ART. 27] STATE PENITENTIARY——CONVICTS. 965

where penitentiaries are or may be located upon the order of
the superintendent of the police thereof; also on or before the
twenty-eighth of each and every month, the warden of the
State penitentiary or penitentiaries located in said city or
cities shall furnish to the board of police commissioners of said
city or cities the name of said convicts whose sentences expire
the following month, together with the date when sentence com-
menced, the county or city from which committed, the crime
for which committed and the exact day when the convict will be
discharged.

1888, art. 27, sec. 425. 1860, art. 73, sec. 37. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

590. They shall be put to hard labor every day in the year,
except Sunday and Christmas day, and when Christmas day
falls on Sunday, then the next Monday is excepted, and their
time shall be so employed as will be most advantageous.

Ibid. sec. 426. 1860, art. 73, sec. 38. 1637, ch. 320, sec. 25.

591. In no cases shall offenses against order and discipline
be overlooked, but shall be promptly punished.

Ibid, sec 427. 1860, art. 73, sec. 39. 1837, ch. 320, sec 25.

592. Convicts shall be allowed the means of communicating
in writing to the board, who shall inquire into their complaints
and give proper attention to the subject matter of their
addresses.

Ibid. sec. 428. 1860, art. 73, sec. 40. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

593. Good conduct and industry shall be encouraged by
favorable reports to the board, but in no case shall any hope
of pardon or favor be held out to them.

Ibid. sec. 429. 1876, ch. 172.

594. All prisoners who have been or shall hereafter be con-
victed of any offense against the laws of this State and con-
fined in the execution of the judgment or sentence upon such
conviction in the State penitentiary shall have a deduction
from their several terms of sentence of five days for each and
every calendar month during which no charge of misconduct
shall have been sustained against each severally, who shall be
discharged at the expiration of his term of sentence less the
time so deducted, and a certificate of the warden of the peni-
tentiary of such deduction shall be entered on the warrant of
commitment; provided, that if during the term of imprison-