Chap. 39.-ACT to amend aud re-enact section 19 of chapter 18
af anact approved March 4. 1872, revising the criminal how of this
state,

Approved Jamulary 22, 1879.

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1. Be it enactel by the general assembiy, That section
nineteen of chapter eighteen of the act approved Mareh four-
teenth, cichteen hundred and seventy-eight (session acts eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-seven, seventy-eight, chapter thirty-
four), revising and amending the criminal law of this state, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

819. If any person is confined in jail under the preceding

section, or under a capias pro fine, ‘ shall he lawtul for the

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shertff of the county, or sergeant of the corporation, with the
assent in writing of the prisoner, to hire such prisoner for such
length of tine not exceeding six months, as may be agreed on,
to any person who will pay, or secure to be paid within six
months, the whole fine and costs for the term of service agreed
on; with the assent of the county, corporation or hustings
judge, the hiring may be for a less sum. The contract shall
be returned to ‘the clerk’s office of the county, corporation or
hustings court. and if the prisoner refuses to comply with the
contract, on affidavit of the hirer a capias pro fine may issue,
and the prisoner be remanded to jail.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.