The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-09


board in May.
The contract with T. E. Bridges &
Co., for the county convicts for the
year 1909 is approved and is as fol-
lows:
This agreeent made and entered
into this the 3rd day of February, A
d. 1909, by and between the board of
county commissioners of the county
of Marion, state af Florida, party of
the first part, and T. E. Bridges Com
pany, a Florida corporation, party of
the second part;
Witnesseth-That in consideration
OF the covenants hereinafter contain
ed, the said first party does hereby
lease to the said second party, sub
ject to the conditions hereinafter
named, all of the county prisoners,
both male and female, that are, or
may be, subject to the control of the
said party of the first part, as pris-
oners under lawful sentence of i'm
prisonment at hard labor in said Ma
riOn county, Florida, during the year
1909, and until the 4th day of Janu-
airy, A. d. 1910, except twenty of said
prisoners to be reserved and selected
by the said first party in the manner
hereinafter provided, from the pris
oners now in hand, and except such
prisoners as may be necessary to
maintain said reserve of twenty pris-
oners, which reserve shall be main
tanned in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided.
. In consideration whereof the said
second party covenants and agrees
to pay the asid first party quarterly
in advance the rent herein provided
for, at the rate of twenty-three and
35-1OO dollars (s23.35) per capita per
month, or fractional part thereof, for
all prisoners received hereunder by
the said second party, from the date
of conviction for all prisoners here
after falling to the said second party
under the terms of this agreement,
and upon the date of such quarterly
the said second party, in
to making such quarterly pay
ment in advance shall pay the first
party at the same per capita rate per
month, or fractional part thereof, all |
sums due to that date for prisoners |
who may have been convicted subse- |
quent to the last quarterly settlement, !
and who fell to the said second party |
under the provisions herein contain
ed.
1t is further stipulated and agreed |
that the prisoners now used and |
worked by the said first party on the
public roads of the county of Marion
shall be retained by the said party of
he first part for such work, and that
as to the other prisoners to be deliv-
cred to the said second party under
his agreement, the parties hereto
shall make division in the following
The hrst party or its rep
shall select one prison
er, and the second party or its repre-
shall select one prisoner,
he said first party selecting only a
sufficient number to maintain said re-
of twenty, and all prisoners
n excess of this number shall go to 4
he said second party.
1t is further stipulated and agreed
between the parties hereto that the
said first party shall maintain its said
of twenty prisoners by /
in order from time to time,
governed by the date of conviction.
such of said county prisoners as may
De necessary to at all times during
he said year 1909 maintain said re-
serve of twenty prisoners, but said
of twenty prisoners as
herein provided fer shall not give the
aid first party the right to take from
he said second party, during the term
If this lease any convicts which have
,een delivered to the said second par
y.
The said second party further stip-
Hates and agrees TO take and pay for
he prisoners delivered to s. A.
Rawls Company. and held by salt
company since the eth day of Janu-
Try, 1909, at the rate of twenty-tnree
md 35-100 dollars ($23.35) per month 4
Or part thereof, from said day up to
md including the 3rd day of Febru-
iry, 1909, and to receive under this
agreement the prisoners now in Jail il
rs of February 3rd, 1909.
The said second party stipuIates
md agrees that the escape of any
prisoner delivered to it hereunder h
shall not relieve it of liability for nav
nent, at the rate herein provided. for
he full term of the sentence of anv
such convict who does so escape. and