Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-03

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40, ol inc Salu BOARD anu the warden
alu WeIel moreover, not 10 Gc deprived
ol any privileges granted by law
Accordingly II seems that stout wanted
ln' ' sihaiIeSt number on cohNlGiS Tor the
sHorttst period ana was SATISFIED TO take
iuth lor ihe Ie3sl money, because ON thG
gay mentioned, q contract was closed
ItaN'nE iHe Iaoor oI thc Ccn\ctS A. above
sP'ciutu 20 hlm Tor the term OF NlN years,
or uuili Octoher |, 1883, and ior caring
lor e"'u cohSlct ne was To- receive S'\iN
cents per uay Tor thc hrSt two years;
uI'\-iN' cents per daN Tor the second
Two wears, ana Ility cents per day Tor iHt
lut thlrd TWO years, or uuu the cNplra.
t"i OF ihe contract Ten hours were TO
constitute uaN ; work. Iue Sla.c,
however. reserved the ILAl 10 make amy
ana al temporary or Prepayment mNIo''-
luenjN anu buildings. ES Na, % clause
WIN Wn''l, ~ may rlN .t pc imagined,
S'oVi i"uNu no onlection, as VIII appear
luriner along. Ihere IS a host OF minor
No'MIS not necessary to be now re
Ietttu TO- ,
Oh 'hc Soth day oi February, 1879,
however STOUT contract Wa extended
Tor u period OF six years from October
nuiId and erect III good substantial
manner, at his own expense, for the use
OF iht state ana turn lno Same over to the
state free of charge October /, 1856, two
hundrcd and forty stone coils, eighty Of
Whlch shall be completed bN the first Of
Vclopcr 1855; all OF sad cells shall bc of
good natural stone and similar to and
equal IN qualtN 10 those now IN use in
said penitentlary.
these "2lO cells would require such
another ccll-housc rs described in my
ilrst aruclc, ana would require an out.
lay OF many thousands OF dollars. To
bulld such structure out OF his earn.
lngs, would necessarily imply that the
business OF leasing ConNictN was most
remuncrauNG one indeed, and suggest
the wonder that the state dld not 80 into
the business ON It's own responsibility.
Yet, those "2iO cells have not been
punt. Not stone has been put IN place
lor then. asked me reason iOr Stout $
Noncompliance with his contract was
llrst informed that no more tiers could be
erected IN the ceil-houSe because that
would rase the highest cells above the
line OF comparatively fair ventilation,
ana that would lend to the INJURY OF the
conNicts, then inquired why the cells
were not bullt IN what must eventually be
the east wing OF the pententlary, and
received Tor an answer that Mr.. stout
according to his original contract, was
debarred from making permanent inn
proNements, right which the state, as
shown above, reserved to itself. Whether
the original contract is not abrogated by
the later one, especially so, as section
specifically repeals ali inconsistent acts,
is question over which the last lcgisla-
turc, and indeed, every legislature, for
that matter, mas Wrang!ed, by whom 1t
Will be decided cannot tell. Certain it
is, Mr.. Stout is not one who will question
the wisdom OF the earlier indcnturo.
Another proviSo in the extension of the
contract mentioned, is that, from Octo-
Der, 1856, Stout shall receive but 40 cents
per day for the caring of each convict,
and but 10 cents per day per capita for
the last three years OF his contract,
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