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

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two Of The directors. and presented to the
auditor Of state. who shall eximine and
adjust the same. and il found correct,
shall issue bills, payable at the treasury,
for the sums which shall be found due.
specifying in each bill the date Of its
issue, the name Of the person 10 whom
payable, and the appropriation from which
It is to be paid.
Sec. i2 All contracts for provisions,
clothing. medicines, forage, fuel, build
/ ings, or repairs, where the amount shall
exceed the sum Of one hundred dollars,
shall be given to the lowest bidder. No
bids herein authorized shall be received,
or contract made in pursuance thereof,
unless the same be reasonable, and not
/ greater than the usual market value aud
price. SO Car as possible. the letting Of
contracts, shall be let rs horain provided
/ for. but no other contracts shall be let
to run more than six months, nor shall
any contract be valid until approved by
the auditor and attorney general. Notice
Of the time and place Of letting each con
tract shall be given for at least two con
seoutiye weeks in two daily newspapers
in Columbus. aud in one Of tho weekly
papers published ia each Of the counties
adjoining Franklin county, and in such
other papers as the warden may deem ex-
pediont; and whore any two bids shall be
equal the warden may select any one of
them as tho person who shall have the
contract; and such contractor shall give
bond and security, to the satisfaction Of
the directors, for tho faithful perform
anoo of his contract.
Sec. g. All contracts Cor worRing con.
yicts shall be given to the higest bidder.
the letting Of which the directors shall
give at least six weeks notice, in two daily
or weekly papers in the city Of Columbus.
two in the city Of Cincinnati, and one in
the city Of Cleveland, and all contractors
shall be required by the directors to give
security to the state of Ohio for the faith
ful performance Of their contracts, in such
amounts as the directors. ia their judy.
ment, may think proper and right.
Sec. l4. Convicts may be hired in any
number not exceeding fifty in one con
tract, and for any term not exceeding 6v'
years, in such manner as the directors
in their Judgment, may think proper aud
right All conyicts not contracted for
according to the provisions Of this act
shall be hired or otherwise employed by
directors in such manner as they may
deem most conductive Of the interests o
, the state.
: Sec. Is. The directors shall in compa
/ ny, every three months inspect the war
denis account, the different apartments o
the prison. and the condition Of the pris
oners, and shall have power to regulate
/ and fix the appointment. duties aud sala
ries Of all officers or agents Of the peni
tentiary, not otherwise provided for by
law, and annually, on or before the 9th
day Of November. submit TO the governor
Of the state a report Of the condition oil
) the prison, together with suggestions as
TO the improvements that may appear tc
} them necessary.
Sec. l6 II shall bo the duty Of the
{ warden to provide all oonyicts with a clean
straw bed, and sufliciency Of covering
at all times to protect them from the in
clemenoy Of the season, and also Will
garments Of coarse material suited 4
/ aud sufficient for the season; and he shai
furnish them with a sutlicienYy of coars,
but wholesome food, with such alterna
: tion Of food as in the opinion Of the ply
, sician of the penitentiary shall be mos
conductive TO the health Of the prisoners
and il shall be tho duty of the wardeI
, when in his opinion il shall be necessary
to employ suitable persons to instruct th,
> prisoners in any work in which they MAJ
be employed, and during part Of tn,
= time Of his or her confnsm, nj as the cour
. before whom such conviction may be ha,
shall direct in solitary cells, such prison
e er shall be confined in solitary cells, a
S such intervals and in such manner as Tn
warden may deem proper; and one o
' more guards shall patrol said penitentiar
Il at least twice in every hour during th
9 night, until the hour of labor on the suC
II eeeding morning.
3 Sec. H. IL shall not be lawful to NAL
n use of a shower bath in the punishmef
q of a convict; but it shall be lawful
n punish prisoners for the infraotion OF tt
J. discipline by solitary confinement in dar
q cells. or by deprivation Of food other tina
% bread and water, ana any officer VIII
p shall violate any Of the provisions Of thi
IS act shall be discharged from his Office q
"a the discretion Of the direc ors or warder
4 the bylaws regulating the discipline {
j. the prison shalt be printed in the lqt
n guage of the convict and posted in eac
Ie cell, and otherwise published so each pri'
l. oner shall know them.
r.. Sec. IS. II shalt bo the duty Of th
!. deputy warden TO keep book in whic
shall be entered record Of every inlrac
Il ton Of the published rules of discipline
,r with the name Of the prisoner so guilty
Is which record shall be submitted TO Ih
IS directors at their regular session; and ev
Ie cry prisoner who may have been sentence'
/. for term Of years, who shall at tho en-
q Of each month have no infraction of Oh
, discipline so recorded against him. sha
ll for the first month be entitled TO a diml
# mutton Of one day from the time ne wa
:. senteueed to the penitentiaryi and II
Il the end Of the next month no lnfracsio