The Laws of Texas, 1921 [Volume 21] Page: 237 of 1,670
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GENERAL LAWS. 229
system of Texas to make an investigation of the treatment of the
convicts in said prison with reference to the character of punishment
inflicted, food, clothing, sanitation, health, spiritual and educational
training, segregation and classification, and to look into such other
matters concerning the general welfare of the convicts as said Board
may deem necessary. Said Board shall make a quarterly report to
the Governor of the State of Texas, and the Prison Board as to conditions
as they find them in the penitentiary system, together with
their recommendations, and to report all prison officials or employees,
who are found to be derelict in their duty, or who have
acted in the handling of said prisoners in violation of law. Its reports
shall also be furnished the Legislature at each session that it
convenes. Said Board shall also have such reports published through
such media as they see fit. In order to carry out the purpose of
this law, said Board shall have access to the main penitentiary or any
farm or camp at any time, and shall not be required to give any
notice of any proposed visit, and shall be admitted upon their request,
and shall have the right to inspect any part of the system;
they shall also have the power to administer oaths and take testimony
of prison officials and employees, convicts, and such other persons
as they may deem necessary. They shall have the right to engage
the services of a stenographer at the expense of the State for the
purpose of taking such testimony, and for the further purpose of
making out reports.
SEC. 4. The fact that there is now no supervisory board to investigate
prison life in the Texas Penitentiary System, and that
cruelties have been practiced, and many penitentiary scandals unearthed,
and that the Texas Legislature has been called upon at
various sessions to appoint investigating committees to investigate
charges made as to cruelty, mistreatment of prisoners of the penitentiary
system of Texas, and the further fact that said investigations
have been very expensive to the State of Texas, creates an emergency,
and an imperative public necessity, demanding that the constitutional
rule requiring bills to be read in each House on three several days,
be suspended, and it is hereby suspended, and this Act be in force
and effect from its passage, and it is so enacted.
[NOTE.-The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing Act passed the
Senate, yeas 17, nays 10; and passed the House, no vote given.]
Approved September 5, 1921.
Effective November 15, 1921.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1921 [Volume 21], book, 1921; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14933/m1/237/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .