Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-19

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mont location aud construction
of n Territorial Penitentiary at
WalIa Walla.
lie it enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Wash
ington.
SEC. l. That n Penitentiarv or
state or Territorial prison of this
territory shall be and hereby is,
permanently located and estab-
li-hcd in the vicinity of the city OF
Walla Walla, in Walla Walla
county.
SIC. =. That it shall be the du.
" of the Governor. within ten (lOJ
days after the approval Of this act
To appoint, bv and with the con-
sent ot the Council, three (3), com.
pctent persons, residents Of this
Territory, who shall constitute a
board of Commissioners for the
construction of said pcnitentiary,
and whose term of office shall be
two t2) years, and until their sue
ccssors are appointed and qualified.
SIC. 3. Each of said Commits
sioncrs, before entering upon the
duties of his office. shall take and
subscribe an oath before any Off
Ger oi the Territory qualified to ad-
minister the same, that he will
faithfully and impartially perform
the duties of his office according to
law, and shall execute and deliver
10 the Governor, n bond to the Ter
rltory, with two (2) or more good
and sufficient sureties, to he ap.
proved by said Governor in the
sum Of five thousand ($5,000) dol
lars, conditioned for the faithful
performance oi his duty according
to law, which oath and bond shall
he filed in the office of the Secreta-
ry OF the Territory.
SIC. 4. The persons appointed
as Commissioners under the pro-
visions of this act, or majority of
them, shall meet at the said city of
Walla Walla, on the second Mon
day of March, 1856, and shall or.
ganizc by elccting one of their
number president of the board, and
one Of their number secretary.
SEC. 8. Should vacancy oc-
cur in said board of Commission.
crs, by failure to qualify, death,
resignation or otherwise, the Gov
ernor shall appoint some suitable
person a resident Of the Territory
to I'LL such vacancy, and the per-
son SO appointed shall qualify ac-
cording to the provisions of this
act, ana shall enter upon the du-
ties Of commissioner Is herein pro-
vided.
SEc. o. It shall be the duty of
the President Of the board to pre-
side at tho meetings thereof and to
superintend the performance Of all
contracts for the erection of the
Pcnitentiary and for labor and ma
terial which may have been author
lied by the board; to see that the
terms Of each contract are fulfilled,
and to do and perform such other
duties pertaining to the erection of
said Penitentiary as the board
shall direct; .ProsIded, That no
member of the board shall be in
terested directly or indirectly in
any contract Of any kind connected
with the erection of said Peniten.
tiary during their continuance in
Office, under the penalty of three
thousand ($S,OOO) dollars to be
prosecuted and collected of him
and the suretics upon his official
bond upon an action of debt COM
menccd under the direction of the
Governor, in any court of compe-
tent Jurisdiction.
SEC. Z. All accounts shall be
audited by the Territorial Auditor
and no money shall be paid by the
Territorial Treasurer for any pur-
pose connected with the erection
of said Penitentiary except on a
warrant or warrants drawn on him
by the Territorial Auditor for the
payment OF bills certified to by the
said board of commissioners and
signed by the President and Secre-
tary thereof; and every such war
rant shall express upon it's face
whether the amount 90 required is
for material furnished or services
rendered or labor performed, and
the board shall in no case sanction
the payment of any money, unless
the labor has been performed or
the materials have been furnished
in accordance with a contract
entered into under the provisions
Of this act for which any such 10
contemplated; and it shall be the
duty Of the Territorial Treasurer to
pay all warrants drawn by said
Territorial Auditor as herein pro-
vided out Of any money in his
hands applicable thereto.
SEo s. The said commission.
ers shall receive a deed of convey.
ance clear Of all incumbrance, in
trust for the people Of Washington
Territory for one hundred and six
ty (i60) acres of land in the vicin-
ty Of Walla Walla, more particu-
larly described as follows: s ! of
y. W. /, Section IS, containing
eighty five [s5] acres; and N. ! Of
N. w. / Of Section 10, containing
seventy five [75l acres; all in Town
ship Z, N. K. SO, +. Said land be-
ing donated by the citizens of the
said city Of Walls Walla, and upon
which land the said Penitentiary