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ment of any facts which the presiding judge may deem important or
necessary for a full comprehension of the case.

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695.

The record herein provided for shall not be made public, except
as may be necessary in the identification or trial of persons accused
of crime. The records shall be accessible, however, to any officer of
any court having criminal jurisdiction in this State, upon the order
of the judge of said court, or of the State's attorney, which said
order shall be attested by the seal of the court. Whenever, in the
trial of any criminal case, the fact of previous conviction of any
person for any crime may be admissible, any such record shall be
admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the fact of such
conviction and the crime for which such person was convicted.

A copy of such record shall be furnished, upon request, to any
warden or other officer in charge of a prison for felons in any other
state of the United States; provided that such state has made recip-
rocal provisions by law for furnishing records of its convicted crim-
inals to the authorities of other states.

697.

The warden or other person in charge of said institutions shall
furnish a copy of any such record kept in said institution to any
police officer presenting an order for such copy signed by the super-
intendent or other officer in charge of police in the city or county
where such institution is located; also on or before the twenty-eighth
day of each and every month, the warden or other person in charge
of any of said institutions shall furnish to the superintendent or
other officer in charge of police in the city or county where the
institution is located, the name of every convict whose sentence
expires the following month, together with the date when sentence
commenced, the county or city from which committed, the crime for
which committed, and the exact date when the convict will be
discharged.

698.

Whenever it appears to the officer in charge of any penal institu-
tion that a prisoner in such institution is ill, and that the facilities
of the institution are inadequate to provide treatment for such ill-
ness, the officer may recommend to the Department of Correction
that the prisoner be temporarily removed to any place within the
State where adequate treatment may be obtained. If the Department
of Correction approves such recommendation, it may direct the tem-
porary removal of such prisoner for a definite period of time, or from
time to time, to a place where adequate treatment for the illness of
the prisoner may be obtained, with such guards and under such
supervision and safeguard to prevent the escape of the prisoner
from custody, and subject to such rules and regulations with regard
to guards, supervision, and terms of temporary release as the De-