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residence.

2000. SEC. 6. If any person shall become chargeable In case of perin any county in which he or she did not reside at the com- pauper in anmencement of the sixty days immediately preceding his or than that of his her becoming so chargeable, he or she shall be duly taken care of by the county commissioners where he or she may be found, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the county commissioners to send notice by mail to the clerk of the county commissioners of the county in which such pauper resided as before stated, that said person has become chargeable as a pauper, and requesting the authorities of said lastnamed county to remove said pauper forthwith, and to pay the expense accrued in taking care of him, her or them.

charges for care

2001. SEC. 7. If any such pauper, by reason of sick- Recovery of ness or disease, or by neglect of the county commissioners of pauper, from County to which to which said county he or she belongs, or for any other he belongs. sufficient cause, cannot be removed, then the county taking charge of such pauper may sue for and recover from the county to which he or she belongs, in any proper action, before any court having competent jurisdiction, the amount expended for and on behalf of such pauper or paupers, and in taking care of the same.

The term "resi

2002. SEC. 8. The term "residence," as used in this chapter, shall be taken and considered to mean the actual dence" defined. residence of the party, or the place where he or she was employed, or in case he or she was in no employment, then it shall be considered and held to be the place where he or she made it his or her home.

into county

fully settled; how may be recovered.

2003. SEC. 9. If any person shall bring and leave any Penalty for pauper or paupers in any county in this state, wherein such bringing pauper pauper is not lawfully settled, knowing him or them to be where not lawpaupers, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars for every such offense, to be sued for and recovered, by and to the use of such county, by action of debt, before any court having competent jurisdiction; and the suit may be brought in the county where the pauper was brought and left, and the process may be directed to and served by any proper officer in any county in this state.

Establishment of

2004. SEC. 10. The county commissioners in each county in this state are hereby authorized, whenever they poor-house. may deem it proper so to do, to establish a poor-house, and

Acquisition of

of poor-house.

for that purpose to purchase or lease a building upon such terms as they may deem best.

2005. SEC. II. The county commissioners are hereby land for purposes authorized to acquire, in the name of the county, by grant, devise or purchase, any tract of land, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, for the purposes of such poorhouse.

Levy of tax for purchase of land, erection and defraying expenses of poor-house.

Employment of workmen and physician.

Title to poor

2006. SEC. 12. Said county commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to receive donations to aid in the establishment of such poor-house, and are also empowered, from time to time, if they shall see fit, to levy and collect a tax, not exceeding five mills on the dollar, on the taxable property of the county, and to appropriate the same to the purchase of land not exceeding the aforesaid six hundred and forty acres, and to erect and furnish buildings suitable for a poor-house, and to put into operation and to defray the annual expenses of said poor-house, should the labor of the inmates be inadequte thereto.

2007. SEC. 13. Said county commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to employ such workmen, agents and other persons as may be necessary to establish and put into operation such poor-house, and to provide and appoint a physician to attend upon those who may fall sick.

2008. SEC. 14. The title to all property authorized to house property be acquired by this chapter for the purpose of said poorhouse shall be made to the county.

to be made to

county.

CHAPTER LXXVII.

PENITENTIARY.

AN ACT TO PROMOTE BETTER DISCIPLINE AND ENCOURAGE REFORM-
ATION IN THE PENITENTIARY.

SECTION I.

[Session Laws, 1876.]

2009. That every convict who is now or may hereafter be imprisoned in the penitentiary, and who shall have performed faithfully, and all who shall hereafter perform faithfully, the duties assigned to him or her during

time of sentence,

formance of

his or her imprisonment therein, shall be entitled to a de- Deduction from duction from the time of his or her sentence for the respect- for faithful perive years thereof, and proportionately for any part of a year duties. where there shall be a fractional part of a year, in the sentence, to wit: for the first year, one month; for the second year, two months; for the third year, three months; for the fourth year, four months; for the fifth year, five months; for the sixth and each succeeding year, six months. 2010. SEC. 2. In case any convict shall be guilty of Extension of willful violation of any of the rules or regulations of the for wilful violapenitentiary, as above provided, and shall have become entitled to any deduction from the time of his or her sentence by the provision aforesaid, he or she shall forfeit if entitled to so much, for the first offense two days, for the second offense four days, and for each subsequent offense four days, said forfeiture to be determined by the managers of the penitentiary.

time of sentence

tion of rules.

Commitment under several

2011. SEC. 3. That for the purposes of this act, whenever any convict shall have been committed under several sentences to be convictions with separate sentences, they shall be construed construed as one

as one continuous sentence.

sentence.

2012. SEC. 4. That the provisions of this act shall ap- To apply to con

penitentiary.

ply to the convicts now in the penitentiary the same as if victs now in it had been in effect at the commencement of their sentences, excepting such convicts as have escaped from the penitentiary, or been concerned in any revolt whereby any convict has escaped.

2013. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the warden to Record of inkeep a record in a book for that purpose, of all infractions fractions of of the prison rules and regulations, as prescribed by the

managers.

prison rules.

good conduct

to citizenship.

2014. SEC. 6. If a convict shall pass the entire period Certificate of of his sentence without any violation of the rules and reg- and restoration ulations, he shall be entitled to a certificate thereof from the warden, indorsed by the managers, and on presenting it to the governor, he shall be restored to citizenship.

Declared a state institution.

Appointment and term of office of commission

ers.

Organization of board.

Duties of presi

tary of board.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE, GOVERNMENT, AND
POLICE OF THE PENITENTIARY; ALSO THE MODE OF APPOINTING
OFFICERS, AND FIXING THE SALARY OF THE SAME, AND TO REPEAL
SEVERAL ACTS RELATING THERETO.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

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2015. SECTION 1. The penitentiary now located at Cañon City shall be maintained as a state institution.

2016. SEC. 2. The government of the penitentiary shall be vested in a board of commissioners, composed of three persons, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, no two of whom shall reside in the same judicial district; said commissioners shall hold their office for the term of two years, and until their successors are duly qualified, unless sooner removed by the governor for neglect of duty or other misconduct. Any two of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

2017. SEC. 3. Said board of commissioners shall, within twenty days after their appointment, organize by electing from their number a president and secretary. The state treasurer shall be ex-officio treasurer of the penitentiary.

2018. SEC. 4. The president shall preside over all meetdent and secre- ings of the board, and sign all certificates of indebtedness, bills, and other papers approved or allowed by said board. In the absence of the president, a president pro tempore may be elected. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a perfect record of the proceedings of the board of commissioners, in a well bound book, to be kept for that purpose, and to attest or countersign all papers which may be approved by the same.

Appointment of

turnkeys and

overseers.

2019. SEC. 5. The organization of the penitentiary warden, guards, shall consist of a warden and such guards, turnkeys and overseers as may in the opinion of the board of commissioners be necessary. The warden to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold such office for two years, unless sooner removed by the governor, upon a request, in writing, of the board, or any two of them, which request shall set forth the cause of complaint against such warden. The guards, turnkeys and overseers shall be appointed by the warden,

and shall hold their office during the pleasure of said warden, unless sooner removed at the demand of the board of commissioners,

Vacancies in

sioner or war

2020. SEC. 6. In case a vacancy occurs, either in the board of commissioners or in the office of warden of the office of commispenitentiary, it shall be the duty of the governor to appoint den; how filled. a person to fill said vacancy, and any person so appointed shall hold the office to which he may have been appointed during the unexpired term, and until his successor is duly qualified, unless sooner removed in accordance with sections two or five of this act.

commissioners

2021. SEC. 7. The members of the board of commis- Compensation of sioners shall each be allowed the sum of four hundred and warden dollars, and the warden of the penitentiary the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, as full compensation for all services required of them, payable quarterly; and the state auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same, upon the presentation of a certificate, signed by the president and attested by the secretary of the board of commissioners.

Bond of warden;

ditions; official

2022 SEC. 8. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the warden shall execute a bond, payable to the amount and constate of Colorado, in the penal sum of ten thousand dol- oath. lars, with not less than five freehold securities, to be approved as to its form and the sufficiency of its securities by the attorney general and the governor of the state, who shall endorse their approval upon the same, when it shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, the condition of said bond being that he will faithfully discharge all of his duties as warden for said institution; that he will cause to be kept a fair, intelligible and business-like record of all the transactions of a monetary character connected with the institution; that he will impartially and to the best of his ability administer the disciplinary regulations of the institution, so as to contribute to the health, safe-keeping and profitable employment of the convicts; that he will appoint no one to the office of guard, turnkey or overseer, through pecuniary consideration, and no one without due and proper regard to their qualifications for said station; that he will render a true and faithful account of all the

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