West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-05-07

on or before the second Tuesday in January.
annually an abstract of all expenditures and
receipts of money by him for the prison. the
amount of labor done, the raw materials re-
! ceiyed. the articles manufactured, or prepared
and sold, all the bills of transportation and the
taxed bills Of cost which have been certified
by him, and full account and statement Of all
moneys paid from the state treasury as sal
aries to the several officers and attendants Of
the state prison, and to the inspectors thereof,
together with all moneys paid or expended by
| the keeper or Inspectors on account of repairs,
| or for or on any other account whatever; and
the said accounts and abstracts shall be so kept
A and prepared as annually to exhibit the true
IAnd actual receipts and expenditures, and he
shall lay the same before the kAard Of -.r~-
Z yisors and the Committee annually appointed
i by the legislatursrto settle the accounts Of the
A state prison, and before the legislature itself
as such times as it shall direct; he shall suffer
no letter or communication in writing TO be
conveyed or delivered to or for any prisoner,
| or from him, without first inspecting and ap
proving it; if any prisoner shall escape, the
keeper shall, with the consent of the comp
| troller and treasurer, and the acting inspec-
| tors, advertise reasonable reward for his or
her apprehension, and take all proper measures
to effect his arrest, of all which he shall make
O written report to the boards of inspectors
and supervisors at their next meetings, which
reward shall be paid by the treasurer of this
state, upon warrant of the comptroller, and
upon an order drawn by the inspectors, or any
two of them; he shall ON Sunday, at all proper
hours, admit to the hall Of the prison suffi-
cient number of pious, Intelligent persons COM
| petent TO give instruction to the prisoners in
y. 4 Al t,..s1 H.
string to be admitted for that purpose, and
shall, with his deputies, give such persons
every attention and aid, to enable them to per-
form that office in suitable manner; he shall
assign to each deputy keeper a certain num-
ber of prisoners, to be under the particular
care of such deputy, for such length of time as
he shall direct he shall obey the instructions
of atAas nbSseano oFmh TIE | tie
;noons;steut with their safe keeping; it shall
not be lawful for the keeper of the state prison
or for any other officer thereof, TO furnish any
entertainment of food, liquors or refreshments
to any officer, inspector or inspectors, or to
any visitor or visitors, official or otherwise, of
the said prison at the expense OF the state; to
enable the keeper to discharge such current
expenses as he may be authorized to incur,
and to pay to the eonvicts such sums as they
are by law to receive on their discharge, the
sum of two thousand dollars shall be deposited
| by the treasurer each year to the credit OF the
keeper, in one of the banks of the city of Tren-
| ton, subject to the drafts of said keeper for
| the purposes aforesaid; and if the said sum
shall be exhausted at any time during the year
the treasurer may, by direction of the board
of supervisors, make new deposit OF sucn
sum as they may think requisite for such pur-
| poses; and any portion Of this deposit not ex-
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| the keeper each year before the settlement Of
| his accounts.
| ARTICLE w.
F. Of ihe Duty Of the Deputy Keepers. 2
1t shall be the duty of each deputy keeper
to inspect the condition Of each prisoner under
his care at least three times day, to see that
thA -meals are regularly furnished according te
the prison aIIowance. and to sunerintand the
work of the prisoners, and at least once dag
make close and critical examination Of each
cell, to ascertain whether any prisoner is at
tempting to escape; the deputy keepers on
! guard at night shall, at least once between
midnight and five o'clock in the morning, in
spect the exterior walls OF the ranges of cells
| and the main building; whenever any prisoner
! shall complain of sickness to any deputy
keeper, he shall give immediate notice to the
principal keeper, or to the physician Of the
prison; each deputy shall give full and par
ticular care and attention TO the prisoners
assigned to his charge by the principal keeper.
and shall make daily report to the keeper Of
their health and conduct, and like report to
the inspectors and board of supervisors when
required; the deputy keepers shall punctually
and promptly obey all legal orders given by or
through the principal keeper, and all rules
established for the government and regulation
of the prison; the deputy keepers shall not
absent themselves from the prison without the
permission of the principal keeper; all orders
to the deputy keepers must be given by or
through the principal keeper; they shall not
converse with the prisoners further than may
be absolutely necessary for the performance OF
their duties, aud shall, in no case, give infor-
nation to any prisoner of anything that occurs
out of his cell; they shall not furnish any
prisoner, nor permit prisoner to have In MS
cell, any other article than such as is allowed
by the rules of the prison; they shall not
deliver to or receive from any prisoner any let
ter, communication in writing, or message,
but to or from the principal keeper; the princi-
psi keeper shall designate one of the deputy
Keepers to act in his stead in case of his
absence fl ON the prison, and all the duties anu
powers of the principal keeper, SO far as the
same relate to the safe keeping of the prisoners
and the discipline of the prison, shall devolve
upon and be executed by the deputy keeper
so designated until the principal keeper re-
turns to the prison.
ARTICLE V.-Of the Duties ofthe Physician
The physician of the prison shall visit each
prisoner once in each week, and as much ofteneI
as the state of the health of any prisoner may,
in his opinion, require it, and shall report once
in each month to the board of inspectors; he
shall attend Immediately, on being notified
that any prisoner is sick; he shall give such
directions for the health and cleanliness of the
prisoners, and, when necessary, for such altera-
tion in their diet as he shall deem proper, all
which the principal keeper shall observe and
cause to be obeyed, unless the same shall be
contrary to law or inconsistent with the safe
custody of the prisoners.
ARTICLE VI.-Of the Clerk.
The clerk of the prison shall keep the books
aud accounts Of the same, and Of each prisoner,
and porfcrm the necessary and proper writing
of the establishment, under the direction o.
the supervisor and keeper
ARTICLE VII.
i Of Tie Reception and Treatment Of Prisoners.
Each convict, upon being received at thu
prison, shall be examined by the principa
keeper, clerk, and as many of the deput.
keepers as can conveniently attend, in orde
to their becoming acquainted with the persol
and countenance of such convict, his or he
name, height, apparent and alleged age, plac'
of nativity, trade, complexion, color of hal
and eyes, and length of feet, together will
4 such natural and other marks, and such pecu
liarites OF features or appearance. as ma!
serve to identify such convict, all which shal
be entered in book provided for that purpose
and if the convict can write, he or she shal
sign his or her name under such description
of his or her person.; and iu such description
shall ba stated the clothes and other articles
4 brought to the prison by such convict, all g, Ct
4 which shall be taken from him, and carei my
preserved, to be restored to him e ING Time
oaf his discharge unless they shall be other
wise DISPOSED Of BY order of the inspectors;
avery convict shall be confined in one OF the
ca,I. ,f the nrison separate and alone, except