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and sentenced to prison for a felony, shall forward to the warden or
other officer in charge, at the request of such warden or other officer,
and upon blanks furnished by him, a criminal history of such criminal
as fully as is known or can be ascertained by such State's attorney.

1904, art. 27, sec. 586. 1892, ch. 273, sec. 424C.

662. The register herein provided for shall not be made public,
except as may be necessary in the identification of persons accused of
crime and in the trial of offenses committed after having been impri-
soned for a prior offense. The record shall be accessible, however, to
any officer of any court having criminal jurisdiction in this State, upon
the order of the judge of the court, or of the State's attorney of the
county or city in which the person is being held for a crime, which
said order shall be attested by the seal of the court, and any such rec-
ord may be given in evidence upon any trial of any offender indicted
under the habitual criminal law of this State for the purpose of prov-
ing a former conviction or convictions, and the offense or offenses for
which. convicted.

Ibid. sec. 587. 1892, ch. 273, sec. 424D.

663. For the purpose of obtaining accurate descriptions of criminal
convicts, the warden or other officers in charge of the several prisons
in this State are hereby authorized to adopt the Bertillon method of
measurement and registration or such other method as shall minutely
describe convicts.

Ibid. sec. 588. 1892, ch. 273, sec. 424E.

664. A copy of the description and of the history and of the photo-
graph or photographs of any convict entered upon such record or regis-
ter shall be furnished upon the request of any warden or other officer
in charge of a prison for felons in any other State of the United States
to such warden or other officer in charge, provided such State has made
provision by law for requiring the descriptions of its criminals con-
victed and for furnishing such descriptions to the authorities of such
other States as have made provisions by law for the keeping of registries
of descriptions and history of their convicts.

Ibid. sec. 589. 1892, ch. 273, sec. 424F.

665. A copy of the description, history and photograph or photo-
graphs of any convict entered upon such records shall be furnished to
any officer of the bureau of police in the cities 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 commenced,