The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-07-09

E0ch assistant keeper shall reoei Q a
compensation not exceeding forty dollars
per month. except tho night watch, who
may receive forty five dollars per month,
to hs determined by the directors.
That no person 50 employed shall be
entitled TO- or receive, any perquistes, in
shape Of board provisions, carriages, or
horses, or otherwise, either for themselves
or families; or shall be permitted TO re-
ceiye any compensation or reward, Of
any desol iptiou, from any contractor, to
promote tho interest or advantage Of such
contractors or shall make use Of any prop
erty. Of any description belonging to the
pouitentiary, for his own private purposes,
such person shall b. deemed guilty Of
misdemeanor, aud upon conviction there.
Of, shall b, fined in any sum not exceed
ing Eve hundred dollars, and be impris-
oned in the county Jail not exceeding
sixsy days. aud shall be discharged from
his Office. And if any officer procure the
escape Of any convict, or oonnive at, or
aid, or assist in, the escape Of any con-
vict from the penitentiary, whether such
escape or not, he shall upon conviction
thereof, bo sentenced to hard labor ia the
penitentiary for any term not less than one
nor more than three years
See. 8, 1t shall be the duty Of the di-
rectors to appoint chaplain of the Ohio
Penitentiary, who shall hold his Office dur.
ing the pleasure Of the directors; aud who
shall receive an annual compensation not
exceeding eight hundred dollars, to be
paid quarterly out Of the visitors fund,
on the order Of the directors. The chap.
lain shall be a regularly ordained minister
Of the gospel, ia good Standing in some
one Of the denominations ia this state.
who shall be competent to teach the first
rudiments Of an English education; and
who shall reside in or uear the pententia-
ry, and devote ais who'e time aud ability
TO the interest Of the convicls fined there
| in; and shall, in addition to his clerical
services, teach such Of the convicts rs he
and the warden may select, the art Of
reading, writing, arithmetic and geogra-
phy. at such hours as may be found most
duotive to the interests Of the institution
Miner conviots shall be instructed sepa
rate and apart from conyicts who are not
minors. Aud If il shall bo found neces.
sary for the purposes Of instruction To
lprisouers, chaplain may, with the
consent Of tho directors appoint an as
sistant. who shall be paid not more thar
three hundred dollars per annum, out o.
the visitors fund, on the order Of the di
rectors.
Sec. G., That each convict possessing a
fair knowledge of reading, writing and
arithmetic, shall be kept at work every
day in the year, Sundays excepted, not
Exceeding ten hours per day.
Sec. Z, The warden Is hereby author.
lied and required, so far as practicable
with existing contracts, (and all contract,
hereafter made for convict labor shall SO
provide 10 classify the convicts accord
ing to their age and disposition; placing
all young men under tweuty-one year.
Of age, unless the conduct Of the same
shall forbid it, in a shop or shops by
themselves, and give them such work as
will be the most beneficial to them when
discharged. and persons convicted o.
higher crimes, or who shall be convicted
a second time of peuitentiary offence, oil
whose conduct may require IT, shall bt
worked in shop by themselves. at such
employment as the warden may deem
most fitting for them. or profitable to the
state.
Sec. 8. The warden shall attend to thl
purchasing of all articles for the institu
tion, clothing, provisions, medicines, ma
terial for building or repairs, or raw ma
terial to be manufactured in the peniten
tiary; shall have in charge the whole op
GRAFTON Of the institution, and shall be il
executive officer.
! Sec, 8. The warden Of the penitentiar
4 shall within Eve days after the close G
each month file with the auditor of stat
a certified statement in which shall be Sc
a forth the names Of the several contractor
for prison labor, the amount due fror
. each at the close of the next precedm
/ month, aud the particular class Of labc
f on which the contract was based; and az
on receiving such oerti6e statement, th
II auditor Of state shall forth with issue {
the treasurer Of state his drafts on the sey
! eral persons from whom such money
due, and the treasurer Of state sh Ill caus
: the same 10 be Immediately presented an
!, paid. an shall prepare aud deliver tripl
q cate receipts therefor, one OF which sha
4 be toF tho use OF the person by whom Oh
+ money is paid. and one each 10 the aud
toroI state and warden Of the penitsntiarJ
Q Sec TO- All money due the institution
8 arising rom sources other than those sp,
t elhed in Lhe eek, preceding section, sha
r bs paid TO The warden. who shall pay owe
o the sams 70 the treasurer Of slale at tn
u close of each month; and such money
G shall be certified into the treasury in III
J, same mannar that other moneys are cert
+ fed into the treasury; and for al money
o so paid over by the warden. duplicate r,
Il ceipts shall be given. one Of which sha
! forthwith be deposited with the auditor {
j state, aud tie other retained by the wa,
h den A full aud detailed stasement OF a
) such moneys received and paid over
g tho treasurer Of state. shall be made OF
Il by the warden at the close Of each qua
y Ter Of the yearl such statement shall a
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