Year: 1859

Otn. Wo huUuflu ana eeNen-


ty-five thousand. three hun


dred and eighty five dollars,


bearing the amount OF domes-


tic debt, the principal and in


tcrest OF which is payable AT


the seat Of government. ..... .$275, 1886 20


Total am 'unt of the foreign


and domestic funded debt


of tine state on the lst day


OF January, 1889, thirteen


millions, eig I hundred


ninety-seven thousand,


two hundred forty-two


doll lars and twenty cents. Sl3 597,2i2 90
is hereby made guide and a direction obli-
gatory upon the commissioners OF the sink
ing fund, for the time being, in the discharge
Of their official duties and is also hereby
made part Of this act as explanatory there
Of And the commissioners Of the sinking
fund.- in carrying into effect the provisions
and requirements of this act, are hereby re-
quired to issue the certificates ofrenewal of
the said funded debt, and annually apply the
sinking fund to the payment thereof: First,
to the renewal and payment in full of the
first debt coming payable, which will be on
the first day of January, eighteen hundred
and sixty -one, (l86l, and then to the pOr
ton of the said debt next coming payable,
and so on in order and in succession, so that
the portion Of the said debt first coming pay
able shall be first fully redeemed and paid;
and the certificate first issued shall be for
the earliest period of redemption and pay
lnent, and so on in such succession and order
that the certificates last issued shall be for
the redemption and payment Of the portion
of the funded debt last coming payable, un-
til the entire amount, and every portion
thereof shall be fully redeemed and paid
1t is, however, hereby expressly declared
that the temporary debt of the state, created
to reimburse the treasury by the act Of April
II, 1858, amountingto seven hundred thous-
and dollars, the payment of which being pro-
vidcd for by special tax, is not included in,
but is expressly excepted from the operation
OF this act.


Sec. g. The commissioners of the sinking
fund are hereby required to report to the
Governor at the time OF making their Semi
annual reports and at such other times as the
Governor may require; and also to the Gen.
eral Assembly, or to either branch thereof it
so required by Joint resolution Of the Gener
al Assembly, or by resolution of either branch
thereof, all and singular their acts and pro
ceedings, done under, and by authority of
this act or by or under authority OF any Of
its provisions and requirements And if the
General Assembly should not be in session
at the time that any such report is made to
the Governor, or if such report or reports
should be made more than two months pre-
viuuS to the time when the Gtneral Assem-
bly, is to meet, at either regular session. or
at an adjourned or called session thereof
then, and in that case, 1t Shall he a part OF
the official duties Of the Governor TO cause
any such report or reports to be published IN
at least two newspapers Of general cIrcula-
ton, published at the seat Of government,
andin at least two such papers published in
each of the cities OF Cincinnati and Cleveland.


Sec 10. This act shall take effect and be
in force on and after its passage.


w. b. WOODS,


Speaker Of the House Of Representatives


MARTIN WELkER,


President of the Senate.
no. 176.l


AN ACT


Ia provide for the Enlargement of the Ohio


Peniientiary.


Sec l. Be it enacted by the General AS
semby Of the State of OHIO That the war
den and directors Of the Ohio Penitentiary
are hereby authorized and directed to pro-
vide imme ately for the enlargement Of that
institution, bycxten1ing the cast wing there
of fifty feet in an easterly direction, and ex
tending the east cell house ia a correspond
ing manner, with the add dition ofa sufficient
number Of cells to meet existing wants for
the accommodation and confinement Of NAL
convcts.


Sc. .. They are authorized and directed
to further ext nd said east wing in the same
direction, forty. three feet, fOr the accommo.
dation of female convictS Said further ex-
tension shal be entirely separate and dis
tinct from the male department, having no
communication herewith, and Shall be used
exclusively for the accommodation and safe
keeping OF female conv cts; it shall contain a
cell house with u sufficient number Of cells,
together with the wash rooms, bathrooms,
and other cnnvehienceS necessary to the en-
plOyment and comfort of all the female CON
convicts Of the prison, and shall be surround
ed by a safe and substantial stone wall in
closing the rtgniste ground for the health
and comfort OF its inmates and separating
them entirely from the grounds Of the male
department.


Sec. 3. The entire structure shall be well
and substantially built OF stone, with special
reference to economy and the sale keeping
and comfort Of the convicts, and the front oI
the male department shall alone be built oil
faced stone, corresponding, as near as may
be- in appearance to the present east wing.
The addition now occupied by the female
convicts shall be removed. They are furth
er authorized and directed to construct Sc
cure substantial stone wall of the requisite
heighth and thickness around said peniten
tiary grounds, as follows, to wit: Beginning
at the south east corner of the addition here
in proposed to the male department, running
thence at right angle with the building to the
south line to the grounds, thence east along
said south line to the east line, thence north
along said east line to the east line to point
forty feet south Of the n. E. corner of peni-
tentiary lot, thence west to point forty feet
south of the north line Of lot, and in line
with the old west wall, thence south with
last named line to the north end OF the pres
ent wall. And they may remove so much
Of the old wall as may be necessary to con-
etruct the new, or shall have been rendered
useless by its construction.


Sec. 4. They shall have power to execute,
by convict labor, so much, if any, or all, work
contemplated by this act, as III their opinion
will be conductive to the best interests of the
state, and shall complete the remaining por-
tion or the whole, as the case may he, by
dividing the same into suitable parcels, and
advertising for sealed proposals for contracts,
in the Daily Ohio Statesman and the Daily
Ohio State Journal, 'for not less than three
consecutive weeks before the time when such
contracts are proposed to be let; and such ad-
vertisement shall contain proposals for the
completion of each separate parcel, and for
the entire work. All bids offered on the
day when the letting is to take place, shall
be opened on that day, in the presence ofsaid
warden and directors, and not otherwise.


Soc. 5. All contracts shall be let by said
warden and directors to the lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder, and shall specifically set forth the
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