Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-05-20

- ~ oA No. Al 8Gt ~ III
the appointment of officers of the Ohio Peni
tertiary, fixing their compensation, pretcrib,
ing their duties, and determining the mannri
OF working Convicts, passed April eth, 1856
SECTION l.. Be Il enacted by the General Assem-.
lily Of the State Of Ohio, That the warden shall
receive an annual compensation for his services
nus exceeding twelve hundred dollars, u DC fixed
ty the board of directors.
The clerk shall recrive an annual compeusa-
fpn for his services not exceeding eight hundred
dollars.
The deputy warden shall receive an annual
compensation for his Services not exceeding eight
hundred dollars.
And each assistant keeper employed shall re-
.seive O compensation not exceeding furty dollars
pr month. except those assistant k--Iers wbe
have the immediate charge of the prisoners in
the workshops and kitchen /; also the night
watch, who may receive forty-fve dollar. per
month, to I've determined by the dirccturs.
The clerk, deputy warden and assistant keep
sees. shall be removed from office only by u ma
sjesity Of the directors; but the warden may sus-
pend the same from duty for improper behavior,
ineOmpeteney, neglect of duty, or disobelicnce
of orders: in which case he shall immediately
notify the nearest director of the fact. in writing,
-spccifyiRg the cause of such suspension; and the
directors shall carefully file aud Preserve the
.vsrdenis notification with their records and shall
<&El AfEl il6 case M fCDu Ne INf~SiDle, and no
-sWpended officer shAll be entitled to anT conf
p-nsation Tor the time during which sush sus-
tension may continue. unless the directors shall
refuse to sanction the same.
No person % employed shall be entitled to, or
shall receive any pefquisitcs IN the shape Of
board Or provisions, carriage or horses, or care
ar maintenance Of the same, either for themselves
or families, or shall be permitted To receive any
compensation or reward Of any description from
.sontract'rs- And if any person 50 employed
shall receive any compensation or reward of any
description frun any contractor, to promote the
~,lnterest or advantage of su6h contractor; or shall
make use Of any property of any description De-
lunging to the penitentiaFy for their own private
purposes. unless the same shall have first been
paid for. oreharged On the regular books in the
.ptbceo of the Institution, at a price agreed on with
the warden and directors, such person shall lie
deemed guilty of a misdelneanor. snd UPON con-
,rietion thereof, shall he fined in any sum not
rxeeeding sfse huaiFed dollars, snd be iupris
.-n~d in the county Jail not exceeding sixty days.
and shall be discharged frOmAis ofiee. And if
-asy ufhc-r procure the escape of any convict, or
sid or assist in the escape Of any convict frum
the penit~ntixry. whether such convict escape or
tUt. he shall upon CONVICTION -tAeF-o[. ts sem
fenced 10 hard labor in the penit=ntiaS GF aHr
.t-un not less than one Year Dor Inore than three
years
SIC. 9. The warden 10 hereby authorized and
,r-suir-d. 81 far rs practicable, to CHASTITY the
.sanviez according TO their age. Disposition, and
-saernl shsractrr: piscIng all young men under
the age Of twenty Ons Year,. (unless the eh.zae-
sec and conduct of ss,ne; syrbid it, in q shop by
-thrtaseives. and give them such work cafss-d on
IN the pris N. ne q knowledge of which shall be
rost hen~hcial Z. them when discharged. And
az shall be the duty Of the warden tD send TO the
rsshool NOM sl cohricts who do not ps,sses. q
,Esod knowledge of reading and writing and the
-s~limsns Of arithmetic. for two hours during the
.r%rning Of each working lay, betveen the 18th
Gay II Octoi-r and the 18th day Of Arril, and
sfro one snd q half hours during the evening Of
zach working dag the r-inaindrr Of the yesr: At
(which tilR, the shsplain. ar his assistant shall
instruee th-rn in those branches Of eiucatiun-
The ysri-a she'll eiso furnish each prisoner SUI
.feirnt light n enable him "a rad from the time
,seis shut IN in his cell until the ringing Of the
h~ll fr going Ia bed, unless the warden has good
.sause TO BELIEVE he is making an i~In;rUIAr use
sarrsof: ~ WHICH case be shall nat he - fur
sisbei. aud the fact together with the eaus-, and
fh~ name Of the e,nviet shall he rrruEed in wri-
.iing Ia de inspectors at their lax. visit 10 Lac
irisa.
5kc.es II shaj he the duty 81 the warden
sad dir-ess.rs In allow tn all e,,nvicls to whom.
.tromshe nature Of their employment it is imIu..
sVie ~ a~iga a-iaily s~iioSane~of work Al