966 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

ment the prisoner shall commit any act of insubordination
against the prison authorities the warden and board of directors
of the penitentiary may at their discretion annul such deduc-
tions; and further provided, that should the prisoner commit
any offense for which he shall be convicted by a jury all deduc-
tions theretofore made shall be thereby annulled.

1888, art. 27, sec. 430. 1860, art. 73. sec. 41. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.
595. The men and women shall always be kept separate,
the former to be locked at night separate in the east wing and
the latter to be kept as much as possible from each other in
their proper department.

Ibid. sec. 431. 1860, art. 73, sec. 42. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25.

596. The slops and offal of the prison shall be sold or used
in raising hogs or other stock for the use of the house, and
none of the officers shall be allowed to raise stock of any kind
within the walls. The grounds within the prison walls may
be cultivated for the use of the prison, under the direction
of the warden, for the purpose of keeping down unhealthy
exhalations from weeds, rubbish, et cetera; the warden may
keep a horse and cow for his own use, to be attended by his
own servants, and fed at his own expense. The walls and
houses must be whitewashed at least three times a year.

Ibid. sec. 432. 1860, art 73, sec. 43. 1837, ch 320, sec 25.

597. The convicts shall have three meals a day, consisting
in all of one and a quarter pounds of flour, three-quarters of
a pound of beef, or a half a pound of bacon, of good, coarse
quality, one herring, one gill of molasses, one pint of potatoes
or other vegetables, with soup, and a proper allowance of rye
coffee, tea and salt; and the physician may vary the diet when
necessary.

Ibid. sec. 433. 1860, art 73, sec. 44. 1837, ch. 320, sec. 25,

598. The cooking and refectory shall be regulated by the
board of directors; but no prisoner shall receive anything but
the prison allowance.

Removal of Insane Convicts.

1890, ch. 123.

599. Whenever the board of directors of the penitentiary
may deem it necessary, they shall have full power to summon
the State lunacy commission to examine and pass upon the