The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-08
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AN ACT for the Improvement Of the Penitentiary.
SIC. l. Be il eseets1 81 Ae General Assesmbiy
Of the .ytate Of fo,rd, That there be appropriated
out Of the Stats treasury the sum Of thousand
doiers ofs = mach thsrso1 = meV4e nr1osEy
for 4eNsnstpl Of the seilbSH dne9o - $50
the Sak rall sft he prison y I'D, sttl 6ss1Sa OIL
present cell building and the roof Of the extension
thereof, With states, the erection ~ pex prison
cells, enc u which shall b DARK; AID ~ ensrg.
ing the windows of the present cell building
Thst fkNt be further Appropriated IN sNmS Of
three thousand dollars for the erection Of wash.
house and store rooms and the procurement Of the
necessary cooking range and apparatus.
Sac. 2, That the further SUM OF one thousand
dellars, - much thereof a. may be neeessSfy,
be appropriated for the repairs Of the walls, els.
terms, and building OF cutters.
SEC. 3. Thatthe further sum of sig thousand
dollars, or so much thereof MS may BE- necessary,
on the hill above the prison, the procuring the
necessary eenAesticns, and the purnh - and essc
ton of n steam pump and its appandAgss, Of the
kind in use at the Hospital for the Insane, and
when such water.works shall be completed, the
warden Is authorized TO arrange with the contrac-
tors for thesse thereof for their parposes, tit 50
as not to interfere with the necessary use thereof
by the State.
SEC. 4. All the above appropriations shall be
expended under the direction Of the warden, by
and with the advice Of the Census Board, or . ma
jority OF them, after personal inspection Of the
premises by them, for which extra service the said
Gensns Board shaiI receive their neceasary expen.
SEES while performing that duty. In the perform
anee nfths work, 90 many convists IS can be safe-
iy and with advantage. shaii he employed,
and the said warden nsy employ Tor aant raspose
additional day guards.
sA SEC. 5. The seversl sums shall only be drawn
upon the order Of the warden, accompanied by an
I. LIT A. 49,
said order shall be approved of by the Governor;
lFrarided, That n sum net iexcscdine thres thou
sand dollars may be drawn by the warden in ad-
vance of such estima ties for the purchase Of mate
rails when the best interests of the State seem 10
require i, And fsrsAes proridea That should thers
be surplus left over the cost ofany enc of the
items above specified said surplus may be used for
the completion of any one Of the other items
named.
SIC. 8. That there is also appropriated, out of
the State treasury, the snm of fifteen tho dol
lars. to be known as a contingent fund and used
by the warden Of the penitentiary, under the di
rccton and by the permission OF the Census Board,
for the purpose Of completing and carrying out
the works, objects and provisions of this act, and
this is appropriated only for the par-
pose of preventing delay, and n consequent loss to
the State account of any deficiency in the sums
appropriated to carry out the provisions and OBJ
iects Of this act Prorided, That no part OF said
sum Of SIS 900 shall be used until after the sums
hereinbefore appropriated sse sx haustsd and then
only on the approval ofthe Census Board, indors-
ed on the wardens order on the Auditor OF State
by the president Of said board. SO much of the
contingent fund hereby appropriated by the bill
shall be expended in furnishing to each convict
light at night, SO that he may be enabled TO read
and write: Prorided, that nothing in this section
contained shall be construed as to prevent the
warden from temporarily Withdrawing such light
punishment for violating the rules OF the pris
on, but snch Withholding shal never be extended
beyond two days for any offense.
SEC. I. This act. being deemed ofimmedate i'm
portanre by the General Assembly, shall take eff
feet and be In force from and after its publication
In the Dails ste Rsgisfer, and EreniR9 Statesn.an,
newspapers published at Des Moues.
Approved April l. 1913.
l hereby certify that the foregoing Act took ef
feet by publication, required in Section there
Of, on the 22d day Of April. A. d. 1858.
Ed WRIGHT. See'y Of State.