Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-10
March Is, 1860.
mo. g.. AN ACT
To provide for the Enlargement of the
Ohio Penitentiary.

4 OnlO fenltenllary.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eral assembly of the State of Ohio, That
the warden and directors of the Ohio Peniten-
tiary are hereby authorized and directed to pro-
vide Immediately for the Enlargement of that
institution, in addition to the enlargement now
provided for by law, by extending the east wing
thereof, in an easterly direction, and extending
the ecst call house in a corresponding manner,
with the addition of sufficient number of cells,
to meet existing wants, for the accommodation
and confinement of maleconvicts.
Sec. 3. Said cells to be constructed after the
same plan and in the same style of those now
being constructed in said east wing. The said
enlargement to be made with a view to such
general plan as will, when said east wing and
cell house are completed, give said penitentiary
the capacity for accommodation of one thousand
male copyiets. -
Sec. 3. the entire structure shall be well
and substantially built of stone, with special
reference to economy, and to the safe keeping and
and comfort of the conyicts, and also to be con-
structed in a manner to correspond in material
and appearance with the present east wing.
Sec. 4. The said warden and directors are
hereby authorized and directed to provide for the
enlargemnt of the dining g-hall, kitchen, bake
room, and wash-room 80 as to provide for the
wants and accommodation of one thousand male
coRvicts, adopting such plan as shall secure
that end, with a view to economy and perma-
nence, and with a view 10 the corresponding
enlargement of chaple and hospital in the upper
stories of the same building. The said enlarge
mert of the dining-hall and kitchen, to be made
upon the east side thereof. with walls to cores
pond in appearance and material with the walls
Of the present dining-hall
Sec 5. They are also authorized and direc-
ted to construct Immediately two new work
shops in the northern part Of the brison yard.
OF sufficient capacity for the accommodation of
one hundred eonyicts each, as nearly as may
be. The walls to be made of brick, and To be
two stories high and covered with slate roof
The walls to be laid up Of sufficient thickness to
bear the weight and strain of machinery, refer
ence being had to the kind of business to be
done in said shops.
Sec. 6. They are hereby authorized to take
down and remove the cooper shop ESQ called, )
as soon as the said new shops are finished and
ready for use.
Sec. 7. In the location of said shops, and
the enlargement of the dining hall and kitchen
departments, they are hereby directed to carry
out the general plan submitted by the peni-
tentiary commissioners to His Fxcellency the
the Governor Of Ohio, on the Sd of March, 1860,
In the drafts accompanying their report to him.
Sec. 8. They shall have power to execute,
by convict labor, SO much of any, or oil, work
contemplated by this act, as in their opinion
will 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 Statesman and the daily Ohio State jour