Chapter 144. To equip the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, for the manufacture of supplies for the use of the Government, for the compensation of prisoners for their labor, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 144.— An Act To equip the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, for the manufacture of supplies for the use of the Government, for the compensation of prisoners for their labor, and for other purposes. July 10, 1918.[[H. R. 8938](/us/bill/65/hr/8938).][[Public, No. 194](/us/pl/65/194).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Atlanta, Ga., Penitentiary.Cotton fabrics to be manufactured at.
That the Attorney General of the United States is authorized and directed to establish, equip, maintain, and operate at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, a factory or factories for the manufacture of cotton fabrics to supply the requirements of the War and Navy Departments, the Shipping Corporation, cotton duck suitable for tents and other army purposes and canvas for mail sacks and for the manufacture of mail sacks and other similar mail-carrying equipment for the use of the Other work not interfered with.United States Government.
The factory or factories shall not be so operated as to abolish any existing Government workshop or curtail the production within its present limits of any such Government Sale limited to the Government.workshop, and the articles so manufactured shall be sold only to the Government of the United States. Additional land to be acquired for farming.The Attorney General is hereby further authorized and directed to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings such tracts of land at such points as he may determine, at a total cost of not to exceed 8200,000, which may be cleared, graded, and cultivated.
And the Attorney General is authorized to employ the inmates of the instistution herein mentioned under such regulations as he may prescribe in the work of clearing, grading, and cultivation of such acquired Sale, etc., of products.tracts of land. The products of any such agricultural development, including live stock, shall be utilized in said penitentiary or be sold to the Government of the United States for the use of the military and naval forces of the United States. Sec. 2.
Receipts credited to working fund. That articles so manufactured shall be sold at the current market prices as determined by the Attorney General or his 897authorized agent, and all moneys or reimbursements received from such sales shall be deposited to the credit of the working capital fund created by this Act. Sec. 3. That the Attorney General is hereby authorized and empowered Inmates to be paid for labor.to provide for the payment to the inmates or dependents upon inmates of said penitentiary such pecuniary earnings as he may deem proper, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
Such earnings shall be paid out of the working capital fund. Sec. 4. That there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of Sum authorized for machinery, etc.*Post*, p. 1035.$650,000 for the purchase of machinery and other equipment to carry out the purposes of this Act. Sec. 5. That there is created a fund, to be known as the working Working capital fund created.capital, which shall be available for the carrying on the industrial enterprise authorized herein or which may be authorized hereafter by law to be carried on in said penitentiary.
The working capital shall consist Sum authorized.*Post*, p. 1035.of the sum of $150,000,whichsum is authorized to be appropriated. The receipts from the sale of the products or by-products of the said Receipts to be credited thereto.industries and the sale of condemned machinery or equipment shall be credited to the working capital fund and be available for appropriation by Congress, annually, for the purposes set forth in this Act. Sec. 6. That at the opening of each regular session of Congress the Detailed report to Congress.Attorney General shall make a detailed report to Congress of the receipts and expenditures made hereunder, the quantity of material of different kinds bought or otherwise acquired and used, the number of persons employed, the hours of labor and the wages paid, the amount and kind of goods manufactured, and the prices paid therefor; also the agricultural products grown or produced on land owned or cultivated by or under the direction of the Attorney General or by the authorities of said penitentiary, the amount used therein, the amount sold, the prices, and total amount received therefor.
Sec. 7. That said working capital shall be disbursed under the direction Expenses payable from working capital.of the Attorney General and shall be available for the purchase, repair, or replacement of machinery or equipment, for the purchase of raw materials or parts, for the employment of necessary civilian officers and employees at the penitentiary and in Washington, for the repair and maintenance of buildings and equipment, and for all other necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 8. That the products of said industries shall not be disposed Disposal of products restricted.of except as provided in this Act. Sec. 9. That all laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are Conflicting laws repealed.in conflict with this Act are repealed. Approved, July 10, 1918.