The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28


No. 1911 AN ACT
To amend an act entitled "an act provi-
ding for the appointment of officers Of
the Ohio Penientiary, fixing their
compensation, prescribing their duties,
and determining the manner of work
ing Convic:s," passed April 9th, 1856.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted 5y the Gen
erat Assem6ly Of The State Of Ohio, That
the warden shall receive an annual
compensation for his services not exceed
ing twelve hundred dollars, to be fixed
by the board of directors.
The clerk shall receive an annual com
pensation for his services not exceeding
eight hundred dollars.
The deputy warden shall receive an
annual compensation for their services
not exceeding eight hundred dollars.
And each assistant keeper employed
shall receive compensation not exceed
ing forty dollars per month, except those
assistant keepers who have the immedi-
ate charge of the prisoners in the work
shops and kitchen also. the night watch,
who may rece We forty FIVE dollars per
month, to be determined by the directors.
The CLERK, deputy warden, and assist
ant keepers, shall be removed from office
only bv a majority Of the directors but
the warden may suspend the same from
duty Ter improper behavior, incompeten-
cy, neglect of duty. or disob, dience Of
orders; in which case he shall immediate
ly notify the nearest director Of the fact.
in wiring, specifying the cause Of such
suspension /; and the directors shall care
fully file and preserve the warden's mott
fcation with their records, and shall act
upon the case as soon as possible, and no
suspended officer shall be entitled to any
compensation for the time during which
such suspension may continue, unless the
directors shall refuse to sanction the same.
No person SO employed shall be enti-
tied to, or shall receive any perquisites in
the shape of board or provisions, carriage
or horses, or care CT maintenance of the
same. either for themselves or families,
or shall be permitted to receive, any,rom-
pensation or reward OF any description
from contractors. And If any person so
employed shallreceive any compensation
or reward of any description from any
contractor, to promote the interest or ad-
vantage OF such contractor, or shall make
use of any property of any description
belonging to the penitentiary, for their
own private purposes. unless the same
shall have first been paid for, or charged
on the regular booksin the Office of the
institution, at price agreed on with the
warden and directors. such person shall
be deemed guilty of a msdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in
any sum not exceeding FIVE hundred dol
lars. and be imprisoned IN the county jail
not exceeding sixty days, and shall be
discharged from his office. And if any
officer procure he escape of any convict
or aid or assist in the escape of any con-
Wet from the penitentiary, whether such
convict escape or not, he shall. upon con-
viction thereof, be sentenced to hard labor
in the penitentiary for any term not less
than one year nor more than three years
SEC. 9. The warden is hereby author.
lied and required, SO far as practicable
to classify the convicts according to theil
age. disposition, and moral character
placing all young men under the age o
twenty one years, (unless the character
and conduct Of some forbid it, in shop
by them selves, and give them such work
carried on in the. prison, as knowledge
of which shall be most beneficial to then
r when discharged. And it shall be the
f duty Of the warden to send to the schoo
room all convicts who do not possess {
good knowledge of reading and writing
and the rudiments of arithmetic, for two
, hours during the evening of each working
> day, between the 18th day of Octobel
|, and the 18th day of April, and for on'
and half hours during the evening O
; each working day the remainder of th,
year; at which time the chaplain, or hi
assistant, shall instruct them in thos'
! branches of education. The wardel
q shall also furnish each prisoner with suf
: fci mt light to enable him to read from
the time he is shut up in his cell unit
> the ringing of the bell for g"ing to bed
unless the warden has good cause to be
li+ve that he is making an improper us
a thereof; in which case he shall not b
r so furnished, and the fact together witt
the cause, and the name of the convic
J. shall be reported in writing to the inspec
d tors at their next visit to the prison.
: Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of til
It warden and directors to allow to all con
IS victs to whom from the nature of thei
n employment it is impossible to assign
v daily allowance of work, and who, In th
Judgment Of the warden and director,
|, are entitled thereto by their fidelity an
Of extra labor, such compensation as ma
IN appear to them equitable in compariso
d with the amount of labor required of oil
re er prisoners. If such labor is performe
j. for a contractor or the warden, the sal
e. compensation to be required from the COZ
u tractor or warden for whomit was perform
Of ed, and shall be becolected and kept in I'll
same manner as other over-work none,
r, II such labor is performed for the Stat
" it shall be paid for by the State. And
It's shall be lawful for the directors and wa
n den to suitably reward, at their discr