The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-06-25
Alril Is, 1857.
AN ACT


To amend an act emitted "an act providing for
the appointment of officers OF the Ohio Peni-
tentary, fixing their compensation, prescribing
their duties, and determining the manner of
working conylcts," passed April 3, los6
SEC |. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, That the warden shall re
ceive an annual compensation for his services not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars, to be fixed by
the board of directors.
The clerk shall receive an annual mpensation
for his services not exceeding eight hundred uol
lars.
The deputy warden shall receive annual
compensation for his services not exceeding eight
hundred dollars.
And each assistant keeper employed shall re-
ceive a com yen -atIon not exceeding forty dollars
per month, except those assistant keeper, who
have the mmediare charge of the prisoner in the
work shops aud kitchen al o the night wa ch,
who may receive forty five dollars per month, to
be determined by the directors.
he clerk, deputy warden and assistant keep
ers shall be removed from Office only by major
ity of the directors; but the warden mag suspend
the same from duty Tor Improper behavior, Ihcom-
potency, neglect of duty, or disUbedience of or
ders; IN which case he shall Immediately notify
the nearest director of the fact. in writing, spec-
flying the cause of such suspension; and the direc
tors shall carefully file and preserve the wrden's
notification with their records aud shall act upol
the case soon as possible, and no suspended
officer shall be emitted tU any compensation for
tuue unless lhe directors shall refuse to sanction
the same.
No person so employed shall be entitled to, or
shall receive any rqulslte the -hape OF board
or prov sions. carriage horses, Ur care or nain-
touance of the amc, either for themselves or fam
lies, or shall be- permitted TO receive ans cuWUgn-
satlOn or re ward OF any description from coutr Ct
ors. And if any person so employed shalt re-
ceceive any compensation or reward oi any de-
scr ptiOn rom any CONTRACTOR, TO promote a in
tereSt or advantage of sush Contractor cr shah
make use Of any property Of any description he
longing 10 the penltenJiary Tor their own private
purposes, unless the same shall have first been
paid for, or charged the regular books Ia the
office Of the intitltion, at price agreed ON with
the wa den and directors, such person shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanDr, and upon con-
victiou thereof, shall be fined in any sum not
ceediug tive hundred dollars, aud be imprisoned
lu the county jail not exceedins sixty days and
shall be dI.charged from his office. And If any
officer procure the escape of any convict, or aid or
assist in The escape of any convict from the peni
tentiary whether such convict escape or me-, he
shall upon conviction thereof BE- sen n-enced to
hard labor in the pei itentary for any term not
less than year nor more than three years.
Sec 2 The warden is hereby authorized and re-
qured, SO far a. practicable, to classify the con-
vcts according to theirage dispositions and moral
haracter; placing all young men under the age of
Lwenty-one years, (unless the character and con-
duct Of some forbid it, in shop by themselves,
and give them such work carried on in he prison,
as knowsd.ge of " hich shall he most beneficial
to them when iii charged. Aud it shall be the
duty of the warden to send 10 the school room ali
cUnvicts who do not possess goOi knowledge of
reading and writns and the rudimeuts of arith-
metic, Tor two hours during the evening OF each
working day, between tine hiUgenth dav of OctO-
Der aud the fifteenth day Of April, and for and
half hours during the evening of each wo king
day the remainder OF the yeaf; at which tine the
chaplain, his assistant, shall instruct theln in
those branches of education The warden sh all
also furnish each prisoner sufficient light to enable
him to read from the time he is shut Up in his
cell until the ringing of the bell for going to bed
uuless the warden has good cause to believe he is
making mn improper use thereof; in which case he
shall not be SO furnished and the fact together
with the canse, and the name of the convict shall
be reported in writing to the inspectors at their
next visit to the prison.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty Of the warden and
directors to allow to all convcLs to whom, from
the nature of their employ it is Impuss BILE to
assign a daily allowance of work, and who, in
the Judgment of the warden and directors, are en-
titled therato by their fidelity aud extra labor
such compensation as may appear to them eIulti'
ble in comparison with the amount Of labor re-
quired of other prisoners. If such labor is per.
formed for contractor the warden, the said
compensation to be required from the contractoi
or warden for whom it was perfOr led aud shall
be collected aud kept in the manner as othel
over work money If such Labor is performed fo
the State, it shall be paid for 10y the State And
it shall be lawful for the directors and warden Il
suitably reward, at their discretion any prisoner
who, by meritorious conduct, may sgnslly serv,
the interests Of the Institution the State; aud
may permit any extra reward to be given to pris
Ouers by contractors, not interfering with the in
terests Of the Stae.
Ssr. 4. All of section four and section seven o
the act to which this is amendatory, shall be anc
the Same is hereby repealed.
| N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
| THOMAS II FORD,
Prss.d of the Senate