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


sent from the Prison, the Deputy Warden
shall have all the power and authority, and
be subject to all the duties and liabilities of
the Warden.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted, That the
Deputy Warden, Clerk, Superintendent of
the stone department, Overseers and Watch
men shall perform such duties, in and about
the care and custody of the Prison and the
property thereto belonging, and in and about
tne care, custody, government, employment,
ana discipline of the prisoners confined
therein, as shall be required of them by the
Warden, in conformity to the Laws of the
Commonwealth, and the rules and reeula-
tons Of the Prison.
SEC. 6. BE 1t further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Chaplain of the
Prison to perform divine service therein, and
also to visit the sick and instruct the convicts
In their moral and religious duties, and his
whole time shall be devoted to the objects of
his appointment. And it shall be the duty of
the Physician to visit the Hospital once day
and as much of'tenor as may be necessary, to
prescribe for sick convicts,a also to attend
to the regimen, clothing and cleanliness of
ofthe Prisoners in the Hospital Department i;
and his orders in writing for supplies in that
Department, shall authorize the Warden to
procure the same. He shall keep record
of all orders given by him for supplies, de-
signaling the articles, and shall keep Jour-
nal Of the patients in the Hospital, designat-
ing the time of entry of each, and the time
of discharge or death, the nature of his COM
plants and prescriptions.
Sec. z. Be 1t further enacted, that the
Inspectors shall make, ordain and establish
such rules and regulations, not repugnant to
the laws of the Commonwealth, as they may
from time to time see fit for the government
of the Prison, the direction of the officers,
the employment and discipline of the con-
victs, and the custody and preservation of
the property therin, and said Inspectors
shall, as soon as may be, cause a copy of all
rules and regulations, established by them,
to be laid before the Governor and Council,
who may modify or annul the same or any
part thereof. The Prison shall be visited
by the Inspectors, or some one of them at
least, as often as once week, and by them
as board, as often as once month, for the
purpose of inspecting the Books and all 9TH
er concerns of the Prison; seeing whether
the laws, rules, and regulations are duly OBJ
served ; whether the officers are competent
and faithful, and whether the convicts are
properly governed and employed; and it
shall be their duty to report to the Governor
and Council all omissions and violations of
duty in the Warden, Chaplain, and Physi-
clan, and to remove, as before provided, all
unsuitable officers holding their appoint
ments at the will and pleasure of the In
spectors and Warden; and it shall be the
duty of the Inspectors to cause copy of all
rules, and regulations, certified by the Clerk
ofthe Prison, to be delivered to the Warden,
as soon as may be, after the same shall have
been approved by the Governor and Council ;
and also to make a detailed report of the
concerns of the Prison to the Governor and
Council, on the last day of September an
nually.
Sec. 8. Be 1t further enacted, That the
Warden and Deputy Warden shall reside
within the limits of the prison ground as
soon as the accommodations can be made
and the Inspectors shall each receive one
hundred dollars year, the Warden fifteen
hundred dollars, the Deputy Warden eight
hundred dollars, the Chaplain five hundred
dollars, the Physician two hundred dollars,
| the Clerk eight hundred dollars the Super
intendant of the Stone Department eight
hundred dollars, the Turkeys each five hun
dred dollars, and the Watchmen each three
hundred dollars, in quarterly payments, to
be made by the Warden out of the Treasu-
ry of the Prison, in full compensation for
their services, respectively, and no other
perquisite or reward, whatever, shall be al
lowed them; neither shall the Warden or
any other officer appointed by him with the
appreciation of the Inspectors, during the
term of their continuance in office, be en-
ployed in any other business for his own
emolument, than that which is required of
him in the discharge of the duties of his Of
| fee.
SEC. g. Bet further enacted, That all con-
victs, in confinement under lawful sentence
of Court in the Prison, shall be restrained
and employed therein, under the regulations
and discipline of the Prison, pursuant to
their respective sentences, and all CRIMINAL
convicts hereafter sentenced to confinement
to hard labour for life, or any other term, or
to solitary Imprisonment and hard labour, shall
and may be imprisoned, restrained, and en-
ployed in and within the precincts of said
Prison and the Court before whom such
conviction may be, are hereby authorized
and empowed by warrant, under their seal,
directed to the Warden of said Prison, to
cause all such convicts, as soon as may be,
after sentence, to be removed from any Gaol
in the respective Counties of the Common
wealth to the State Prison; and the said
Warden, and all sheriffs and Keepers of
Gaols, are hereby required strictly to OBJ
serve and obey the directions contained in
such warrant; and it shall be the duty of
the Clerk of any such Court to make out
such warrant, as soon as may be, and dellv-
er the same to the Sheriff of the County
where such convict may be, and he is here
by directed to cause the same to be trans
mitted and delivered to the Warden of said
Prison, who shall, by himself or such person
as he may appoint for that purpose, forthwith
oouso tho cama tO he executed and returned