The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-09-01

the office OF Director, IOr cause otuer
than the expiration of term, shall be fill
ed by ar pointment by the Governor, for
the unexnired term, subject to the ap-
proval of the Senate, If in session; If not
in session, subject to it's approval at its
first session thereafter.
SEC 2. The Directors, within ten days
of their appointment, shall assemble as q
Board in the city of Columbus, and elect
one Of their number President Of the
Board, to serve until the frst NEE ing in
MAY in the year following; and thereaf
ter. annually, at the first meeting in May
they shall elect one Of their number
President of the Board to serve one
year, Two members Of the Blard shall
constitute quorum for the transaction
of business, and no order of the Board
shall be valid unless Concurred In by two
members, and entered upon the journal;
they shall examine the books Of the
Warden. Clerk and Steward once in each
month, and audit all claims against the
Penitentiary.
SEC 8. The Directors shall meet In
session as a Board daily, except Sundays
and legal holidays, unless upon leave
from the Governor, which sessions shall
be held at the Penitentiary In suitable
room for that purpose; they shall each
furnish bond, with good and sufficient
sureties, 10 the sum of $25 900, condition
ed upon the faithful and honest perform.
ance OF their respective duties; said bond
to be drawn by theAttorney-G sneral and
deposited with the Treasurer Of theS.ate;
they shall each receive an annu i salary
of $1,000, to be re- ! by the Treasurer Of
the State in, equal monthly INSTALL
ments. h '' '' 'n 'u' ''' - '
SEC. 4. From and after the expiration
Of the contracts now in force between
the State and the contractors for the la.
Dor Of prisoners confined in the Psniten-
tiary, none of the labor prisoners con-
fined in said Penitentisry shall be let on
contract, or otherwise, to any other cor
poration, firm, person or persons what
eVer, but shall be employed by and in
the interests Of the State as is hereinaf-
ter provide !. - ...U
SEC. 5 The Board of Directors, upon
the expiration of any contract now in
force for the labor of any prisoners, shall
have power to contract for any maChin.
cry, tools, implemen or material which
may be necessary to the employment of
such Irisonerr in any manner most prof
table to the State and the least injurious
to the interests OF free labor; and that,in
order to avoid unfair competition with
the free labor of any branch Of industry
in the State, there shall be, as far as is
possible. an equal distribution of prison
ers among the various trades most profit.
able to the State, and in no case shall
more than fifty prisoners be employed at
any one time at any one particular tra1e
or branch of industry coming in coInpc.
tition with the free labor of tie State.
The Board of Directors shall also make
provision for the employment ofall pris.
onere not necessary to the fulillment of
existing contracts between the Sta g and
the contractors for the labor of prisoners.
SEC. 6 The Board of Directors shall
make rules and regula ions, under which
disposition shall be made by the Ward.
IN, OF the products Of the labor of pris'
pners employed by the State; which
products shall In no case be sold to the
injury or detriment Of any Of the indus.
RES in the State.
SEC. 7. The Board Of Directors shall
make such rules and regulations, for the
government of prisoners al shall mos
Conduce to their reformation and moral
condition; to this end they shall make
provision for the separation and Classih-
cation of prisoners according to the de-
gree of their crimes, and their general
,haraC er and conduct prior TO their con-
fiction. The Board shall establish asys-
EN- OF promotion among the prisoners,
lInder which they shall be advanced
rom one grade to another, as a reward
for good behavior, each advancement 10
denote improvement in the character Of
be prisoner, and to shorten his term of
servitude not to exceed four month in
t1e year. He shall Also be entitled TO a
share of his earnings, not to exceed So
per month, for good behavior, and in
case Of misbehavior on the part of the
prisoner he shall be regulated to what
ever class his ofense, in the opinion o
he Board, may justify; but in no case
shall prisoner be discharged without
having first passed through the different
grades of promotion established by the
Board, except upon pardon by the Gov
ernor, and as may otherwise be provided
by law. ty-.t .,...t.
SEC. s. The Board of D rectors shall
appoint as Warden a person who, from
pFactiCs experience, possess the ability
and qualifications necessary to success
fully carry on the industries of the Peni.
tentiary, and who possesses the eXeCu.
tive ability necessary to the proper man.
cement of the officers and other en-
ployees under his jurisdiction, and to
enforce an / maintain proper discipline
10 every department; said Warden shall
hold his office during good behavior, and
in no case shall he be removed for polit.
cal or partisan reasons, nor for any other
reason except incompetenCy, or willful
violation of the rules of the prison or the
laws of the State or Ucited States, and
not then until after due trial, fair and
impartial hearing before the Governor,
when, if it shall appear that the accused
is innocent, the Governor shall dismiss
the case, but if it shall appear that he is
guilty, the Board Of Directors, upon the
Of the Governor, shall
remove him from his Office and proceed
to fill the vacancy. g...s4 a,g .p.,..- ...r.
SEC. 9 1t shall be the duty Of the
Warden, with the advice and consent Of
the Board, to appoint a Steward, a Phys,
ician, Clerk, q Chaplain, a Deputy
Warden, a Superintendent, when .neCes-
sary, for each department, q Captain Of
the night-watCh, and other officers and
employees as may be necessary to carry
on the industries of the PenitentiIry,
and to dispose at best advantage to the
State, of the products of prison labor;
such officers and employees shall hold
their Offices and places of employment
during the pleasure of the Warden; Pro-
vided, always, that their dismissal from
service shall be approved by the Board
Of Directors; such officers and employees
shall receive q salary to be fixed by the
Board Of Directors, Upon thereoonnmen.
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