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Rh shall furnish such convict with suitable tools and materials to work with, if in the opinion of the said sheriff, the said convict can be profitably employed either in the jail or yard thereof, and the expense of said tools and materials shall be defrayed by the county in which said convict shall be confined; and said county shall be entitled to bis earnings.

Sec. 15. Whenever any person committed to prison for any cause whatever, shall be unruly, or shall disobey any of the regulations, established for the management of prisons, the sheriff or keeper may order such prisoner to be kept in solitary confinement and fed on bread and water only, as is provided in the thirteenth section of this chapter, for a period not exceeding twenty days for each offense.

Sec. 16. The keeper of each prison shall furnish necessary bedding, clothing and fuel, and medical aid for all prisoners who shall be in his custody, and shall be paid therefor according to the provisions of the third section of this chapter; and such payment shall not be deducted from the sum he is entitled to receive for the weekly support of the prisoner, according to the provisions of said third section.

Sec. 17. If any person who may be in any prison, under belief sentence of imprisonment in the territorial prison, shall break the prison and escape, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the territorial prison, for the term of one year, in addition to the unexpired term for which he was originally sentenced.

Sec. 18. If any person who may be imprisoned pursuant to a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail, or any person who shall be committed for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for any offense not capital, shall break prison and escape, he shall be imprisoned in to county jail for the term of six months.

Sec. 19. If any person who shall be committed to prison, for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for a capital offense, shall break prison and escape, he shall be imprisoned in the territorial prison, for the term of two years.

Sec. 20. If any prison, or any building thereto, shall be on fire, and the prisoners shall be exposed to danger by such fire, the keeper may remove such prisoners to a place of safety, and there confine them, so long as may be necessary to avoid