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Authorizing the establishment of a book salvage industry at the state penitentiary and making an appropriation therefor.

Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. Employment of Penitentiary Inmates in Book Salvage; Receipts.) The state board of administration is authorized to employ prisoners of the state penitentiary, not otherwise employed, in a book salvage industry, and to establish such rules and regulations for its operation as is deemed necessary, including schedules of charges to be made for the services performed. The warden of the penitentiary, under the direction of the board of administration, shall be authorized to procure the tools and equipment necessary to carry on and conduct the work of the industry subject to limitations of the legislative appropriation. The warden shall keep a true and accurate account of all receipts of said industry and the same shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the general fund.

§ 2. Appropriations.) There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of purchasing the equipment and materials necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Act.

Approved March 10, 1959.