Reliance Manufacturing Co. v. Board of Prison Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
— Reversing.
The Board of Prison Commissioners have control of the penitentiaries of the State and convict labor therein confined. By section 3807 of the Kentucky Statutes it is provided that “it shall be the duty of the commissioners to hire out to a contractor or contractors all the convicts able to perform manual labor, to be worked within the walls of the penitentiaries. Such hiring shall be to the highest and best bidder, after due advertising, and the labor in both penitentiaries may be hired to one person, or the labor in whole or in part in each…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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