Chapter 237. To remove the age limit of persons who may be confined at the United States industrial reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio
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CHAP. 237.— An Act To remove the age limit of persons who may be confined at the United States industrial reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio. May 12, 1930.[[H. R. 973](/us/bill/71/hr/973).][[Public, No. 188](/us/pl/71/188).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 831,Industrial Reformatory.Vol. 43, p. 724, amended.[U. S. C., p. 520](/us/usc/p520). title 18, United States Code, being section 1 of the Act of Congress approved January 7, 1925, entitled “An Act for the establishment of a United States industrial reformatory,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" “The Attorney General, the Secretary of War, and the SecretarySelection of site for confining males convicted of offenses against United States. of the Interior are authorized and directed to select a site for an industrial reformatory which shall be used for the confinement of 266male persons who have 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 Exceptions.imprisonment for more than one year, with or without hard labor, except those who have been convicted previously of an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, and except also those convicted of treason, murder in the first or second degree, rape, or Sentences allowed without specifying place of imprisonment.arson, and those sentenced to life imprisonment.
It shall be sufficient 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.” " Approved, May 12, 1930.