Senate Penitentiary InvestigatingCommittee reports and proceedings 1915

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Senate Penitentiary InvestigatingCommittee reports and proceedings 1915

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The Texas Senate PenitentiaryInvestigating Committee was created by Senate Simple Resolutions 39 and 41 (34thTexas Legislature, 1st Called Session) in 1915, to investigate the financial andmanagerial affairs of the Texas Prison System. Records of the committee consist oftwo volumes of reports and transcripts of testimony, dating 1915.

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