1927_public local laws_422_4
CHAPTER 421 AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE AND DEFINE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY IN THI CONTROL AND WORKING OF CONVICTS AND PRISONERS ON THE PUBLIC ROADS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The board of road commissioners of Granville County may, in their discretion, divide said prisoners and convicts into classes, such classification to depend upon the good behavior and satisfactory work of said prisoners and convicts. The said board of road commissioners may allow a commutation or reduction of not more than twenty-five per cent. of the time for which they are sentenced to such prisoners and convicts for good behavior and the performance of satisfactory work.