Evening journal., 1893-04-12

Full Provisions of This Important Piece
OF Legislation-It Provides That Prison
ers must Re Fed BY Contract After
Bids for Supplies Have Been Adver-
tised For-One Road Must Be Improved
First.
STAFF Cores pondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, april 12 The House commit
tee will to day make a favorable report
upon the COoch bill providing con vict
labor for certain classes of New Castle
county criminals 1t is entitled IAN
Act to permanently improve the con
dition of certain public roads in New
Castle county
The full provisions of this important
measure have never been published
They are as follows:
Section ! That within two years
from aud after the passage of this act,
the Levy Court Commissioners OF New
Castle county are authorized and directed
to secure, by purchase or Condemnation.
as hereinafter provided, stone quarry
along the route or within convenient
reach of railroad in New Castle county,
the stone in said quarry to be of a char
acter suitable for being broken into
macadam. That the said Levy Court
Commissioners, within the time above
specified, shall advertise for bids and
proposals and grant to the lowest aud
best bidder the contract for the build
ing of a suitable structure for confniDg
prisoners, the same not to exceed ia
cost the sum of twenty thousand dollars
The person or persons acce epting the
contract aforesaid. shall be placed under
bond 10 the Levy Court Commissioners
in sufficient sum and with approved
sureties, to secure the faithful perfor
nance Of the contract"
Section 2 II shall and may be lawful
for any court in New Castle county hav
ing competent jurisdiction in the matters
of larceny, obt0ining money under false
pretenses, pointing a deadly weapon,
carrying concealed deadly weapon,
gambling, lottery, policy writing, assault
and battery, assaults drunkenness, dis
orderly conduct and vhgrancy, aud of
such other crimes the punishment for
which, in the discretion Of the court
passing sentence, should be hard labor,
TO sentence any male person or persons
convicted as aforesaid to Imprisonment
in the work-house of New Castle county
at hard labor in the quarry Aforesaid. in
addition to the penalties prescribed by
law; provided, nevertheless, that such
All AebhA4NhN ob InAu AdAnI lOI NIAnh
enness, disorderly conduct and vagraney
shall not exceed sixty days. >
No More Sleeping in Barns.
Section f. That all beggars and vaga
bouds who roam about from place to place,
without any lawful business or occupa
tion, sleeping in out houses, barns
market places, sheds and in the open
air, aud not giving a good account OF
themselves, shall be deemed vagrants
and liable 10 the penalties of this act
"Section 5 Eight hours shall con
stitute days work at hard labor, and
such hard labor shall be performed be-
tween the hours of o'clock in the morn
ing and o'clock in the evening. n,
person sentenced under this act shall bl
exempt from said labor, except through
physical inability, properly certified t.
the superintendent Of the work house, b.
the jail physician Should any person O
persons prove refractory and stubborn
and refuse to perform his or their worl
in proper manner, the superintendent
of the work house shall have the powe
TO place such person or persons in soil
tary confinement, there to be kept OF
bread and water until he or they shal
submit TO perform his or their tasks an,
to obey his orders.
Levy Court to Pay the Commissioner,
Section g. The commissioners of tn
jail aud work house, as establised b
law, shall have supervision and contrc
of said work house and quarry in th
same manner as they by law have super
vision and control of the Jail of Ne,
Castle county; and in consideration 70
the extra duties imposed and services II
quired of the said commissioners Of tn
Jail aud WORK house by the provisions @
this sct, the said commissioners shall b
paid in addition TO the salary fixed b
law, such an amount as the Levy CouI
Commissioners Of the said county in thei
discretion may deem proper.
Feed the Prisoners by Contract.
Section The three commissioner
OF the jail and work-house Of New Cast
county shall meet on the first Tuesda
of December, March, June and Septembt
of each year, and have inserted for
period Of ten days thereafter, in two ,
the daily newspapers in the city
Wilmington advertisements for bids an
proposals for the contracts for furnish
ing the supplies for feeding the prisoi
ers for the three months respectivel
following.
ANY person making bids or propose
for the said contracts, pursuant to III
advertisement Aforesaid, shall fle wit
the said commissioners of the jail au
work house at the time the bids or or
possls are made bond, with approve
sureties. to the Levy Court Commission
ers of New Castle county. In the nan
of the State of Delaware in the SUN
$500 10 insure the good faith of q
bidder and further conditioned. upC
the award Of a con tract TO the obligo
should such award be made, to secul
the proper and full performance al
execution of said contract. At the q