West Virginia Code § 17-5-3

Superior guard and assistants; hours of work of guards and prisoners; pay
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of prisoners.
The state convict road force shall be guarded when working on the roads and in making road
materials, and when being transported to and from the penitentiary, by guards detailed by
the warden, who shall designate one guard as the superior, and the other or others as
assistants. The state guard and assistants shall obey the rules prescribed foer prison camps.
Any guard or assistant not obeying such rules shall, on the recommendation of the
superintendent or engineer in charge of the work, be immediately recarlled, and some other
person detailed in his stead. The wages of each guard, superior and assistant, shall be fixed
by the road commissioner. All guards and prisoners shall be under the direction of the
warden, or his authority, and shall work not to exceed sixty hours per week, and each
prisoner shall be paid for each work day, not to exceed ten htours, the sum of 10¢ and for
time in excess thereof 10¢ per hour for such excess time worked.

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