Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-06-04
mo. 174.1 AN ACT
April Il, 1857.

Relating to ovcrwork in the pcnitentiary
and moneys of convicts.
SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of Ohio,
That section six Of an act entitled IAN
act providing for the appointment Of
officers of the Ohio Penitentiary, fixing
their compensation, prescribing their
duties, and determining the manner of
working convicts,' ," passed April 8, 1856,
be amended so as to read as follows 1t
shall be the duty of the Warden and
Directors of the Ohio Penitentiary to
make such arrangements with the Con-
tractors who now have contracts for con-
Wet labor, and SO to make all future
contracts as will permit the convicts to
have a certain amount of labor allotted
them to each day for a days work, and
the time so gained, after the perform
ance of the task, may be occupied in at
tending the prison school, or in labor
for the contractor at the same rate the
contractor pays the State for the same
work; and if any convict who shall have
so made overwork, shall for any cause
be unable to make full work on any
other day or days, no deduction shall
be made from his overwork earning on
that account. The money so earned
shall be certified to the Auditor OF
State in the slme manner as money due
from contractors is now certified by
section nine of the act to which this IS
amendatory, and the Auditor shall forth
with issue to the Treasurer of State his
draft on the several parties from whom
such overwork money is due, and the
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to be Immediately presented and paid
And an accurate and detailed account
of said ovcrwork and all other money
belonging to the several %convicts shall
be kept by said Warden, in a book pro
vided for that purpose, and shall also
enter and sign the same monthly in a
pass-book, which the prisoner may keep
for that purpose.
SEC. 2. 1t is hereby made the duty
of the Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary
to report forthwith to the Auditor ofState
the amountof overwork and other money
in his possession belongingto the sever
eral convicts of the Penitentiary; and it
is further made the duty of the Warden
to REPORT quarterly to the Auditor OF
State. the amount of money on deposit
with him to the credit of the several con
victs, from all sources not otherwise
provided for by law, and it is made the
duty of the Auditor of State, on the re-
ceipt of said reports provided for in this
section, to issue forthwith to the Treas
uref of State, his draft Gu the Warden
for the money reported to the credit OF
the several convicts, and the Treasurer
of State shall u the same to be I'M
mediately presented and paid.
SEC. 5. All overwork or other mon
eys belonging to ~convicts, paid into the
State Treasury in pursuance with the
provisions of this act, shall there re-
main for safe keeping, to be paid out OIL
the Joint order Of a director and prise
ner to whom such money may be due
in favor OF some one of the prisoner.
family or near relations and the Audi
tor of State shall, on the receipt Of salt
order, issue his warrcnt on the Treasure
of State for the amount of said order
Provided that at the expiration of tn
term of Sentence of any prisoner to whom
money Is due, the same may be draw
on his own order.
SEC. 4. That section six Of the act t.
which this is amendatory, be and tn
same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 5. This act to take effect AM
be in force from and after its passage.
N. Fl. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representative
THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate
April 1G, 1857.