Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-05-14

| 70 amend an act entitled san act pro-
viding-for the appointment of officers
of the Ohio Penitentiary, fixing their
compensation, prescribing their duties
and determining the mannero of work
ing Convicts," passed April g, 1856.
SECTION L.. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
That the warden shall receive an annual
compensation for his services not ex-
ceeding twelve hundred dollars, to be
fixed by the board of directors
The clerk shall receive ar annual COM
pensation 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 receive a compensation not exceed
ing forty dollars per month, except those
assistant keepers who have the imme-
diate charge of the prisoners in the
workshop and kitchen also the night
watch, who may receive forty-five dol
lars per month. to be determined by the
directors. ~.
The clerk, deputy warden and assist
ant keepers, shall be removed from Office
only by a majority of the directors; but
the warden may suspend the same from
duty from improper behavior, incom-
potency, neglect of duty, ordisobedience
of orders in which case he shall imme-
diately notify the nearest director of the
fact, in writing, specifying the cause of
such suspension and the directors shall
carefully file and preserve the warden's
notification 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 sane
ton the same.
No person so employed shall be en-
titled to, or shall receive any perquisites
in the shape Of board or provisions, car
riage or horses, or care. or maintenance
of the same, either for themselves or
families, or shall be permitted to receive
any compensation or reward of any dc
scription from contractors. And if any
person so employed shall receive any
compensation or reward of any descrip-
ton from any contractor, to promote the
interest or advantage of such contractor;
or shall make use of any property of any
description belonging to the penitcntiary
for their own private purposes, unless
the same shall have first been paid for,
or charged on the regular books in the
Office of the institution, at a price agreed
on with the warden and directors, such
person shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
five hundred'dollars, and be imprisoned
in the county Jail not. exceeding sixty
DAYS, and shall be discharged 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-
Tertiary, whether such convict escape or
he shall, upon conviction thereof, be
sentenced to hard labor in the peniten-
tiary for any term not less than one
year nor'more than three years.
Sec. 2. The warden is hereby au-
thorized and required, so far as prac-
ticable, to classify the convicts according
acter placing all young men under the
character and conduct of some forbid
IT, IN 4 snop py themselves, anu give
them such work carried onin the prison,
as a knowledge of which shall be most
beneficial to them when discharged.
And it shall be duty of the warden to
send to the school room all convicts
who do not possess a good knowledge
of reading and writing and the rudi-
ments of arithmetic, for two hours du-
ring the evening of each working day,
between the 18th of October and the
18th of April, and for one and a half
hours during the evening of each work
ing day the remainder of the year; at
which time the chaplain, or his assist
ant, shalfinstruct then in those branches
of education. The warden shall also
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, unless the
warden has good cause to believe he is
making an improper use thereof; in
which case he shall not be so furnished,
and the fact together with the cause,
and the name of the convict shall be
reported in writing to the inspectors at
their next visit to the prison.