Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-06

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thereof holden within this Commonwealth
and sentenced to confinement and hard la
bour by any such Court, and all such con.
victs safely to keep and employ pursuant tc
their sentences, until they shall be discharged
by due course of law of the United States
Sec. IL. BE 1t further enacted, That Il
any convict committed to the State Prison
under sentence for limited time, shall as.
sault any Inspector, the Warden, or other
persons employed in the direction or custo-
dy OF said State Prison, Or shall attempt BY
| violence to escape therefrom, every such
convict so further offending, upon due con-
viction thereof before the Supreme Judicial
Court, shall and may be punished by solitary
Imprisonment not exceeding one year in ad-
dition to any former like sentence, or to
precede the fulflment of apy Ggmer SEN
tence to hard labour, as the case may be.
and at the discretion of said Couff, NAY be
further punished by hard labour, for term
not exceeding ten years to commence after
such solitary Imprisonment, or after any
former sentence shall be fulfilled, as the
case may be. ~
Sec. -. Be 1t further enacted, THAT if
any convict committed to the State Prison
under sentence of confinement to hard labour
during life, shall assault any Inspector, the
Warden, or other person employed in the
government thereof, or shall forcibly at
tempt to break from the said prison, every
such convict so offending, upon due convic-
ton before the Supreme Judicial Court,
shall and may be punished by solitary CON-
tinement not exceeding one year at the dis
erection of said Court, and shall be after
wards there holden in custody upon such
former sentence and every convict being
under confinement as aforesaid, who shall
escape from said prison, shall for every
such offence be further sentenced to solta-
ry Imprisonment for term not exceeding
one year.
Sec. IL. BE 1t further enacted, Thatall
Convicts, sentenced to hard labour and con-
fined in said Prison, shall be constantly en-
ployed for the benefit of the Commonwealth,
and no communication between them and
persons without the Prison shall be allowed,
and all intercourse among them as far as
practicable shall be prevented and as soon
as the state of the Prison will permit, each
convict not in the Hospital, shall be confined,
IN the night time in separate cell, and no
convict shall hereafter leave the Prison
without decent suit of clothes and the
Warden at his discretion may pay to such
convict sum of money not exceeding five
dollars, if deserved by good conduct.
Sec. IA. BE 1t further enacted, That
each convict shall be allowed for his yearly
clothing, one pair of thick pantaloons, one
thick jacket, one pair of thin pantaloons, one
thin jacket, two pairs of shoes, two pairs of
socks, three shirts and two blankets, all ola
coarse kind; but the Warden, with the con-
sent of the Inspectors, may, for sufficient
cause, allow some additional articles of
clothing.
Sec. Is. Be 1t further enacted, That the
daily sustenance of the convicts, not in the
Hospital, shall consist of the following "a
tons: one pound of Number one beef, Or
twelve ounces of Number one pork, ten
ounces OF rye meal, ten ounces of Indian
meal, and three quarters ola gill ofmolasses
for each prisoner, and for every hundred ra
tons, two and half bushels of potatoes,
two quarts of vinegar, four quarts of salt,
and two ounces of black pepper, and dur
ing six months of the warmest season ofthe
year, four quarts of molasses, and twelve
ounces of hops to each convict, and no snuff
or tobacco, or any other articles of sub
sistence, either of food or drink, except
water, shall in any manner be allowed them.
The subsistence and diet of the convicts in
the Hospital shall be regulated by the Ply
stefan, whose acquisitions therefor shall al
ways be in writing, and shall in no case be
given for longer term of time than week
The Inspectors may provide for the substi-
tuition of fresh beef for salt beef, for part
of the time, not exceeding two days in each
week; if they should deem it expedient so
to do.
Sec. 16. Be 1t further enacted, That the
principal articles used at the Prison, such as
rations, fuel, stone, iron, steel, and also the
transportation and truckage, shall be con-
tracted for by the year, and before any such
contract shall be made the Warden shall
have given public notice in two newspapers
at least, that such articles are required, and
that proposals will be received, to contract
for them, sufficient time to give informa-
ton to such persons as may wish to furnish
them; and the person offering the best
terms, shall be entitled to the contract, I'M
less it shall be found that no offer is so low
as the market price of the article wanted,
in which case the said offer shall not be &C
cepted; and the Warden by and with the
consent of the Inspectors, shall proceed to
make contract for the articles wanted, in
the best manner for the interest of the Com
monwealth; provided that it shall be the
duty of the inspectors to cause to be re-
corded all the proposals which they may re-
ceive for the supply of any article. No Of
fcer of the Prison shall be concerned in
any such contract, and all proposals shall be
made under seal, and opened at the same
time by the Warden in presence Of the In
spectors, and all persons making such con-
tracts, shall give bonds in suitable penalty
for the due performance of the same.
Sec. II. Be 1t further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Governor and Coun-
Gil, annually, and as much oftener as they
may think proper, to visit the prison, to ex-
anime its concerns, and ascertain its condi-
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