Year: 1860

shall be given to the lowest bidder; pro-
vided, in case of the acceptance of any
bid, and the bidder fails to complete the
contract, the next lowest bidder shall
not be entitled to the contract, unless
the price be deemed reasonable by the war
den and directors; but the warden and
directors may then contract with any
one whose offer may be regarded just
and proper. No bids herein authorized
shall be received, or contract made in
pursuance thereof, unless the same be
reasonable, and not greater than the
usual market value and price. So far as
possible, the letting of contracts shall
be as herein provided for, but no other
contracts shall be let to run more than
six months, nor shall any contract be
valid until approved by the auditor and
attorney general Notice of the time
and. place of letting each contract shall
be given for at least two consecutive
weeks in two daily newspapers in Colum-
bus, and in one Of the weekly papers
published in each of the counties adjoin-
ing Franklin county, and in such other
papers as the warden and directors may
deem expedient; and where any two bids
shall be equal, the warden and directors
may select any one of them as the per-
son who shall have the contract; and such
contractor shall give bond and security,
to the satisfaction of the directors, for
the faithful performance of his contract;
provided, no contract shall be given Or
purchase made wherein either of the di-
rectors or any of the officers of the peni-
tentiary is interested; and all contracts
or purchases made in violation of this
provision shall be void.


Sec. 13. Convicts may be hired in
any number not exceeding fifty in one
contract, and for any time not exceeding
five years. All contracts for working
convicts shall be given to the highest
bidder, of the letting of which the direc-
tors shall give at least six weeks notice,
in two daily or weekly papers in the city
of Columbus, two in the city of Cincin-
natl, and one in the city of Cleveland,
and all contractors shall be required by
the directors to give security to the state
of Ohio for the faithful performance of
their contracts, in such amounts as the
directors, in their judgment, may think
proper and right. All convicts not con-
tracted for, according to the provisions
of this act,s shall be hired or otherwise
employed by the directors and warden
in such manner as they may deem most
conducive to the interests of the state.


Sec. IA. 1t shall be the duty of the
warden and directors to make such ar
rangements with the contractors who
now have contracts for convict labor,
and so to make all future contracts as
will permit the convicts to have GER
tain amount Of labor allotted them each
for days work, and the time so gained,
after the performance of the task, may
be occupied in attending the prison
school or in labor for the contractor at
the same rate the contractors pays the
State for the same work; and if any con-
Wet, who shall have so made overwork,
shall for any cause be unable to make
full work ON any other day or days, no
deduction shall be made from his over
work earnings On that account. The
money so earned shall be collected by
the warden for the convict the same as
money due the institutionSrom the con-
tractors, with the exception Of the al
iowance Of any credit,) and the warden
! shall permit the convict to send the
amounts so earned to his family OF
! friends and in case the warden is dis
missed, or dies, or resigns before the ex-
piration OF the sentence of the convict
who may have funds in his hands, he
shall account for the amount the same
as the other funds of the institution in
his possession. And an accurate and
detailed account Of all such moneys re.
ceived, from whom, the time when, the
amount received, and to whom payable


shall be kept by the said warden in a
book provided for that purpose, and
shall also enter and sign the same


monthly, in a pass-book which the
prisoner may keep for that purpose.


Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the
warden and directors to allow to all con


victs to whom, from the nature of then
employment, it is impracticable to assign
daily allowance of work, and who, il


the Judgment of the warden and direc


tors, are entitled thereto by their fidel


ity and extra labor, such compensation


as may appear to them equitable in oom


parison with the amount of labor re


quired of other prisoners. If such Labor
is performed for contractor or thu


warden, the said compensation to be re


uuired from the contractor or warden fol


whom it was performed, shall be collected


kept and paid into the treasury in the SAM


manner as other over-work money. L


such labor is performed for the State, i


shall be paid for by the State.


Sec. Is. It shall be the duty of tn
warden, at the close of each month, t.


pay into the State treasury the aggregat
amount then in his hands belonging t.


the several cohvicts for over-work. Th
treasurer shall receive and receipt fo
the money as in cases of State funds, an
the warden shall dispose Of the receipt
. as directed in the tenth section Of thi
, act. The treasurer shall open and kee
= an account with the fund to be denomi
mated 'the prisoners over-work fund.
Each convict, at the close of his tern
:, may draw from the treasury his propol
ton of the fund, upon the certificate {
! the warden; and upon the written It
. quest of the convict, to be filed with tt
q auditor Of State, the warden, at any tim
= may draw from the treasury the amour
4 due any convict from the fund, or an
- part thereof, for the proper use of tt
f convict himself, or for the use of h
# family or friends.


: SEC. II. The directors shall, in con
d pany, every three months, inspect tt
e warden's account, the different apar
" ments of the prison, and the conditic


of the prisoners, and shall have pow
IS to regulate and fix the appointment, d
u ties, dismissals and salary Of all office