The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-25

10 l0e point OF lnclilII. ana tnuNtn-
lent TO a railroad: Provided, The cost
of such site and farm shall not exceed
the sum of ten thousand dollars; and
the said Board shall, with the assiS-
lance and advice of a competent archi-
tect and engineer, prepare plans for
the improvement OF such site: and
the buildings TO be- erected thereon
shall have capacity TO contine, safely,
keep, and properly work at suitable
manufacturing and industrial ocCupa-
tiOns, at least four hundred cOny iets,
and the same shall be SD planned ts to
permit of portions being erected, from
time TO time, as demand for capacity
occurs: Provided, That the buildings
necessary to contine all the conVicts
sentenced to the Penitentiary within
the walls thereof, shall be completed
on or before the first day of April, 1876.
And thearchitect shall prepare plan
for a new State Penitentiary, and said
plan, with the estimated cost Of con-
structing buildings in accordance
Herewith, together with such other
matters OF interest as may have
been collected, shall bc trans
mitted by the Governor to the
Legislature at its next regular
session. If, at any time prior 20 the
next regular session OF the Legislature,
ii shall, in the judgment of the Gov
ernor and Board of Inspectors, become
necessary that materials should be
procured or work done. with "A view to
facilitate the erection of the said
buildings, the Board of Inspectors
shall cause a careful and exact esti-
mate of the cost of the same To be
made by the Architect, which, when
approved by the said Board, shall be
submitted To the Governor for his
approval, and when 50 approved the
Auditor of Public Accounts shall
audit the same, and issue his warrants
upon the Treasury for the amount Of
the same, which shall be paid out of
any money therein not otherwise APP
propriated: Provided, The sum APP
propriated shall not exceed ten thou.
sand dollars.
SEC. IS. BE ii further enacted, That
pending the construction Of the pro-
posed new Penitentiary the Board
of Inspectors, with the approval
of the Governor, may make temporary
contract for the feeding, clothing,
guarding and maintenance of the
convicts, or any number thereof,
and the labor of the same, and for the
use Of machinery and appurtenances
of the existing Penitentiary, To be-
used alone within the walls of the In
lOT Il IltIlOu llOt tNNttNliilE
three years Provided, That all con-
victs worked outside the Penitcntiary
under such contract shall be employed
on public works, and any such con-
tract which said Board of Inspectors
shall make shall be on such terms as
not only TO relieve the State from any
expense for the maintenance of the
convicts, but which shall be most adj
Vantageous to the State, and said con-
victs may be worked outside of the
Penitentiary to the best advantage 10
the State, and the sum for which they
shall be hired shall Ice paid every
thirty days, and the said Board shall
receive bond with good and sufficient
security for the faithful performance
of such contract to be approved by the
Board of Inspectors and the Governor,
and said contract and bond shall
be filed i'm the State TTcasurer's Office;
and if said bond should become for
feited, or said contract violated, the
said bond shall be Immediately put
in suit by the proper District
Attorney, or the Attorney General.
The duties and powers of the several
officers of the Penitentiary, shall con
form To the terms of such contract
during the continuance thereof: Pro-
vided, That it shall be the duty Of the
superintendent to employ and furnish
a sufficient number Of guards for the
safe keeping of said convicts, and that
it shall be the duty of the Supcrin-
tendent to secure the humane treat
ment of said convicts.
SEC. j9.,Be it further enacted, That
no discrimination shall be made ON
account Of race, color or previous con-
dition i'm working couvicts.
SEC. go. BE il further enacted, That
all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict
with the provisions of this Act be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 81. BE it further enacted, That
this Act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March Is, 1872.