Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-06-18
CHAPTERCIVIIJ.

A supplement to an act entitled An act for the
government and regulation of the state prison."
approved April twenty first, eighteen hundred
and seventy-SX.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New jersey That
section one of the act to which this is Il supple
ment, be and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows
II. BE it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That there
shall be appointed by the legislature in joint
meeting, at the present session and every five
years thereafter, a competent and suitable person
to be supervisor of the state prison of this state,
who shall be commissioned by the governor as
state prison supervisor, and who shall hold office
for five years and until his successor is chosen
and appointed as aforesaid and qualiied such
supervisor shall receive annual salary of three
thousand dollars payable monthlYupOn the war
rant of the comptroller; he shall perform all the
duties which are now or may hereafter be i'm
posed by law upon the supervisor of the state
prison; he shall before entering upon the duties
OF his office take and subscribe, before justice of
the supreme court OF this state, an oath that he
will well and truly execute the office of state
prison supervisor, and will well and faithfully
discharge all the duties imposed upon him by law
as such supervisor, and he shall give bond to the
state OF New Jersey, with not less than two Suf-
ficent sureties, to be approved by the board Of
inspectors OF the said prison. or majority there
OF, and filed in the office of the secretary of state,
i'll the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, with
condition that he will well and faithfully dis
charge all the duties imposed upon him by the
laws of this state, and will well and faithfully use
account for, and pay over to the treasurer of the
state, as may be required of him by law all the
moneys Of the state which may be received by
him as state prison supervisor of the State of
New JerSey.]
.. And be it enacted, That section three of the
act to which this Is Il supplement, be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read as follows.
70. And be it enacted, That the principal keeper
of said prison shall reside at said prison during
the term of his office, and shall receive salary
OF three thousand five hundred dollare per an
mum, and at that rate for q shorter period, to be
paid monthly by the treasurer of this state, upon
the warrant of the comptroller and upon orders
drawn on him by any two of the inspectors, to-
gether with his necessary fuel and light; and
said keeper shall have power to appoint, subject
to the approval of the board of inspectors such
assistant and deputies may be necessary and
proper to enable him to execute the duties of his
| office, which said deputies and assistants shall
have such compensation and allowances as the
said board of inspectors shall deem lust and
proper; which shall be paid by the treasurer
monthly upon the warrant of the comptroller
and upon orders drawn by any two of said in
spectors; but no assistant or dnputy shall per-
form any duty or receive any compensation until
his appointment shall have been approved by
the inspectors or II majority of them; and the
said keeper, with the consent of the board of
inspectors, or a majority of them, may dismiss
any or all of the said deputies and assistants
and shall dismiss any of them when required so
to do by the unanimous action of the said board
and before said keeper shall exercise any part OF
his office, he shall give bond to this state with
two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the
treasurer of the state, in the sum of five thou
sand dollars, with the condition that he and his
deputies shall well and faithfully perform the
duties imposed on them by law; and said keeper,
with his sureties shall acknowledge the execu-
tion of said bond, or cause the 7Hme to be
proved before the governor or one .. ,Ae Justices
of the supreme court of this state, and shall then
deliver the same to the secretary of state, who
shall cause the same to be recorded and filed in
his office; and copies of said record legally exem-
pliied by said secretary, shall be legal evidence
in all courts of this state, in any suit against said
keeper, and his sureties, or any OF them.l
8. And be it enacted That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act, be and the same
hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
Immediately.
| Passed April ., 1885.