Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-04-26

Src. Z. The warden shall attend 10 the uur.
chasing Of all articles for the notwithstanding,
provisions, medicines, material fer building or re-
pairs, or any raw material TO be Manufactured in
the pcnitcntiary; shall havci in charge the whole
operation Of the institution and shall be its execu.
tive officer; and in case any guard or subordinate
0ilicer OF the institution should violate any Of the
laws or rules Of the prison. il shall be the duty of
the warden to suspend sad offending guard or Of.
fccr until the meeting of the directors, who shall
examine into the charge, and discharge or retain
said guard or officer, as Justice may require.
SEC. 8. The warden Of the penitentiary
shall, within five days after the close Of each
month, make out, certify ard file with the
auditor Of state and comptroller Of the treas
ury duplicate statement, in which shall be
accurately set forth tho names of the several
contractors for convict labor, the amount due
from each at the close Of the month to which
the statement refers, end the particular class
of labor on which said contract was based;
and upon receiving such ces tilted statement,
thc comptroller shall require immediate pay
mcnt from the respective parties from whom
such sums are due, ard when paid certify the
same into the state Treasury as in other ca
ses; and il payment be not made within four
teen days after demand, (ofclaims due,) such
claims shall bear interests at the rate OF six
per cent. fromthe close of the month in which
the labor was pcrformed; and, on payment,
the state treasurer shall execute and deliver
his receipt in triplcatc-one to the person
making the payment, one TO the auditor of
state, and one TO the comptroller ofthc treas
ury; provided, uniform credit of three
months for hire Of said convicts may be al
lowed by the warden aud directors to the sew
cra contractors; provided further, that on
the first day of November, in each year, pay
mcnt in full for the previous year shall be
promptly made.
SEC. 10. All moneys due the institution,
arising from sources other than those spcci-
fled in the next preceding section, shall be
paid to the warden who shall pay over the
same to the treasurer Of state at the close of
each month; and such moneys shall bo certi-
fed into the treasury in the same manner
that other moneys are certified intothe treas
ury; and for all moneys so paid over by the
warden, triplcatc receipts shall be given, one
Of which shall be forthwith deposited with the
auditor of state, one with the comptroller.
and the other retainined by the warden. A
full and detailed statement OF all such mon
eys received and paid over to the treasurer OF
state shall be made out. by the warden at the
close OF each quarter OF the year; such state
ment shall set forth the several amounts re-
ceived. from whom, at what time, and on what
accounts received, md shall be Immediately
deposited with the eauditor Of state.
SEQ il. All accounts for claims against
the ponitentiary. whether for salaries pro-
visions, clothing, medicines, repairs, build
ing, or other object, shall be made in dupll-
cate-one to the auditor of state and one to
the comptrolleror the tYeasuey: be certified
by the warden, countersigned by the clerk
and endorsed fapproved" by at least two di-
rectOrs.
SEC. 70. All contracts for provisions
Il
repairs, where the amount shall exceed the
sum of one hundred dollars. shall be given
to the lowest bidder, provided. in case Of the
acceptance of snv hid and the bidder fails to
complete the con,iact, Ghe next lowest bid
der shall not be entitled to the contrast, IN
less the price be deemed reasonable by the
warden and directors; but the warden may
then contract with any one whose offer may
he regarded inst and proper No bids here
in authorized shall be received, or contract
made in pursuance thereof unless the same
be reasonable, and not greater than tho usu-
al market value and price. SO far as posi-
BILE, the letting of contracts shall be as herein
provided for, but no other contracts shall be
l&t 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 contract shall
be given for at least two consecutive weeks
in two daily newspapers in Columbus, and in
one of the weekly papers published in each
of the counties adjoining Franklin county,
and in such other papers as the warden and
directors may deem expedient; and whore
any two bids shall be equal, the warden and
directors may select any one Of them as the
person who shall have the contract; and such
contractor shall give bond and security, 10
the satisfaction Of the directors for the faith
fll nprfOrmancp of his contract prOyded no
contract shall be given or purchases made
wherein either OF the directors or any of the
officers of the penitentary is interested; and
all contracts or purchases made in violation
of this provision shall be void.
SEC. 10. Convicts may be hired in any
number not exceeding fifty in one contract,
and for any time not exceeding five yeers.-
All contracts for working convicts shall be
given to the highest bidder, of 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 10 the state of
Ohio for the faithful performance of their con-
tracts. in such amounts as the directors, in
their Judgment, may think proper and right
All convicts not contracted for according to
the provisions of this act, shall be hired or
otherwise cmployed by the directors or war.
den In such manner as they NAV deem most
conducive to the interests Of the state.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of the war
den and directors to make such arrangements
with the contractors who now have contracts
for convict labor, and so to make all future con
tracts as will permit the convicts 10 have a
n certain amonnt OF labor allotted them each
day for a DAVIS work, and the time so gained,