The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized and directed to receive and keep in the Washington Asylum and Jail all prisoners committed thereto for offenses against the United States.

History

Mar. 2, 1911, 36 Stat. 1003, ch. 192

References in Text

“Department of Corrections” was substituted for “Board of Public Welfare” pursuant to § 24-211.03.

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 24-410.

1981 Ed., § 24-410.