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 724 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 32. 1925. Jilgugv  CHAP. 32.-An Act For the establishment of a United States Industrial Heformatory. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatioes of the mf,§f’“""“* H°‘°"““' United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Attorney bS¤lX<&0i°:;1e¤f¤€3£j£°r;i General, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the Interior mid secretaries sewn- be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to select a site for an ““,€!§‘,§,°,,f‘f,’,?;,,,w,,,,,,,, industrial reformatory which shall be used for the_coniinement of ¤,6¤;g6¥;°¤°¤Yi¢*¤*{,;*1{tg{; male persons between the ages of seventeen and thirty {ears who seas. ha§ been or shall be convicted of offenses against the United States, including persons convicted by general courts-martial and consular courts, and sentenced for terms of imprisonment for more Exception. than one year, with or without hard labor, except those who have been convicted previously of an offense pumshable by imprisonment for more than one year, and except also those convicted of treason, murder in the first or second degree, rape, or arson, and those mites snowed sentenced to life imprisonment: Promkled, That it shall be sufficient §j;'f,}’,‘},§pr,§0p$_§,}f’,,¤"{§ for the courts to sentence said class of offenders to imprisonment in the penitentiary without specifying the particular penitentiary or the United States Industrial Reformatory and the imprisonment shall be in such penitentiary or the United States Industrial Reformatory as the Attorney General shall from time to time designate. b6§;¢,§g¤;1e{a’·d¤f¤¤¤ ¢¤ Sec. 2. That upon the selection of an appropriate site the " Attorney General shall submit to Congress estimate of the cost of _ purchasing the same, together with estimates of the expense neces- ,,g“§,§{,  sary to construct the proper buildings thereon. For the purpose of “°¤· construction of such buildings the Attorney General shall employ the labor of such United States prisoners confined in the United States penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, the United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, the United States penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington, and State or Territorial prisons, penitentiaries, or reformatories, who are eligible for confinement in said United States Indutrial Reformatory under the provisions of this Act, and _ _ who can be used, under proper guard, in the work necessary to ,,,§,§‘,§§°'°S '°' “““”' construct the buildings. The Attorney General at the same time and annually therea er, shall submit estimates in detail for all expenses of maintaining the said industrial reformatory, including pim etc mb sa aries of all necessary officers and employees._ pared Sy .(}¤m¤$¢i°r¤°:: Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, ‘*’°"`*’°““”’· upon the request of the Attornety General, to cause the plans, drawings, designs, specifications, an estimates for the remodeling and ‘ construction of the necessary buildin to be prepared in the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and the Prom work of remodeling and constructing the said buildin to be nnmmimmeae. supervised by the fic d force of said oiiEice:Pro*vided, That td;] proper appropriations for the support and maintenance of the Office of the Supervising Architect be reimbursed for the cost of preparing such p ans, drawinigs, designs, Specifications, and estimates for the aforesaid work, an the supervision of the remodeling and construc- C ul mud _ tion of said buildings. ,,,,§§‘,,,,§ G,,,,,.,,_ ‘” Sno,  That the control and management of the United States Industrial Reformatory shall be vested in the Attorney General, who shall have power to appoint a superintendent, assistant superintendent, and all other officers necessary for the safe-keeping, _ _ _ care, protection, instruction, and discipline of the inmates. mg}gg*g**;Q,$;¤g°§,¥Bnfii Sec.  That the discipline to be observed in said United States ers becoming mnmun Industrial Reformatory shall be correctional and designed to °"m”‘“ prevent young offenders from becoming habitual criminals. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to provide for the instruction