M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-06-02

sufficient, in numbers from which 20 dIaw
and summons the regular grand and petit ju-
/ ries iorthe common pleas and district courts,
to be holden in said county, previous 10 the
ne xt succeeding annual October election, it
I shall be the duty of such clerk in0edately
and previous to said annual spHng elections,
to apportion among the respective town
I ships in said county, the number of sdii-
ito a jurors required to fiji such deficiency
according to and upon the basis Of appor-
tionuent required by the second section Of
the act aforesaid, and noli(y the trustees Of
the several townships in said county, Of such
| Iipsuiiciency with the number Of additional
jurors SO aproinioi and required Of each
| township, Gy wrt'an notice, to be served
and returned BY the sheriff OF such county,
the same as summons, Is served aud return
ell; aud u shall be the duty Of such trustees,
at their meeting at the annual spring elec.
tiOns, upon the service of such notice to se-
lect Of good judcious persons, having the
qualifications OF electors, their apportion-
ment Of persons to be returned as such sddi.
I tional Jurors, and shall forthwith furnish
such clerk with the list Of the name or names
required aS contemplated by the act, and
such proceedings shall thereafter be had
with reference 10 the drawing, summoning,
&c, Of such additional jurors, as is provided
by said act for jurors, selected al the annual
October eleclion9.
Sec. 2. That section nine Of an act entiA
tied "an act relating to juries," passed Feb
ruary 9. 1881, be so amended as 10 read as
follows; That when sufficient humber Of
grand jurors snail not appear who shall have
been dra wn and summoned agreeably TO this
act, before either Of the courts at their sta
ted term OF il it should SO happen that all
! the grand Jurors summoned as aforesaid, shall
fail to attend it shall and may be lawful for
the court in either case, to order the sheriff
or other officer, to summon from among the
bystdnders, or neigbboring citizens, so many
good and Lawful men as are necessary to
form and complete the PANEL of the grand
jury, or TO issue a special venre iacias to
the sheriff, commanding him to summon the
persons therein named TO attend forthwith to
serve as grand jurors.
Sec. 3. That section nine Of the act to
which this is an amendment, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act 10 take effect from and
after its passage.
WILLIAM B WOODS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 81, 1859. .
mo. l76.l AN ACT
TO provide for the enlargement Of the Ohio
Peniientiay.
Section |. Be IL enacted by lhs General
Assembly Of The STATE Of Ohio, That The
warden and directors Of the Ohio Penitentia.
ry are hereby authorized aud directed to pro.
vide immediately for the enlargement of that
institution, by extending the east wing
thereof fifty leet in un easterly direction, and
extending lie east cell house in a correspond
ns msaner, wiGh t.aAdNtiun of sufficient
number OF ceisto meet existing wants for
the accommodation and confinement OF male
ConyiCs.
SEC. O. They are authorized and directed
to further extend said east wing, in the same
direction, forty three feet for the accomodd-
tion of female convictg. Said further eSten-
sicn sha. be entirely separate ag1 distinct
from the male department, having DO COM
municatiun herewith, aud shaN oe psea e&-
Clusively for tile accommodation ana sale Keep,
ing of female convic'e; 1t shall con tam cell
house with sd1lcient number oil cells, TO
gether via the wash-rooms, BATHROOMS, and
tber conyenieuCes necessary to the employ
ment and comfort of all the female convicts
oil the prison, and shall be surrounded BY
safe and substantial stone wall inclosiDg the
requisite ground for the health and conf fort
OF its inmates and separating them entirely
from the grounds o. the male depar !ment.
Sec. 3. The entire structure shall be well
and substantially built OF stone, with spe-
cial reference 10 economy anil the safe keep
ing and comfort of the conSlcts, and tie
front of the male department shall alone be
built Of faced stone, corresponding, as near
as may be-, in appearance to the present east
wing. The addition now occupied by the
female convicls shall be removed. They are
further authorized and directed TO construct
secure and substantial stone wall Of the
requisite heighth and thickness, around said
penilentiary grounds, as follows, to wit: Be-
ginning at the southeast corner of the addi-
lion herein proposed to the male department,
running thence at night angle with the
building to the south lire Of the grounds,
thence east along said south line to the east
line, thence north along said east line to
point forty feet south oil the N. 4. corner of
penitentiary lot, thence west TO a point for.
ly feet south of the north line Of lot, and in
line with The CID west wall, thence south
with last named line to the north end of the
present west wall And they may remove
50 much of the old vail as may be necessary
to constuc the new, or shall have been rem
dered useless by its construction.
Sec. 4. They shall have power to execute,
by convict labor, so much, if any, or all.
work contemplated by this act, as in their
opinion will be conducive to the best inter.
ests oil tn e state, and shall complete the re-
naming portion, or the whole, as the case
may be, by dividing the same into suitable
parcels aud advertising for sealed proposals
for contracts. in the Daily Ohio Statesman
and the Daily Ohio State Journal, for not
less than tn rec consecutive weeks before the
time when such contracts are proposed to be
let; and such advertisement shall contain pro-
posals for the completion Of each separate
parcel, and for the entire work. All bids
offered on the day whea the letting is to take
place, shall be rejected; and all bids received
shall be opened on tina: day, in the presence
of said warden and directors, and not other
wise.
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