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punished in such manner as the regulations prescribed by said
board of managers shall provide; and a record shall be kept of
every punishment inflicted, and the cause thereof, in a book

which shall be kept at the institution, and shall always be laid
before the said board of managers at its meetings; and it shall be

the duty of the board to exercise a careful supervision and con-
trol over the punishments inflicted.

1874, ch. 233, sec. 12.

316. Any person committed to said house of correction by a
justice of the peace, may apply for a writ of habeas corpus, to
any judge of any court of record; and upon return thereof, such
judge, if he shall deem that there is sufficient ground for so do-
ing, shall hear the evidence offered and either discharge the ap-
plicant or modify or confirm the commitment.

Ibid, see 13.

317. The board of managers shall, in their discretion, and
with reference to the uniform good conduct therein of the
persons committed or sentenced to said institution, allot and pay
over to such persons, at the time of their release, a portion of the
earnings of their labor.

Ibid. sec. 14

318. In order to further promote good behavior, and tend to
reformation, the said board of managers shall provide in their
rules and regulations for a correct daily record of the conduct of
each of the persons confined in said house of correction and their
fidelity and diligence in the performance of their work; and each
prisoner shall be entitled to a diminution of the period of his or
her confinement, under the following rules and regulations:

First. For each calendar month, commencing on the first day
of the month next after his or her arrival at the institution,
during which he or she shall not be guilty of a violation of the
discipline, or any of the rules thereof, and shall labor with
diligence and fidelity, he or she shall be allowed a deduction of
five days from each month of the period of his or her commit-
ment or sentence.

Second. For each and every violation of the rules and discip-
line of the institution, or want of fidelity or care in the