August 11, 1913.
Hon. J. S. Mann, Sup't,
State's Prison,
Raleigh, N.C.
Dear Sir:-
At a meeting of the Council of State held this day, it was ordered that the convicts now at work on the S. A. & Western Railway be withdrawn from said railway, and placed in the hands of the authorities of the State's Prison, in accordance with the action of the Council of State at a meeting held on July 9, 1913.
Very truly yours,