Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-05-09
SEC. 6. Before en,ar;n


duties each commissioner shall r,aL,
and sign an oath, and execute hond
IN the penal sum of ten thousand dol
lars for the use of the State OF Iowa
to be approved by the Census Board
and filed in the Office of the Secretary
of State, conditioned upon the faitl,.
iul performance of his duties, and the
honest, judicious, and faithful execu.
'ion OF the provisions OF this act, and
the faithful disbursement OF and ac.
counting for all monies which may
come into his hands under the pro
visions of this act.
SEC. Z. Said board shall have
inil power to appoint and discharge
al their discretion, a superintendent
whose duty it shall be TO employ
men, purchase material and spperin.
tend the work on said buildin1 and
he shall receive for his compensation
only such sums as said board NAV fix
SEC. 3. There IS hereby appro.
priated out OF any money in the State
Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of fifty thousand dollars,
or SO much thereof as may be neces.
sary tor the purposes contemplated
in this act.
SEC. 9. The warden OF the peni.
tentiary at Fort Madison, when suit.
able accommodations have been pro.
vided by the board, at Or near the
quarrles SO purchased, shall at the re.
quest OF the board, transfer thereto
as many able bodied conyicts as can
be taken from said penitentiary, and
said board shall elect warden for
this penitentlary, whose duty it shall
be TO safely guard and subsist them
and cause them to perform labor, and
work in the preparation tor, and
erection of such building, as directed
by the superintendent, as to the
mode and manner af work The ex-
penses necessary to carry out the
provisions OF this section shall be
paid by the board out of the money
hereby appropriated, and said con.
victs so transferred, or any other con-
victs so employed, shall be deemed
to be lawfully held, as though directly
sentenced to labor at said quarries.
Sec. 10. The accounts OF expend-
itures necessary to carry out the pro.
visions OF this act shall be approved
by the Board of Commissioners, and
certified to by the superintendent,
and then paid by Auditors warrants
in the usual manner, drawn in favor
Of the party to whom payment is
due.
Sec. II. The members of the
board shall each receive five dollars
per day while actually employed in
the discharge of their duties, and
their actual travelling expenses; and
the compensation OF SAID warden for
said additional penitentiary shall be
such as the board may fix.
Sec. II. The warden Of said pen
itentiary shall keep a faithful and ac.
curate account with each convict,
showing the number of days labor
performed by each and the value
thereof in cash, not exceeding two
dollars per day, for each day of
ten hours, and tor each aud every
one hundred dollars worth Of labor
IN excess OF three hundred dollars,
performed in any one year by any
convict not sentenced Tor life, there
shall be Communication of the sen.
tence of slch convict, upon the
recommendation Of the warden, to
the amapnhadf fitift fbtifrsss III sssutfn excess
shall be paid HIM out of the State
Treasury at the time of his discharge,
upon the certificate Of the amount
by the warden. And the duties Of
the warden OF said additional peni-
tentiary and his powers shall be the
same as prescribed by law for tho
penitentiary at Fort Madison, so far
as practicable, under the directions Of
said board, who shall have the pow
er to remove him at pleasure, and
appoint another.
See. ID. WheneYer it can be done
without hindering or delaying the
the completion OF said building the
superintendent may and shall furnish
from sad quarry, stone dressed or IN
the rough, Of dimensions specified.
and deliver them on the cars upon
the order of the board or authorities
having control of any building
being erected by the State, and when
the part of such building provided
for by this act is completed, the war.
den having charge of the convicts
therein shall fill all such orders as
above specified.
SEC. II. Able bodied male per.
sons hereafter convicted of crime and
sentenced to Imprisonment in the
penitentiary may be taken to said
quarries and additional pententiary,
and there confined and worked under
the care OF said warden as soon as
suitable accommodations have been
provided therefor.
SEC. Is. This act being deemed Of
immediate importance, shall take ct
feet and be in force from and ter its
publication in the Iowa State Regis.
ter and Daily Leader. newspapers
published at Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved April II. 1872.
| hereby certify that the foregoing
act was published in the Daily Iowa
State Register and the Daily State
Leader April II, 1872.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of State,