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34.00 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS

34.01 -- Committee to Study the Punishment of Convicts. [underlined] Created by R. 1822, c. 21.

Duties -- collect information and investigate the subject of the punishment of convicts and es-tablishment of a State prison or penitentiary.

Members -- 3 appointed by the Governor with advice of the Council.

Legislative History: [underlined]

R. 1822, c. 21. R. 1823, c. 31. R. 1824, c. 18.

34.02 -- State Prison. [underlined] Created by P.L. 1823, c. 226, § 1.

Duties -- serve as a penitentiary where convicts sentenced to hard labor for life, or any term of time not less than 1 year, shall be confined, em-ployed and governed.

Legislative History: [underlined]

P.L. 1823, c. 226, § 1. R. 1827, cc. 5; 39. R. 1828, c. 18. R. 1830, c. 14. R. 1839, c. 98. R. 1840, c. 54. R. 1843, c. 178. R. 1844, c. 272. P. & S. L. 1845, c. 277. R. 1848, c. 98. R. 1849, c. 203. R. 1850, c. 312. R. 1851, c. 376. R. 1853, c. 50. R. 1854, c. 164. R. 1856, c. 354. R. 1864, c. 309. R. 1867, c. 161. R. 1868, c. 247. R. 1869, c. 87. R. 1870, c. 172. R. 1871, c. 289. R. 1872, c. 50. R. 1873, c. 149. R. 1874, c. 317.

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