Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-06-07

ors, such person shall be deemed guilty of
misdemesnor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined In any sum no. exceeding fiy,
hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in tb,
county Jail not exceeding sixty days, an,
shall be discharged from his office. And /
any officer procure the escape Of any con
Wet from the penitentiary, whether suct
convict efespe or not, he shall, on co,yic.
tion thereof, be sentenced to hard labor in
the penitentisry for any term not lees than
one nor more than three years, and II any
other person shall aid or assist in the escape
OF any convict from the peniteDtiary, such
person shall on conviction thereof, be sen.
fenced to hard labor in the penitentisry, for
any term not less than six months, nor more
than one year.
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty VI the ei
rectors to appoint chaplain Of the Ohio
penitentary, who snail hold bis office fol
one year, and who shall receive all annua
compensation not exceeding eight hundred
dollars, to be paid quarterly on the certif.
cate Of the directors. The chaplain shall
be minister of the gospel, 10 good stand
ing in some one Of the denom nations oil
this State. who shall be competent to teach
the ordinary br,nches of an English educa.
ton; and who shall reside in or near the
penitentiary. and devote his hole time and
ability 10 the welfare of the convicts con-
fined therein; and shall, in addition to his
clerical services, teach such of the cOnvicts
as no and the Warden may select. the art Of
reading, writing, arithmetic and geography.
at such hours as may be found most coudu-
Give to the interests Of the institution. Nj
nor convicts shall be instructed separate and
apart from conyicts who are not minors
The directo.s shall not appoint one of their
number either Warden, chaplain or physici.
an, nor shall either OF the officers here men,
toned hold any otner Office or place in the
institution.
Sec. s. That each convict. possessing a
fair knowledge of reading, writing and arith-
meiic. shall be kept at work every day in
the year, Sundays excepted, not exceeding
ten hours per day.
Sec. 7. The Warden lie hereby authoriz-
ed, so far as practicable with existing con.
tracts, (and all contracts hereafter made for
convict labor may SO provide,) to classify
the cOnvicts according to their age and dis.
Position-placing all young men under
twenty-one years of age ,(unless the conduct
of the same shall forbid it.) in shop or
shops by themselves, and give them such
work as will be most beneficial to them
when discharged; and persons convicted of
the higher crimes, or who shall be convict.
ed second time Of penitentiary offences,
or whose conduct may require it, shall be
worked in a shop by themselves, and all in.
corrigibes may be worked in cells or shops
by themselves, at such employment as the
Warden and directors, or a majority of them
may deem most fitting for them, or profitable
TO the State.
Sec. 8. The Warden shall attend 20 the
purchasing of all articles for the institution
clothing, provision, medicines, material
for building oi repairs, or any raw material
to be manufactured in the penitentiary; :;
shall have in charge the whole operation of
the institution, and shall be its executive Of
heer; and in case any guard, Or subordinate
officer of the institution should violate anv
OF the laws or rules OF the prison, it shall
be the dlty of the Warden to suspend sad
offending guard or officer 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. 9. The Warden of the penitentiaiy
shall, within five days after the close of each
month, msSe out. certify and file with the
auditor os Stale aud comptroller of the
treasury duplicrte statement, in which
shall be accurately set forth the names of
the several contractors for convict labor, the
amount due from each at tho close of the
month to which the statement refers, and
the particular class of labor on which said
contract was based; and upon receiving said
certified statement, the comptroller sha u re-
quire immediate payment from the respec-
tive parties from whom such sums are due,
and when paid certify the same into the
State treasury es in other cases. and if pay
ment be not made within fourteen days after
demand. (of claims due,) such claims shall
bear interest at the rate of six per cent
from the close of the month in which the
labor was performed; end, on payment, the
State treasurer shall execute and deliver his
receipt in triplicate-one to the person
making the payment, one to the auditor of
State, and one to the comptroller of the
treasury; provided, a uniform credit of three
months for the hire of said convict may be
allowed by the Warden and directors to the
several contractors; provided further, that
on the first day OF November, in each year
payment in full for the previous year shall
be promptly made.
Sec..l0. All moneys due the institution
arising from sources other than those epeci-
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 be
certified into the treasury in the same man
ner that other moneys are certified into the
treasury; and for all moneys SO paid over by
the Warden, triplicate receipts shall be
given, one OF which shsll be forthwith de-
posted with the auditor of State. one with
the comptroller. and the other retained by
the Warden. A full and detailed stat sme q I
OF all such moneys received and paid over
to the treasurer Of Stale sha II ba made out
by the Warden at the close Of each quarter
Of the year; such ststement shall set forth
the several amounts received, from whom,
at what time, and on what accounts receiv.
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