Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-05-22

we'll and substantially built of stone,
with special reference to economy, and
to the safe keeping and comfort of the |
convlcts, 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 and directed to |
provide for the enlargement of the
dinig hall, kitchen, bake-room, and wash
room so as to provide for the wants and
accommodation of one thousand male
convicts, adopting such plan as shall Sc
cure that end, with view to economy
and permanence, and with view to the
corresponding enlargement of chapel
and hospital in the upper stories of the
same building. The said enlargement
of the dining hall and kitchen to be
made on the east side thereof, with walls
to correspond in appearance and material
with the walls of the present dining
hall
SEC. 5. They are also authorized and
directed to construct Immediately two
new work shops in the northern part of
the pris on yard, of sufficient capacity for
the accommodation of one hundred coz
victs 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, reference being had to the
kino of business to be done in the 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 penitentiary commits
sioners to His Excellency 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 ex-
ecute, by convict labor, so much of any,
or all, work contemplated by this act, as
in their opinion will be conducive to the
best interests of the State, and shall COM
plete 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 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
r separate parcel and for the entire work
r All bids offered on the day when the let,
ting is to take place shall be rejected
| and all bids received shall be opened or
that day, in the presence of said warden
and directors, and not otherwise.
Sec. 9. All contracts shall be let by
said warden and directors to the lowes
responsible bidder, and shall specifically
set forth the work contracted to be done
style, time when to be completed, mate.
rials to be used, &C.; and in no event
E shall the time for the completion of the
entire improvement extend beyond the
first day of November, 1860. Every
t contracting party shall give bond to the
f State Of Ohio at the time of putting IL
such proposals for contract, which sale
. bond shall be in such sum as the sale
warden and directors shall direct-con
ditioned that the party making the pro
: posal, will accept the contract, if thu
: same be awarded to said party, and fol
the performance of the contract by sale
f party, and no bids shall be received ant
: no contract authorized by this act shall
: be held to be complete until together
n with the bonds and security, it shal
e have been first approved by the attorney
> general and auditor of State.
Sec. 10. Said warden and director!
e are hereby empowered to hire out to the
: contractors, or any Of them. convict la
Dor, upon such terms and to such extent
as will best subserve the interests Of The
f State; and in case where two or more
: bidders shall be equal, and none lower
the directors and warden arc empowered
: to decide which shall take the contract
e Sec. II. The said warden and direc
e tors are hereby authorized to take from
: the quarry belonging to the State, al
the stone needed, for said structures ant
; enlargements, and for that purpose they
, are hereby authorized and directed t,
i control so much of said quarry as is ne
n cessary for said purpose, but for no othe
Y purpose.
f Sec. II. That said warden shall b,
e the acting director of such proposed i'm
e provements, and the said directors shall
y be advisory, and they may employ, a
their discretion, an architect, and sucl
4 other assistants as may be necessary
And whenever the expression "wardel
and directors occurs, or is referred t.
!. in this act, it shall be held to refer t.
them as collective body, majority o
whom shall be competent to the dis
charge of business.
SEC. 13. There is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the treasury, no
It otherwise appropriated, to pay for worl
n performed, and materials furnished fo
# the purposes aforesaid, the sum of fort,
thousand dollars. Such moneys shall b.
: paid out in the same manner as othe
t moneys are, upon the certificate of sait
n warden and directors, which certifcat
e shall only be given to pay for work ac
v tually done, and materials actually uset
y in making the improvements authorized
r by this act.
Sec. IA. This act shall take effec
< and be in force from and after its pas
O sage.
r RICHARD c. PARSONS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT G. KIRK,
f President of the Senate.
b Passed March %, 1860.
No. Ill AN ACT
Supplementary to an act prescribing til