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§28-5-15. Contract for convict labor; bond; modification or termination of contract.

When a bid is accepted and labor awarded to a bidder, the commissioner of public institutions, on the part of the state, and the bidder shall enter into a contract in pursuance of the bid, and such bidder shall execute a bond in an amount and with sureties satisfactory to the commissioner, conditioned for the faithful performance of such contract on his part, a blank form of which contract and bond shall be available for inspection at the offices of the commissioner of public institutions during the time of the advertisement. The commissioner may alter, modify, or terminate, with the consent of the other contracting party, any contract made by him for the hiring or letting of convicts under this article.