all reasonable efforts shall be made to dispose of the articles manufactured by such prisoners at such prices as will best protect the financial interests of the State, and at the same time indicate and mean that the earnings of such prisoners have been as near as may be obtainable in the lines in which they work, to the prices paid to free labor engaged in the same lines of manufacture. material and (4) That in making such contracts for the sale of Contractorssuch manufactured articles at so much per piece or machinery per quantum of output of stock manufactured, the furnished by. parties contracting to buy such manufactured articles from the State during the period of time for which said contract may by its terms be operative, shall be required to furnish the necessary raw materials and to furnish and keep in repair the necessary equipment and machinery. earnings of. (5) After selling and disposing of articles manufactured in each shop and line, there shall be kept and reserved for the use and benefit of the prisoners working in any such shop and line, and to be paid to them or to any of their designated dependents thirty-three and one-third (33 1-3%) per cent of the Prisoners balance of said selling price remaining after reimbursing the State for the care and maintenance of said prisoners: and the funds so reserved shall be used and expended by said Tennessee Board of Control, or its successor, with the approval of the Governor, in payments therefrom to be made to deserving prisoners, or to their dependents, in such amounts as will reward good conduct, give the stimulus of hope to the prisoners, and best encourage the discipline and efficiency of the prisoners worked in such manufacturing shop. tracted for. (6) Any party entering into a contract with the State for the purchase of any articles manufactured by such prisoners, shall be required not only to fur- Articles-connish proper and accurate specifications for the articles to be manufactured, and which said party shall agree to purchase, but such party, in addition to such specifications, shall be required to furnish, free of any cost and expense to the State, be worked by skilled and competent persons to be approved by said Tennessee Board of Control, or its successor, with the approval of the Governor, and whose duty it shall be to enlighten, advise and instruct said prisoners during the process of manufacturing such articles, to the end that wastage of material and effort on account of improperly manufactured articles, or articles not complying with the specifications to be furnished by the purchaser, may be reduced to a practical minimum. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in the event Prisoners, may, the authorities herein authorized and empowered Board when. to make contracts for the sale or manufacture of the articles to be manufactured in accordance with the plan hereinbefore provided for, are not able, after reasonable effort, to make and enter into satisfactory contracts, of this character, said authorities are then empowered and authorized to use and employ said convicts in the manufacture of some article or articles, for and on behalf of the State itself, under the same general conditions, restrictions and rules as hereinbefore provided, and said authorities are also empowered and authorized to purchase or rent all machinery and equipment necessary to install the plants, and to purchase necessary material Sale of produc- for carrying on such manufacturing business. The said authorities are also authorized and empowered to sell the manufactured articles in the general trade or market, or to sell the whole output or production, to any one or more dealers. Provided, that the authorities selling said manufactured articles will be governed and controlled by proper consideration and reasonable protection of free labor and manufacturers engaged in the production and sale of similar and like manufactured articles. tion. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or in any manner affecting Chapter 46, House Bill 859, of the Public Acts of Tennessee, 1917, passed March 28, 1917, and being an Act to abolish the Lease System for convicts in Tennessee. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare (By Mr. S. M. Leath, Anderson County.) AN ACT to amend Chapter 10 of the Public Acts of 1919 passed January 29, 1919, and approved January 31, 1919, being an Act "to empower County Courts of the State of Tennessee to appropriate money for the purpose of erecting suitable monuments or buildings or libraries or any other evidence of appreciation, as a memorial to the honor and memory of the living and dead American Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, who served in the World War, and providing punishment for misappropriation or wilful diversion of any part of the funds appropriated for the erection of a memorial." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the County Courts of Tennessee be and are hereby authorized to appropriate by a roll-call and recorded vote from their respective County Treasuries, money to be expended solely in the erection of permanent monuments or buildings or libraries or any other evidence of appreciation of the bravery and valor of said soldiers, sailors and marines, within the respective counties appropriating the same, but not from any special fund heretofore provided for by law, to the honor and memory of the living and dead American soldiers, sailors and marines, collectively, who served in the world war, but it is expressly provided that no sum in excess of $25,000 shall be appropriated by any one county for such purpose. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That before any part of any such appropriation shall be paid out of any County Treasury, there shall first be filed with the County Trustee of the county making the appropriation, plans and specifications of the proposed monument or building or library or other evidence of appreciation, with a detailed estimate of every cost and expense of the same, and it is further provided as an absolute prerequisite to the paying out of any part of any such appropriation that the persons receiving said appropriation or any part thereof, shall give the Trustee detailed vouchers approved by County Monument or Building Commissioners and the County Chairman or County Judge in open court and personally receipted in writing by the payees and duly entered of record in detail in the books of the County Court Clerk in such manner and form as to clearly and definitely show for what purpose the money was paid and to whom, etc. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That when any county makes any such appropriation, the County Court making it shall elect five reputable citizens of the respective counties, over twenty-one years of age, who shall be known as the County Monument or Building Commissioners, who shall be duly sworn to faithfully discharge their duties as such, and whose duty, among other duties shall be to superintend the erection of said monument or building under the general orders and direction of the court; and it is expressly provided that said commissioners shall, when the monument or building has been completed and delivered, to forthwith make a full and complete detailed report in writing to the County Court in open session, which shall be spread a record in said court, accounting definitely and with detailed particulars for every dollar coming into their hands. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That no part of any such appropriation shall be expended for land, fees or salaries, but shall all be used for the erection of the monument or building, and all said money shall be alone for work on and material entering into the construction of said monument or building. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That any and all persons accepting the custody or control of any part of any such appropriation herein provided for, who misappropriates or aids in the misappropriation or wilful diversion of any part of the same shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction, shall be confined in the State Prison or Penitentiary for from one year and a day to two years which penalty may be commuted to six months in the work-house by and in the discretion of the Trial Judge, and be fined fifty dollars which when collected, shall be paid into the county school fund. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That all Acts in conflict with this Act, in whole or in part, be and are hereby repealed; and that this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public' welfare requiring it. Passed February 17, 1919. SETH M. WALKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANDREW L. TODD, Speaker of the Senate. Approved February 21, 1919. A. H. ROBERTS, |