Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-06-01
WILLIAM B WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKER,
President Of the Senate.
March %, 1859.

| mo. l76.1 An ACT.
| 10 Provide for the Enlargement OF the Ohio
Penifentiary.
Section l. BE IL enacted 30 the General As
se1,,bly of The State of Ohio, That the warden and
directors of the Ohio Penitentisry are hereby
authorized and directed to provide immediately
for the enlargement of that institution. by extend-
ing the east wing thereof fifty feet in an easterly
direction, and extending the east cell house in
corresponding manner, with the addition of n
sufficient number of cells to meet existing wants
for the accommodation and confinement Of male
convicts.
Sec. 2. They are authorized and directed to
further extend said east wing, in the same direc
tioa, forty-three feet, for the accommodation of
female convicts Said further extension shall be
entirely separate and distict from the male de-
paTtment, having no cOmmunicat on Herewith,
and shall be used exclusively for the accommo-
dation and safe keeping of female convicts; 1t
shall contain a cell house with sufficient num-
Der OF cells. together with the wash rooms, bath
rooms, and other couyeniences necessary to the
employment and comfort of all the female con-
victs Of the prison. and shall be surrounded by
safe and substantial stone wall inelosing the re-
quisite ground for the health and comfort of IFS
inmates and separating them entirely from the
grounds OF the male department.
Sec. The entire structure shall be well and
substantially built ofstone, with special reference
10 economy and the safe keeping and comfort of
the convicls. and the front of the male depart
ment shall alone be built of faced stone, CORES
ponding. as near as may be. in appearance to the
present east wing. The addition now occupied
By the female cOnvicts shall be removed. They
are further authorized and directed to construct
secure and substantial stone wall of the requi
site heighth and thickness around said peniten-
tiary grounds. as follows. to wit: Beginning at
the southeast corner Of the addition herein pro-
posed to the male department, running thence
at right angles with the building to the south
line of the grounds, thence east along said south
line to the east line thence north along said east
line to point forty feet south Of the y. E. corner
of peniteatiary lot. thence west TO a point forty
feet south of the north line of said lot. and in
line with the old west wall, thence south with
last named line to the north end of the present
west wall. And they may remove 80 much of
the old wall rs may be necessary to construct
the new, or shall have been rendered useless by
its construction.
Sec J. They shall have power to execute, by
convict labor, So much, if any. or all, work con-
templated by this act, as IN their opinion viii be
conducive to the best interests of the state, and
shall complete the remaining portion. or the
whole, as the case may be, by dividing the same
into suitable parcels, and advertising for sealed
proposals for contracts in the Daily Ohio States
man and the Daily Ohio State Journal. for not
less than three consecutive weeks before the time
when such contracts are proposed to be let; and
such advertisement shall contain proposals for
the completion Of each separate parcel, and for
the entire work. All bids offered on the day
when the letting is to take place, shall be reject
ed; and all bids received shall be opened on that
day. in the presence Of said warden and dirsc-
tors, and not otherwise.
Sec. 5. All contracts shall be let by said war
den and diDctors to the lowest responsible bid
de-, and shall specifically set forth the work
contracted TO be done. style, time. when to be
completed. materials to be used, DC; and in no
event shall the time for the completion Of the en-
tire improvements extend beyond the first day Of
November. 1853. Every Contracting party shall
give bond. with good and sufficient security. for
the performance of his contract; and no contract
authorized by this act shall be held to be com
plete until. together with the bonds and security,
it shall have been first approved by the attorney
general and auditor OF state.
Sec. 8. Said wardens and directors are here
BY empowered 10 hire out TO the contractors. or
say Of thom, eoarict labor, upon such tGms and