and of the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon, upon
the request of a board of managers of a State industrial farm, are
hereby authorized to transfer to such State industrial farm from their
respective institutions any prisoners of special or mechanical ability
therein who may be found in the judgment of such board and the board
of managers of such State industrial farm suitable for the purpose,
and provide transportation and proper guards for such prisoners and
while such prisoners remain at such State industrial farm they shall be
subject to the orders of the inspectors of the institution from which
they were transferred as to their return, and in all other respect,
except as to discipline and government. While at such State industrial
farm they shall be under the control, discipline, and government,
and subject to the orders, of the board of managers of such State
industrial farm and its executive officers.
The expense of transporting and transferring prisoners used in
the construction of buildings and equipment to and from any State
industrial farm shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the
warrant of the Auditor General out of any moneys appropriated for
the establishment of such State industrial farm. The Auditor General
shall issue warrants for such purpose upon the order of the executive
officers of the board of managers of such State industrial farm.
The maintenance of such prisoners as are transferred from a State
penitentiary or reformatory shall be paid by the institution from
which they are transferred, but the cost of such maintenance in
excess of the average per capita cost of maintaining prisoners at the
institution from which such prisoners shall have been transferred shall
be refunded to any such institution out of any moneys appropriated for
the establishment of the State industrial farm.