Records of the Texas Prison System, 1913-1933, 1943, undated

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Records of the Texas Prison System, 1913-1933, 1943, undated

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University of Texas at Austin. General Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6640214

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Texas. Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor.

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Texas. Board of Prison Commissioners.

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Texas Prison Board

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"An Act to Establish a State Penitentiary" was passed in 1848 by the Second Legislature. The act established a governing body of the penitentiary as a three-member Board of Directors, appointed by the Governor, with the approval of the Senate. The Board was responsible for creating and distributing a set of rules and bylaws for the administration of the penitentiary, overseeing the treatment of convicts, preparing an annual inventory of property, and making an annual report to the G...