The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-06
IOWA LEGISLATURE.

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IOWA LEGISLATURE.
Wednesday, July 90.
Mr. Hepner from the select committee
to which was referred the report of the
Directorof the Penitentiary and the re.
port of the committee on Territorial az
fairs in relation thereto, with .sJoint re-
solution q. F. No. 5, to provide for the
auditing certain accounts reported the
same back to the Council with amend
ments to the report Of the committee on
Territorial affairs. The report was con-
Cured in, and on motion of Mr. Hepner.
The report Of the Director of the Peni-
tertiary, with the report OF the committee
on Territorial affairs as amended was or
dered to be speard upon the Journal.
The following are said reports:
TO the Honorable the Legislative As
senbly Of Io,va Territory.
The undersigned Director of the Iowa
Penitentiary respectfully
REPORTS: 81
That on the fourth quarterly settlement,
on the 9th inst. with the superintendent,
the director found that the 20, 900 dollars
appropriated by an act of the Legislative
Assembly, approved January 25th, 1899,
has been expended. The superintendent
continued the work on the Penitentiary,
by giving certificates for labor performed
or materials furnished to the amount of
500 dollars; said certificates are made
payable without interest, out of the first
available funds that may be placed in
the hands of the superintendent. The
superintendent has contracted with Wells
and Wilson for 5000 dollars worth of
|stonework, at prices varying but little
from the former estimates of the same.
About half of the common stonework is
now performed; ten cells are about half
finished. The: contract made with Wells
and Wilson will complete the stone work
of the warden's house, about one third of
the building inclosing the block of cells,
and twenty cells. The amount of black
smiths and carpenters work which will
necessarily have to be done, in carrying
on the work contracted with Wells and
Wilson, will cost 537 dollars. When
the above amount of work is done, twen-
ty convicts can be secured and employed
with much less expense to the territory
than at present.
There have been nine convicts receive
led five have escaped, and one has been
discharged. e e
The expenses of ironing, bedding, board
ing, guarding and clothing, have been,
July LIST. 1928 80
Or. by labor of do.
up to July lst, Sc 90 sl37 SO
There being at present no legal pro-
vision for the boarding, guarding and
clothing Of the convicts, the undersigned
would respectfully call the attention of
the Legislature to this subject.
There is now due for guard
ing, &c. sls7 80
Necessary to guard, board and
clothe the convicts to No
vember LIST, 1910, $50 90
1887 SO
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN CLAYPOOLE, Director
Iowa Penitentiary.
Fort Madison, July 18th, 1910.
The standing committee on Territorial
Affairs, to whom was referred the Re-
port Of John Claypoole, Director Of the
Penitentiary, submit the following
REPORT: B
That it is exceedingly difficult to come
to any correct conclusion upon the re-
port under consideration, as it is indef-
mite in almost every particular. In the
first place, the Director states stthat the
twenty thousand dollars appropriated by
an act Of the Legislative Assembly, APP
proved January 25, 1899, has been ex-
lpended;" but no account nor any specific
statements accompany the report, to en-,
able your committee to say that the said
sum of money has been judiciously ex-
pended. In the next place, the Director,
says that he has given certificates for
labor performed or materials furnished,
to the amount Of 1868, payable, without
interest, out of the first available funds.
that may be placed in his hands. To
this course your committee see no par
ticular objection, save that the Director
should have stated explicitly for what
kind Of work the certificates were given,
in order to satisfy the Legislature that it
was necessary to issue the same. And
your committee would here remark, that,
in their opinion, it would be unsafe, and
might involve the Territory in much diff
fculty, to issue any great amount Of these