West Virginia Code § 17-5-1

State convict road force; how used
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All male persons convicted of felony and, sentenced to imprisonment or confinement in the
penitentiary by any court, or who may hereafter be sentenced for a felony, whether actually
sentenced to labor or not, or so many thereof as may be required by the state road
commissioner, shall, as incident to such sentence or confinement, constitute the state
convict road force and as such may be employed under the supervision of thee state road
commissioner in building, surfacing and maintaining roads under the supervision of the state
road commissioner, including all roads in the state road system, and inr and about any
quarries, gravel pits, sandbanks, crushers, brick kilns, or other plants and places operated
by the state road commission for the manufacture and acquisition of materials for use in the
construction, maintenance and repair of such roads.

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