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§28-5-11. Employment of convicts by contract; advertisement.

In order to provide employment for convicts not employed as provided in the two preceding sections, the state commissioner of public institutions may let and hire the labor of such convicts, on the piece price system or otherwise, in such branches of business, and for the manufacture of such articles, as in his judgment will best accomplish the ends and subserve the interests of the state. Such letting and hiring shall be advertised by the commissioner of public institutions as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the state. The letting and hiring may also be advertised in such other manner as said commissioner may determine. The advertisement shall specify the number of convicts to be let, the length of time of the hiring or letting, which shall not exceed five years, the last day, at twelve o'clock meridian, on which bids will be received and such other information as the commissioner may desire. The commissioner may in his discretion designate what articles or class of articles shall be manufactured.