South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-01-09


AN Act requiring labor OF couvicts sent enced to
confinement in the County Jails Of this State.
PASSED Nov. II, 1871
Be il Enacted blythe Legislature of Vest Viryiaia
l. Whenever hereafter any person shall
be convicted of petit larceny, or other in
famous ofIenses, the punishment for which
by law il confinement in the county Jail,
tue court may, at its discretion, add to such
confinement hard labor in the county iqil,
during the whole or any part Of the term
Of confinement: Provided, such confinement
is for any offf2se committed after the pas
sage of tbis act; and, Provided, further,
That for the purposes of this act, and none
other, the county jail is hereby declared to
extend TO any place within the limits of
the county without the walls Of the Jail
building.
:. 1t shall be the duty of the Sheriff to
adopt such measures and obtain such en-
ployment for the cOnvicts sentenced to hard
labor aforesaid, as be may deem best, 80
that the greatest amount may be realized
from the labor of said convicts but the
County Court, whenever it deems it expe-
dent, may direct the Sheriff to employ auv
or all Of tho convict labor aforesaid, upon
any public road, bridge, poor farm, public
building or grounds.
3. The Sheriff shall make return TO each
term Of the County Court of tho number of
days worked by each convict the kind Of
work employed upon, aud the amount Of
money, ii any, received therefor and which
amount they shall be charged with, aud ac-
count for as other county funds
4. The Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or guard,
for every day he may be engaged in saper-
yisiOg the labor Of any Of said convieta pro-
/ vidcd ihcrO be more than two Of such con-
victs, shall be allowed and paid out Of the
county treasury the sum Of 81 Provided
That for each fractional part Of day he
shall only be allowed proporiionally at the
rate Of 81 per day for his services
s. When n convict is taken outside Of
the Jail building, to labor, il shall be tho
duty Of the Sheriff to adopt some humane
and cafe method OF preventing escape.
MARINE LOSSES. The marine losses du-
ring 1873 Of vessels belonging to or trading
TO ports in the United States aggregated
$50, valued, exclusive of their cargoos, OF
Sll,5S3, 600. in 1872 there were al
vessels Loaf, valued at gil ,097 900. In
- wv WV f0a7NAd Httt - oAthiutiHt -
ships, l02 bArks, O. briggs aud 2lS schoon.
er5. OF these tho losses reported during
December we're Is, valued ~ 81 100000
Among tae December wrecks we're the
steamers Vile du llavre and ViTginius.
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TIE LARGEST Gun EVER MADE.-Thc
Suiciif gun, cast recently at the West Point
foundry, weighed 10 the rough state y, 600
pounds, and is the largest gun ever made
The gun is made Of iron, standing pull Of
$4,000 pounds and is now nineteen feet
long, but when flushed will be only fifteen
feet in length. 1t is TO have a steel barrel
four inches thick at The broech and three al
the muzzle, with rife bore, and weighing
1900 pounds. The shot will be nine inch
es in diameter, and weigh about two bund.
rcd and fifty pounds Ii will require eight
days to cool the monster by tho Rodmau
procoss-wa;os being ruu through the bore
during all that time. The gun is being
made for government experiments