19 - Manner of doing work or acquiring material.

§ 19.   Manner  of  doing  work  or  acquiring material.   The work of  construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or improvement  of  any  state building, whether constructed or to be constructed, may be done by  the employment of inmate or outside labor or both and by the purchase of  materials  in  the open market whenever in the opinion of the department  having jurisdiction over such building, and the commissioner of  general  services or his authorized representative, such a course shall be deemed  advantageous  to  the  state,  and  only  upon  plans and specifications  prepared by the commissioner of general services,  but  no  compensation  shall  be  allowed  for  the  employment  of inmate labor except convict  labor.