Chapter CXLVI. *in Relation to Persons imprisoned under Sentence for Offences against the Laws of the United States.* March 2, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Convicts under any law of the United States confined in prison, con
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CHAP. CXLVI.— An Act *in Relation to Persons imprisoned under Sentence for Offences against the Laws of the United States.* March 2, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Convicts under any law of the United States confined in prison, conducting themselves well, to have deductions made from the term of their sentence. That all prisoners who have been, or shall hereafter be, convicted of any offence against the laws of the United States, and confined in any State prison or penitentiary in execution of the judgment or sentence upon such conviction, who so conduct themselves that no charge for misconduct shall be sustained against them, shall have a deduction of one month in each year made from the term of their sentence, and shall be entitled to their discharge so much the sooner, upon the certificate of the warden or keeper of such prison or penitentiary, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, March 2, 1867.