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234 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. XXVII
out the provisions of said sections. When prisoners are assigned to the
State Roads Commission under Section 686, the aforesaid expenses
shall be paid by the State, but when prisoners are assigned to any
city, town or county, at its request, under Section 687, said expenses
shall be paid by such city, town or county, under such arrangements
therefor as it may make with or as may be satisfactory to the State
Board of Prison Control.
1917, ch. 4, sec. 6.
689. The State Roads Commission, and each county, city or town,
as the case may be, shall pay to the State Board of Prison Control, for
each prisoner assigned to and employed by it, respectively, as aforesaid,
such sum as may be agreed upon with the State Board of Prison Con-
trol per day for each and every day that such prisoner is so employed;
from which sum, such payments as the State Board of Prison Control
may determine shall be held by it to the credit of the prisoner for
whose account the same are made, and be paid to him upon his release
or discharge, or the said Board, in its discretion, may from lime to
time pay such portion of said payments as it may deem proper to the
wife, children or other person or persons dependent upon such prisoner,
if found to be in need by the said Board, and hold the balance of such
payments to the credit of the prisoner. The said Board may make such
rules and regulations with respect to the collection and disbursement of
said payments as may be necessary or proper.
1917, ch. 4, sec. 7.
690. All prisoners working upon the roads or streets under Sections
684 to 691, shall be entitled to the same deductions or allowances for
good behavior, observance of discipline and rules and for diligent and
faithful labor, and shall be subject to the same forfeitures or punish-
ments for the lack or violation thereof, as such prisoners are now
entitled to or are subject to under the laws of this State; and in addi-
tion to such forfeitures or punishments, any prisoner employed on road
work under Sections 684 to 691 who escapes or attempts to escape,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be confined for an additional
term, in the discretion of the Court, not exceeding one-half of the
entire term for which such prisoner had been sentenced prior to his
escape or attempted escape; or such prisoner shall, in the discretion of
the Court, be subject to any penalties which may be by law provided
for prisoners escaping or attempting to escape from the institution to
which he had previously been committed.
1917, ch. 4, sec. 8.
691. All expenses and disbursements incurred, under Section 688,
by the State Board of Prison Control, for the guarding, transportation,
lodging, feeding, clothing and medical and other care and attention of
prisoners working under Sections 684 to 691 for the State Roads Com-
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