West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-05-07

authority aud power as supervisor or by virtue
of his office, shall Immediately cease and his
successor shall be appointed according 70 law.
ARTICLE III.
Of the Inspectors and their duties.
The said inspectors shall hold stated meet
ings once month at the said prison, and
special meetings whenever they deem necessary;
they shall attheir first meeting after their ap-
apointment, elect out of their number pres-
dent and secretary, and two acting inspectors,
who shall continue such for SO long term as
majority of said inspectors shall direct; and
at said meetings they shall also elect a
suitable person 70 be the physician Of said
prison, and a suitable person to be clerk OF
said prison, who shall hold their o1flces re
spectively for one year and until others are
chosen, subject to removal by the unanimous
action of the board of supervisors upon good
cause shown. and they shall receive such COM
pensation as the board Of supervisors shall
deem just, to be paid to them quarterly by the
treasurer of this state, upon warrant of the
controller, upon orders drawn by said inspect
ors, or any two of them; they shall keep full
and regular minutes of their proceedings; they
shall see that the duties of the keeper and the
several officers and attendants of the prison
are duly performed, so as to prevent all op-
preston or other abuse or mismanagement,
board of supervisors quarterly, and as often
as required; they shall, on or before the third
Tuesday in January in each year make re-
port to the legislature of the state prison,
which report shall contain the number Of pris-
oners in confinement, i their age, sex, place Of
nativity, term of commitment, and term of i'm
prisonment, noticing those who have escaped
or died, the diseases which have prevailed and
proved mortal, and the names of those who
have been pardoned or discharged, designating
also, the offence for which each has been COM.
mitted, and whether for the first or repeated
offence, and by what court or by whose order;
they shall have general charge of the sanitary
condition, government and police of the prison.
make such rules and regulations for the inter-
nal government and regulation thereof as they
may deem necessary and proper, consistent
with the principles of separate confinement,
and the laws of this state, and the rules and
regulations adopted by the board Of super
visors, and to cause such repairs and improve
ments to be made in the said prison and the
walls and grounds thereof as may be from time
to time necessary and proper, and the ex-
penses of such repairs and improvements shall
be audited by the comptroller and paid by the
treasurer of the state; they shall cause the
keeper, from time to time, to lay before them
his accounts and other books Of the prison,
aud shall carefully inspect and examine the
same; they shall have power to examine, under
oath or affirmation, any person or persons rel
atiye to any abuse or breach of duty IN any OF
the officers of said prison; they shall have
power to remit the costs of prosecution of any
prisoner, and any debt due from him to the
state for his support in said prison, upon
Recommendation from the keeper, certifying
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to earn more than is sufficient for his clothing
and maintenance, or that such prisoner has
conducted himself in an orderly and proper
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stitute quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness; the acting inspectors shall, at least once
week, visit the cell or place of confinement
of each prisoner, out of the presence and hear
ing of the keeper and all other persons en-
ployed in the prison; they shall examine into
the truth of all complaints of oppression or i'll
treatment of the prisoners; On such visits said
inspectors shall be furnished by the keepers
with o list of all the prisoners, and shall as
certain, by actual inspection, whether all pris-
oners named in the list are in the situation
therein stated; and they shall make report
of the result of such visits and examinations,
and of all such matters and things connected
with said prison as they may deem necessary,
to the meetings of the inspectors, and oftener
if by them required, which reports shall be en-
tered in the minutes of said inspectors, and
copy thereof transmitted to the board of su-
pervisors; if it shall appear by the report Of
the acting inspectors, or otherwise, to the sat
isfacton of the board of inspectors or the board
of supervisors that the keepers of the prison,
or any of his deputies or assistants do not
strictly perform their respective duties, or DO
in any way mismanage the affairs of the prison,
then it shall be the duty of the board forth
WITH, in writing, to notify the keeper thereof,
and of their disapproval of such neglect or
failure, particularly specifying the conduct,
neglect or failure complained of and disap-
proved: and if said keeper shall continue, or
suffer his deputies or assistants to continue
such conduct, neglect or failure, the board
shall Immediately petition the governor, or
one of the justices of the supreme court of this
state, to remove said principal keeper from
Office; and it shall be the duty of the governor
or justice, upon such petition being presented
to him, to institute in summary way, such
inquiry into the truth of the facts charged as
be may think fit, and if, upon hearing the ale
cations of the board and the defence of the
keeper, he shall be of opinion that said keeper
has wilfuly continued or suffered to be contin-
ued, such conduct, neglect or failure, he shall
forthwith declare said keeper to be removed
from his office, and thereupon all his authority
as keeper shall Immediately cease, and sue
cessor shall be appointed according to law.
ARTICLE III.
Ofthe Principal Keeper and his Duties.
The keeper of said prison shall receive from
the hands of the sheriff or other proper officer
every person convicted under the laws of this
state, and sentenced to imprisonment and hard
labor for any term not less than six months;
and safely keep him in his said prison accord
ing to the laws of this state and the rules and
regulations Of the prison, until heis discharged
according to law; he shall receive and safely
keep in said prison, at the expense of the
United States, all persons committed under the
authority Of the United States, until they shall
be discharged in the due course of the laws
thereof; he shall visit every cell and apartment
in the prison at least twice week, and shall
at least once in each week make a close and
critical examination Of each cell, to ascertain
whether any prisoner is attempting to escape
he shall keep a Journal, in which shall be reg.
larly entered the reception, discharge, death
pardon or escape OF every prisoner, and also
the complaints that are made aud the punish
meuts that are inflicted for the breach of prison
discipline as they occur, the visits of the in
spectors aud physician, aud such other occur
rences of Importance as concern the state Of
the prison, be shall not absent himself from
the prison, except on business Of the prison,
without permission in writing from two of the
inspectors, but the board of supervisors may,
by rule, make such modification or alteration
in this item as they may find necessary from
time to time; he shall, at the expense OF the
state, furnish each prisoner with copy OF the
bible, and such other books as he, with the
appreciation Of the acting Inspectors, may deem re
useful in producing the moral reformation o
ths cnnv;cts. he shall. with tho consent Of the
supervisor. provide. when required, ssn.s sum.
acient quantity Of working tools anu imp,emenss
fo, the said prisoners for which, when re-
ceiyed, the keeper shall be accountable; ne
sbalI cause all accounts respecting the main
tsnance of the prisoners to be regularly entered
in book or books, and shall also cause 70 oe
kept full and regular accounts of the stock ana
materials, tools and implements, received for
the prisoners, and of the articles manufactured
or prepared in the prison, and sold or disposed
Of, in books to be provided BY him for the pur-
pose, all of which books and accounts shall De
onet1ed IN the examination Of the board of 6u-