Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-23

JOHN G. Brown, Governor.
An Act fo1 the more efficient management Of the
State Prison. Ff
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That
the office of the Superintendent of Prisons
be, and is hereby created (Which shall be
filled by appointment by the GOvernor), the
appointment IN be ratified by the. Senate.
and said officer shall hold his office for the
term of two years, from and after the date
of his qualification and until his successor
is appointed and qualified. ev .s-
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said
Superintendent shall, before he enters upon
the duties of his Office, execute bond pay
able TO the State, in the penalty of fifty
thousand dollars, with COOL and sufficient
security, to be approved by the Governor,
Comptroller and Treasurer of the State,
conditioned for the faithful performance of
his duties, and to account for and pay over
all monies that come or should come into
bis hands according to law, and he shall
take and subscribe the following oath IN
writing: / do solemnly swear that
will faithfully and earnestly discharge all
| the duties imposed ON me by law as SuperiH-
tendent of prisons,and that will not during
the continuance of my term, take or receive
any compensation, fee or reward for the
same, directly or indirectly, only the allow
ance made by law for the Office, and that l
will not be engaged directly or indirectly in
the profits or emoluments of the prison, or
in the prison labor or contracts, or in the
furnishing Of supplies or materials therefor,
so help mo God; which oath, together with
his bond, shall be fled with the Secretary
of State, and any violation of said oath shall
be perjury, punishable as other cases OF
perjury. - f
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said
Superintendent shall receive as his salary
81 900 per annum, to be paid quarterly out
of the State Treasury upon the warrant of
the Comptroller, and no warrant shall issue
to him, and no salary shall be paid him
while he is in arrears to the State, or while
he is in default in making the settlements
required by law, or is otherwise in default,
| and it shall be the duty of said S1perirtend-
ent 20 make quarterly settlements with the
Treasurer on the first Mondays of January,
April, July and October in each year, and
he is especially required to redeem the Urea
sury warrants heretofore hypOthecated by
| the Inspectors with the money to be paid to
the State by the lessees for that purpose.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said
| Superintendent shall be liable to be remo7-
| ed by the Governor when he fails to dis
| charge his duties, or to make the quarterly
settlements required of him by section 3 Of
| this act, or when in the opinion Of the Gov
ernor the interest Of either the State or Pris-
on demands his removal, and the Governor
shall inform the General Assembly next sit
| ting, or then in session, of the removal, and
the reasons therefor, and in case of such re-
moval, or the resignation or death OF such
| Superintendent, the Governor shall imme-
| diately appoint his successor, and the Super
| intendent shall at any time increase his
| bond, or give other satisfactory security as
NAV be demanded by the Legislature when
| in session, or by the Governor in vacation.
| Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the
| Superintendent of Prisons shall be charged
with all the duties prescribed by sec
tions 5,442, 5,443 and 5,444 of the Code
| of Tennessee, as well as other sections
prescribing the duties of the keepers Of the
| State prison, and also the duties prescribed
| for inspectors by the act of the 9TH OF Feb
| ruary, 1870, chapter SO, sections A, ., ., Q,
| s. 9. 10, IL and II, and of the act Of June
| 20, 1870, chapter As, section /, provided
| that the salaries mentioned in the last
named section may be fixed, and shall be
paid by the lesees Ofthe Penitentiary, while
| the same is under lease, and said Superin-
tendent shall be entitled to all the benefits
and privileges and emoluments therein pre-
scribed for the keeper, except the salary
| therein fixed, and said sections are hereby
re-enacted except as to the salary OF >
therein provided for the keeper. -.
Sec. 6. Be il further enacted, That in
addition to the duties herein prescribed, the
Superintendent of Prisons shall be charged
| with the duty of visiting at least, once eve
Nv two months. the branch prisons and
| other localities where the cOnvictS shall be
| employed. and lock to their comfort and
treatment, aud shall be esreciany charged
| with the duty Of having the contract OF -lie
lease and all ether contracts enforced, and
report all failures, and in the event the cor
| tract of lease shall fail, and in consequence
thereof the prison shall reTert to the eXelit-
siye control Of the State, be shall, With Tie
advice ofthe Inspectors, conduct the prison
according to law. 49,.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that 50
much of the act of June %, 1870, chapter
a. section 5, as gives to the Inspectors q
| salary of 81 600 each per Gnnlrll, be, and
the same is hereby repealed and in lieu Of
that provision for them, they are TO be al
lowed each SO per day for actual services,
and that they be required to meet only two
DAYS in each month and that hereafter there
be only one Advisory Board. =.
Sec. 8. Be il further enacted, that the
Governor of the State shall have the power;
and it is made his duty to appoint the
| Warden, Assistant Warden and the Guards,
all Of whom shall be subject to his orders
and control, and subject. to be removed by
him, provided that it shall rot be lawful for
I him to appoint any one who is in anywisee
related TO the Lessees, or any oneiIiterested
j in the lease, and provided further, that the
p, Wardens and Guards shall take and sub
scribe the following oath in writ
inr- which shall be fled with