Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-05-31

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ing a Tree education to slI the youth Of this
State, the State common school fund shall
hereafter consist Of such sum as will be pro-
duced by the annual levy and assessment
OF one and four-tentbs OF mill on the dollar
valuation on the grand list OF the tsxab'e e
property Of the State. and no more, which
sum is hereby annuslly levied for that pur.
pose.
See. g. This act shall ake effect and
be in. force from and ,fter its passage.
,ri -, RICHARD c. PARSONS.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
' '.t ROBERT G. KIRK,
,-saa. 81. President Of the Senate.
Passed March i6. 1860. ..,.- ..'
(No. s9)'' ','A' AN ACT ~ s.s-
To provide for the enlargement OF the Ohio
.gosiag jPenitentiary. io io1fa.'4s
Section 4. Be II enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State of Ohio. That The
warden directors OF the Ohio Peni,entiary,
are hereby authorized and directed to pro.
vide immediatsly for the enlargement of
that Insulation. ID sdditb4k to file. enlarge.
ment now provided by lsw, by extending
the east wing thereof in an easterly direct.
ion, and extending the east cell house in a
corresponding manner, with the addition Of
sufficient number Of cells to meet existing
wants, for the accommodation and confne.
ment Of the male convicts. ......... ..
Sec. 2. Said cells to be constructed sfter
the same plan and in the same style Of
those now being constructed in said east
wing. The said enlargement to be made
with view TO such general plan as will,
when said east wing and cell house. are
completed, give said Penitentiary the caplc-
ity for ihe accommodation of one thousand
IN ale convicts. .4rssvrq
Sec 3. The entire structure shall be
well and substantially built of stone, with
special reference to ECONOMY, and to the
safe keeping and comfort of the convicts,
and also to be constructed in a .manner to
correspond in material and appearance with
the present east wing.
Sec. 4. The said warden and directors
are hereby authorized ana directed to pro.
vide for the enlargement of the dining hall,
provide for the wants and accommodation OF
one thousand male convicts, adopting such
plan as shall secure that end, with view
to economy and permanence, and with q
view to the corresponding enlargement OF the
ch ape and hospta, in the upper stories Of
the same building. The said enlargement
OF the dining hall and kitchen, to be made
upon the east side thereof, with walls 10
corresponed in appearance and material
with the walls Of the present dining hall.
Sec. S. They are also authorized and di.
rected to construct Immediately two new
work shops in the Northern mart OF the pris
on yard, ofysufficient capacity for the accom-.
modation of one hundred convicts each as
nearly as may be. The walls to be made
of brick, and to be two stories high and GOV.
cred with slate roof. the walls TO be laid
up of sufficient thickness to bear the weight
and strain of machinery, reference being
had to the kind of business to be done in
the said shops. ......
Sec. 6. They are hereby authorized to
take down and remove the cooper shop ia
cal!ed) as soon as the said new shops are
finished and ready for use. f. ..a..I.
Sec. 7. In the location of said shops and
the enlargement of the dining hall and
kitchen department they are hereby direct
ed to carry out the general plan submitted
Fby the penilentlary commissioners to his ex
cellepcy the Governor of Ohio, on the third
Of March, 1850. in the drafts accompanying
their report to him. - llo. s.4 ,s-
Sec. 8. They shall have power to exc.
cute, by convict labor, SO much of any or al
work contemplated by this act, as in then
opinion will be conducive to the best interes
of the State, and shall complete the remain
ing portion, or whole, as the case may be
by dividing the same into suitable parcels
and advertising for sealed proposals for con
tracts in the Daily Ohio tatesman and the
Daily Ohio State Journal, for not less thar
three consecutive weeks before the tim,
when such contracts are proposed to be let
and such advertisement shall contain pro
posals for the completion of each seperat,
parcel and for the entire work. All bid
offered on the day shall be rejected; and a |
bids received shall be opened ON that day
In the presence OF said warden and directors
and not otherwise. oil sf.i ,, -s1ress
Sec. 8. All contracts shall be let By
said warden and d 'ectors The lowest re
sponsibe bidder, and shall specifically Sc
forth the work contracted to be done, style
time when o-be completed, material to b.
used &c; onc In no event shall the time 70
the completion Of the entire improvement
extend beyond the first day of November
1860. Every contracting party shall Civ
bonds to the State OF Ohio at the time o
! putting in such proposals for contract whic
, said bonds shall be In such sum as the sal
. warden and directors shall direct--condition
ed that the party making the proposal, vii
r accept the contract, IL the same be awarde
J, to said party, and for the performance o
! the contract by said party, and no bids sha
d be received and no contract authorized b
d this act shall beheld to complete until to
gs.her with,the bonds and security, IT sha
> have been first approved by the atlorne
q dEgeneral and Auditor Of State. so,ti.sle T
J i0s Secol0. 20 Said warden snd directors ar
Thereby empowered to hire out to the cor
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