1879 public laws – Ch.333 Sec.4
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CHAPTER 3338 AN ACT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PENITENTIARY AND CON- VICTS FOR THE YEARS ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE AND ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
The convicts worked on railroads in which the state has an interest shall be under the control of the board of internal improvements, who are authorized to make regulations and appoint officers, guards, &c., for the working and keeping thereof, which shall be as far as practicable in conjunction with the government of said railroad.