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306 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
shall at once notify the nearest justice of the peace of the county
in which said prisoner died, of the death of said prisoner, and it
shall be the duty of said justice of the peace, when so notified of
the death of such prisoner, to go in person, and make a personal
examination of the body of such prisoner, and inquire into the
cause of the death of such prisoner, and said justice of the peace
shall reduce to writing the evidence taken during such inquest,
and shall furnish a copy of the same to the manager, and a
copy of the same to the district judge of the county in which
said prisoner died, and the copy so furnished to said district
judge shall be turned over by the district judge to the succeeding
grand jury, and the said judge shall charge the grand jury, if
there should be any suspicion of wrongdoing shown by the inquest
papers, to thoroughly investigate the cause of such death.
Any officer or employee of the prison system having charge of
any prisoner at the time of the death of such prisoner, who shall
fail to immediately notify a justice of the peace of the death of
such prisoner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and by confinement
in the county jail, not less than sixty days, nor more
than one year, provided, that the justice of the peace making
such examination shall be paid a fee as is now provided by law
for holding inquests, said fee to be on sworn account therefor,
and approved by the manager.
SEC. 28. When a prisoner is entitled to a discharge from the
prison, he or she shall be furnished with a written or printed
discharge from the manager, with seal affixed, signed by the
manager, giving prisoner's name, date of sentence, from what
county sentenced, amount of commutation received, if any, the
trade he has learned, if any, his proficiency in same, and such
other description as may be practicable. Such discharged person
shall be furnished with a decent outfit of citizen's clothing of
good quality and fit, two suits of underwear, fifty dollars in
money in addition to any money held to his or her credit, provided
that if the actual time served exceed ten years, the sum of
money shall be seventy-five dollars, and if the actual time served
exceed twenty years, the sum of money shall be one hundred
dollars. As far as may be practicable the Prison Board may
authorize the creation of a bureau for the purpose of placing discharged
prisoners in connection with employment, provided such
will not be an extra expense to the prison system.
SEC. 29. The Governor, and all other members of the Executive
and Judicial Departments of the State and members of the
Legislature shall be admitted into the prisons, camps and other
places where prisoners are kept or worked, at all proper hours,
for the purpose of observing the conduct thereof, and may hold
conversation with the convicts apart from all prison officers.
Other persons may visit the penitentiary under such rules and
regulations as may be established.
SEC. 30. The manager, with the board's approval, may offer
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/322/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .