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§§ 7709-7714

§ 7709. The directors of the penitentiary at Sioux Falls are hereby authorized to rent the United States wing of the penitentiary at Sioux Falls, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem for the best interests of the territory. Said directors are also authorized to contract with the United States for the support and care of United States prisoners at said penitentiary.

§ 7710. The warden shall receive into the prison all persons convicted before any district court of this territory for an offense against the laws of the United States, and sentenced by such court to punishment of imprisonment at hard labor in said prison, and he shall safely keep and employ such convicts pursuant to their sentence, under the rules and regulations of the prison, until such sentence shall be performed or such convict be otherwise discharged by due course of law of the United States.

§ 7711. The warden once every six months shall make out and present for settlement to the proper auditing officer of the United States a certified account of the amount which shall then be due and unsettled for the support and maintenance of United States convicts in the territorial prison in this territory.

§ 7712. Whenever the amount due for the maintenance of United States convicts shall be audited and allowed as provided by the preceding section, the warden shall file with the auditor of the territory a copy of such account with the amount allowed thereon. The auditor shall thereupon draw his warrant upon the territorial treasurer for the amount so allowed, payable to the warden out of the territorial treasury for the use of the territorial prison, when the same shall be received from the United States.

§ 7713. The warden when making his annual report shall include therein the number of United States convicts in the prison at the date of such report, the whole number therein during the preceding year, the number received and the number discharged during the same time, the amount received from the general government for their support and maintenance, and also the amount that may be due and unaudited for like purpose.

§ 7714. The warden is authorized and empowered, by and with the advice and approval of the board of directors of said prison, to lease from time to time the labor of such portion of the prisoners confined therein, together with such shop room, machinery and power as may be necessary for their proper employment, to such persons for such purposes, upon such terms and conditions, and for such length of time, not exceeding five years at any one time, as he shall deem most conducive to the interests of the territory and the welfare of the prisoners.