employed. . . . So far as is practicable, the labor of prisoners shall be employed in reclaiming the said lands, under such regulations and conditions as may be prescribed by the prison commissioners; and it is hereby made the duty of the prison commissioners to furnish such labor, upon request of the said joint board, whenever it is practicable for them to do so. The cost of transportation of prisoners to and from the place of labor and the cost of providing them with necessary meals while so employed shall be paid from the fund herein provided for. [Acts, 1913, c. 759, § 4.] 1357. Cultivation of reclaimed lands. When said lands, or any convenient part thereof, shall have been drained and reclaimed, the said joint board shall cause the same to be cultivated for not less than two successive seasons, in such manner as in the opinion of the board will best demonstrate the value thereof for agricultural uses. The products of cultivation, except hay sold in the bale, shall not be sold in open market, but shall be used for the supply of public institutions, and such institutions shall pay to the joint board such sums for the said products as they would pay if the same were purchased in open market, and the sums so received shall be added to the sum herein provided for. [Acts, 1913, c. 759, § 5, as am. by Acts, 1914, c. 596, § 2.] 1358. Wet Lands Reclamation Fund. The said joint board shall thereafter, at such time or times as it shall deem expedient, offer such lands for sale, in whole or in part, at a price not less than the cost of the land plus the cost of reclaiming the same. [See also paragraphs 1353 and 1355]. Any sums received from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth and credited to the ordinary revenue until the total amount expended under the provisions of this act has been refunded, after which the proceeds shall be credited to a fund to be known as the Wet Lands Reclamation Fund and shall be used for the reclamation of other tracts in the manner herein provided. [Acts, 1913, c. 759, § 6.] 1359. Expenditures. In carrying out the provisions of this act, the said joint board may expend a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars from the treasury of the commonwealth. This sum shall be in addition to any amounts received from the sale of products as aforesaid. [Acts, 1913, c. 759, § 7.] 1360. Same subject. — In carrying out the provisions of this act [Acts, 1914, c. 596], and of Acts, 1913, c. 759 [relating to the reclamation of wet lands], the joint board may expend a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, from the treasury of the commonwealth, in addition to the sums authorized by [the preceding paragraph]. [Acts, 1914, c. 596, § 3.] 1361. County commissioners may purchase or lease land for purposes of cultivation, etc. -The county commissioners of any county may purchase or lease land with funds specifically appropriated therefor by the general court for the purpose of improving and cultivating it by the labor of prisoners from a jail or house of correction; and the said commissioners may also make arrangements with the officials of a city or town to work said prisoners on any highway or unimproved land, or with a private owner, to improve waste or unused land by means of such prison labor. When prisoners are so employed they shall be in the custody of the sheriff of the county. When land that is not the property of the county, or is a highway, is so improved, the owners thereof or those having in charge the highway shall pay to the county such sums as may be agreed upon between the county commissioners, sheriff, and the other parties in interest, for the labor of any prisoners employed thereon. [Acts, 1913, c. 633, § 2, as am. by Acts, 1914, c. 180.] LEGAL HOLIDAYS. 1362. Legal holidays. . . . The words "legal holiday" shall include the twenty-second day of February, the nineteenth day of April, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the first Monday of September, the twelfth day of October, Thanksgiving day and Christmas day, or the day following when any of the four days first mentioned, the twelfth day of October or Christmas day occurs on Sunday; and the public offices shall be closed on all of said days. [R. L., c. 8, § 5, clause 9, as last am. by Acts, 1911, c. 136.] 1363. Work in mills, etc., on legal holidays. No employee shall be required to work in any mill or factory on any legal holiday, except to perform such work as is both absolutely necessary and can lawfully be performed on the Lord's day. [Acts, 1911, c. 151, § 1.] 1364. Penalty. Whoever violates the provisions of [the preceding section] shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. [Acts, 1911, c. 151, § 2.] 1365. Making up time lost on account of a legal holiday. It shall be unlawful to require or to request any person employed in a manufacturing or mechanical establishment to work more hours in any one day than is now limited by law, in order to make up time lost by reason of a legal holiday. [Acts, 1913, c. 359, § 1.] 1366. Penalty. - Whoever violates the provisions of [the preceding section] shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence. [Acts, 1913, c. 359, § 2.] |