record of the accounts of the prison, and pay over all moneys that may come into his hands as such clerk, and will faithfully discharge all the duties of such office as prescribed by law and the rules and regulations of the prison, which bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the

Duties of clerk. prison:

Duties of physician.

First. To attend at the prison daily during the proper business hours, unless by the direction of the board, or the warden, he is otherwise engaged in transacting business on account of the prison;

Second. To keep the books and accounts of the prison in such manner as to clearly exhibit all the financial transactions relating to it; to also keep a register of convicts, in which shall be entered in alphabetical order the name of each convict, the crime of which he is convicted, the date of his conviction, term of sentence, from what county, and by what court sentenced, his place of nativity, age, occupation, complexion, stature, number of previous convictions, and whether previously confined in a prison in this or any other State, together with when and how he was discharged. The board or warden may require such additional facts to be stated on the register as may be deemed proper;

Third. To do all such writing as may be required of him by the board or warden relating to the affairs of the prison.

Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the physician of the prison:

First. To attend at all times to the wants of sick convicts whether in the hospital, or in their cells, and to bestow upon them all necessary medical service;

Second. In company with the warden, to examine weekly the cells of the convicts, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they are kept in a proper state of cleanliness and ventilation, and if they are not so kept to point out to said warden the deficiencies, and report the same monthly to the board of such prison;

Third. To prescribe the diet of sick convicts, and his directions in relation thereto shall be strictly followed; and to be present at and superintend all corporal punishments which may be inflicted in the prison;

Fourth. To keep a daily record of all admissions to the hospital, and of cases treated in the cells or elsewhere, indicating the sex, color, nativity, age, occupa

tion, habits of life, crime, period of entrance and discharge from the hospital, and disease;

Fifth. To make a yearly report to the board of the sanitary condition of the prison during the year, which report shall also contain a condensed statement of the information contained in his daily record;

Sixth. To make all such other reports as the board or warden may from time to time require.

vict from labor.

Sec. 16. It shall be the duty of such physician, in same. case of any convict claiming to be unable to labor by means of sickness, to examine such convict; and if it is his opinion upon such examination that such convict is unable to labor he shall immediately certify the same Relief of conto the warden and such convict shall thereupon be relieved from labor and admitted to the hospital, or be placed in his cell or elsewhere, for medical treatment, as said physician shall direct, having a due regard for the safe keeping of such convict; and such convict shall not be required to labor so long as in the opinion of said physician such disability shall continue; and whenever said physician shall certify to the warden that such convict is sufficiently recovered as to be able to labor said convict shall be required to labor.

medicines and

Sec. 17. The necessary medicines and other hos- Furnishing pital stores for the use of the prison shall be furnished hospital stores. by the physician free of charge to the State.

Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the warden and other officers of the prison, whenever requested, to admit the board of the prison or any member thereof, into every part of the prison; to exhibit to them, or either of them, on demand, all the books, papers, accounts, and writings pertaining to the prison, of the business, government, discipline, or management thereof, and to render such board every other facility to discharge their duties under this act.

Board of

corrections has

access to prison,

books, etc.

of officers and

Sec. 19. There shall be paid monthly at the office Compensation of the prison to the officers thereof, the following sal- employes of aries, to-wit: To the warden a sum not not exceeding prison.

seventy-five dollars; to the deputy a sum not exceeding sixty-five dollars; to the clerk a sum not exceeding sixty-five dollars; to the physician a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars; to the matron twenty-five dollars; to each of the keepers and guards a sum not exceeding sixty dollars, as the board of the prison in its discretion may deem for the best interests of the

Increase of salary.

Household privileges of warden.

Perquisites forbidden.

prison, and all other employes of the prison shall be paid such compensation, within the limits above fixed, as said board may deem just and reasonable, and shall direct; Provided, That any individual salary may be increased beyond the limit named in the preceding clause, by the approval of the Governor. The warden shall, in addition to his salary, be allowed the use of house, fuel, lights and provisions for his family and for guests who visit him on business connected with the prison, and any officer may, in the discretion of the board, be allowed the use of a house or an apartment free of rent. And no officer or other person employed in or about the prison shall be permitted to receive in any way perquisites, emoluments or supplies for himself or his family from the prison, other than the compensaKeepers, etc., tion allowed by law. The board of the prison may, if it shall deem it for the interest of the prison, require the keepers, guards, and such of the employes as they may designate, to be lodged and messed or boarded in the prison, and for that purpose may furnish lodging rooms in a plain and substantial manner, and supply provisions from the prison stock, which shall be cooked and prepared by the labor of convicts, and served at such time, and on such terms and in such place as the board may direct.

may be lodged

or boarded at prison.

Member of

board not to be warden.

Officer not to be interested in contract.

Sec. 20. No member of the board shall be warden of the prison or be concerned in the business thereof, or hold any other appointment or place connected with the prison, and no person shall be appointed member of the board, warden, deputy or clerk, or to any other employment in the prison, who is interested, directly or indirectly in any kind of business carried on in the prison. And no member of the board, warden, or any other officer of the prison shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, purchase or sale for or on account of the prison. No member of the board, warden, or any other officer of the prison, shall employ the labor of any convict upon any work in which he or any other officer shall be interested. Should any officer be or become in any manner interested in contracts of furnishing provisions, clothing or other necessities for the use of the State Prison, or be or become in any manner interested in contracts for buildings, or the construction of buildings of any kind in any way connected therewith, or for furnishing material of any kind for the construction of such buildings, such officer so in

terested, shall upon proof thereof being made, be removed from office and forfeit any interest he may have therein, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more than two thousand dollars, nor less than five hundred dollars.

Sec. 21. The warden, clerk, deputy, keepers, officers and guards and other necessary attendants shall while in employes the actual employ of the State as such, be exempt from military and military and jury duties.

jury duties.

removal of

Sec. 22. The board shall meet at the State Prison Meetings of bi-monthly and as much oftener as the proper control board; quorum. and management thereof shall require. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but for a meeting held for the appointment and removal of the warden and any Notice of business relating thereto at least ten days' notice in appointment or writing to each member shall have been given by the warden. president or secretary of said board, stating the object of the meeting. All orders and resolutions of the board shall be entered in the journal. At the first meeting Record and' after their appointment the members shall choose the organization. president of the board, and thereafter every two years. The clerk of the prison shall attend and shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and of all rules and regulations adopted by it, which shall be recorded in a book provided for that purpose, signed by the members of the board present, and kept at the prison office, and shall act as secretary of the board. It shall be the duty Rules. of the board of the prison to make and adopt all such general rules of government and discipline of the prison as they may deem expedient, and from time to time to change and amend the same, as circumstances may require.

Sec. 23. It shall be the duty of the board to clas- classification of sify the prisoners into three grades as follows: In the prisoners. first grade shall be included those appearing to be corrigible or less vicious than the others and likely to observe the laws and maintain themselves by honest industry after their discharge; in the second grade shall be included those appearing to be incorrigible or more vicious, but so competent to work and so reasonably obedient to prison discipline as not to seriously interfere with the productiveness of their labor, or of the labor of those in company with whom they may be employed; in the third grade shall be included those who are incorrigible, or so insubordinate, or so incompetent,

Rules.

prison by board.

otherwise than from temporary ill health, as to seriously interfere with the discipline or productiveness of the labor of the prison. The board shall also make and adopt rules for the separation and classification of prisoners, for their promotion and reduction from one grade to another, and from time to time to change and amend the same as circumstances may require. In making such rules and regulations the board shall as far as practicable, consistent with the discipline of the prison, adopt such as shall in its judgment best conduce to the reformation of its convicts. A printed copy of the rules and regulations shall be furnished every officer and guard at the time he is appointed and sworn, and so much thereof as relates to the duties and obligations of the convicts shall be hung up in a conspicuous place in each cell and shop, and such rules shall, so far as practicable, be written or printed in a language known Examination of to the convict occupying the cell. The board shall at their regular meetings examine all the different departments of the prison, and inquire into all matters connected with the government, discipline and policy thereof, the punishment and employment of the convicts therein confined, the books, accounts, and vouchers of the warden and clerk, the money, the purchases and sales of the articles provided for the prison or sold on account thereof, and whether the convicts are properly fed, clothed and governed. The board shall also proper conduct. inquire into any improper conduct which may be alleged to have been committed by the warden or any other officer or employe of the prison, and for that pur-. May subpoena pose may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and writings before the board, with like effect and subject to the same penalties for disobedience as on cases of trial before justices of the peace, and the board may examine any witnesses produced before it on oath to be administered by the president of the board, or in his absence by some other member thereof.

Inquiry into alleged im

witnesses.

clothing, fuel,

etc.

Sec. 24. The board may make regulations in reFood, rations, gard to the food, rations, clothing and bedding of the convicts, as the health, well-being and circumstances of each may require; but all diet, rations, clothing, beds and bedding shall be plain, of good quality, and in sufficient quantity for the sustenance and comfort of the convicts. All articles of food, clothing, bedding, raw materials for manufacture, fuel and other articles