It shall be the duty of the state road commissioner to designate some competent physician or physicians to make inspection of all camps where a convict road force is employed. It shall be the duty of such physician to make thorough investigations of the sanitary conditions of such camps each sixty days and report every inspection to the Governor, together with such recommendations as he may deem necessary; and he shall furnish copies thereof to the warden of the penitentiary, the state road commissioner, the West Virginia board of health, and the local board of health of the county in which such camp is located. A reasonable compensation to the physician rendering such services shall be paid by the commissioner.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17. Roads and Highways
Article 5. State Convict Road Force
§17-5-1. State Convict Road Force; How Used
§17-5-2. How Convict Workers Selected; Monthly Report of Suitable Inmates
§17-5-3. Superior Guard and Assistants; Hours of Work of Guards and Prisoners; Pay of Prisoners
§17-5-4. Housing, Feeding and Transportation of Prisoners
§17-5-5. Escape of Convict From State Road Force
§17-5-6. Return of Convicts to Penitentiary Because of Infirmity, Bad Conduct, etc.; Trusties
§17-5-7. Medical Inspection of Convict Camps
§17-5-8. Convicts in Same Classification to Be Placed in Same Camp
§17-5-9. Commissioner to Pay Expenses of Convicts and Cost of Equipment and Materials
§17-5-11. Commissioner May Act Through Agents and May Set Up Department of Prison Labor
§17-5-12. Work Which May Be Performed by Convicts Other Than on State Road Force