Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-05-29

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convict, or connive at, or aid, or assist in
the escape of any convict from the peni-
tentiary, whether such convict escape or
not, he shall, on conviction thereof, be
sentenced to hard labor in the peniten-
tiary for any term not less than one nor
more than three years, and if any other
person shall aid or assist IN the escape of
any convict from the penitentiary, such
person shall, on conviction thereof. be
sentenced to hard labor in the peniten-
tiary, for any term not less than six
months, nor more than one year.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
directors to appoint chaplain of the
Ohio Penitentiary, who shall hold his
Office for one year, and who shall receive
an annual compensation not exceeding
eight hundred dollars, to be paid quar-
terly on the certificate of the directors.
The chaplain shall be minister of the
gospel, in good standing in some one of
the denominations of this State, who shall
be competent to teach the ordinary
branches of an English education; and
who shall reside in or near the peniten-
tiary, and devote his whole time and
ability to the welfare of the convicts con-
fined therein; and shall, in addition to
his clerical services, teach such of the
convicts as he and the warden may Sc
lect, the art of reading, writing, arith-
metic and geography, at such hours as
may be found most conducive to the in
terests of the institution. Minor con-
victs shall be instructed separate and
apart from convicts who are not minors.
The directors shall not appoint one of
their number either warden, chaplain or
physician, nor shall either of the officers
here mentioned hold any other Office or
place in the institution
Sec. 6. That each convict possessing
a fair knowledge of reading, writing and
arithmetic, shall be kept at work every
day in the year, Sundays excepted, not
exceeding ten hours per day.
Sec. Z. The warden is hereby author
lied, so far as practicable with existing
contracts, (and all contracts hereafter
made for convict labor may SO provide, }
to classify the convicts according to their
age and dispositioh-placihg all young
men under twenty one years of age, Gun
less 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 convicted second time
Of penitentiary offenses, or whose con-
duct may require it, shall be worked in
shop by themselves and all incorrigi-
bfes may be worked in cells or shops by
themselves, at such employment as the
warden and directors, or majority of
them, may deem most fitting for them,
or profitable to the state
Sec. s. The warden shall attend to
the purchasing of all articles for the in
stitution-clothing, provision, medicines,
material for building or 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 officer; and in case
any guard, or subordinate officer of the
institution should violate any of the
laws OF rules of the prison, it shall be
the duty of the warden to suspend said
offending guard or officer until the meet
ing of the directors, who shall examine
into the charge, and discharge or retain
said guard OF officer, as justice may re
quire.
Sec. 9. The warden of the penitentiary
shall, within five days after the close OF
each month, make out, certify and file
with the auditor of State and comptroller
of the treasury duplicate statement, in
which shall be accurately set forth the
names of the several contractors for con-
vict labor, the amount due from each al
the close of the meath to which the
statement refers, and the particular clas;
of labor on which said contract wa:
based; and upon receiving such certified
statement, the comptroller shall require
immediate payment from the respective
T parties from whom such sums are due
and when paid certify the same into the
State treasury as in other cases; and i
payment be not made within fourteen
days after demand, (of claims due, suci
! claims shall bear interest at the rate Of si2
per cent. from the close of the month il
E which the labor was performed; and, ol
+ payment, the State treasurer shall exc
. cute and deliver his receipt in triplicat
o one to the person making the payment
+ one to the auditor of State, and one f.
| the comptroller of the treasury; provi
! ded, uniform credit of three month
/ for the hire of said convicts may be al
: lowed by the warden and directors t
~ the several contractors; provided further
+ that on the first day of November, i
v each year, payment in full for the pre-
: vious year shall be promptly made.
o Sec. 10. All moneys due the institu
a tion, arising from sources other tina
g those specified in the next precedin
section, shall be paid to the warden, VIII
n shall pay over the same to the treasure
- of State at the close of each month; an
q such moneys shall be certified into th
treasury in the same manner that othe
- moneys are certified into the treasur,
n and for all moneys so paid over by th
~ warden, triplicate receipts shall be egivel
=, one of which shall be forthwith deposite
- with the auditor of, State, one with tt
! comptroller, and the other retained by tt
- warden. A full and detailed statemel
70 of all such moneys received and pa
~ over to the treasurer of State shall
d made out by the warden at the close
r each quarter of the year; such stateme
G shall set forth the several amounts r
e ceived, from whom, at what time, an
II on what accounts received, and shall
IN IN Immediately deposited with the audit
n- of State.
sd SEC. II. All accounts for clail
I'd against the penitentiary, whether t
or salaries provisions, clothing medicine
Of repairs, building, or other object, sh'
of be made n auPticate-one 10 the aud t
o. OF State and one TO rhe comptroller
: tba t,,.a-.,,,,,. he certified Hv The WaGIe