Report on state prison /

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Corporate author / creator:California. Legislature. Joint Committee on State Prison.
Imprint:[Sacramento, California] : James Allen, State Printer, [1856]
Description:1 online resource (36 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13531367
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Other authors / contributors:California State Prison at San Quentin.
Notes:"In Assembly. Session of 1856."--Title page.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed November 2, 2022).
Summary:Report of Joint Committee on State Prisons, regarding the prison's condition and affairs following an investigation of same. Evidence includes the testimony from previous directors, architects and builders; cost of the prison under previous board of directors, costs of items, and other financial information. The committee report includes information on heavy expenditures (including for a sub-standard wall), debts, deeds for land, and the leasing system for the prison. The report is signed by Senate Committee members: Jno. B. McGree, Chairman, S. Bynum, and Chas. Westmorland; and House Committee members: E.J. Curtis, Chairman, Joseph Winston, George Peck, Benj. G. Weir, James George, and George H. Rhodes.
Other form:Print version: California. Legislature. Joint Committee on the State Prison. Report on State prison. [Sacramento] [State printer], [1856]