To do writing required.

Duty.

To perform religious servi

To visit inmates.

To furnish bible, prayer books,

Third, To do all such writing as may be required of him by the managers and warden relating to the affairs of the institution.

CHAPLAIN.

SEC. 31. It shall be the duty of the chaplain of said house of correction:

First, To perform religious services in the institution, under such regulations as the managers may prescribe, and to attend to the spiritual wants of the inmates;

Second, To visit the inmates in their cells for the purpose of giving them moral and religious instruction;

Third, To furnish with the approval of the warden at the etc., to inmates. expense of the State, a bible of such version as the inmate may choose, and a prayer book of such kind as the inmate may choose, and such other reading matter as the managers may direct.

Charge of library.
Visit sick.

Annual report.

To conduct

Fourth, To take charge of the library;

Fifth, To visit daily the sick in the hospital;

Sixth, To make annual report to the managers for each year, ending the 30th day of September, relative to the religions and moral conduct of the inmates during such year; stating therein what services he has performed, and the results of his instruction, together with any other facts relative to said inmates which he may deem proper to report;

Seventh, To conduct funeral services at the burial of each funeral services. inmate who shall die in the institution, and the warden shall as soon as practicable, after the death of an inmate, fix a time for such service, and immediately notify the chaplain, that he may be prepared to officiate thereat.

Appointment

and duties.

Duty.

Attend sick.

Examine cells.

TEACHER.

SEC. 32. The warden, with the approval of the managers may, when it becomes necessary, appoint a teacher, whose duty it shall be to aid the chaplain, under the authority of the warden, to instruct the inmates or such classes of them as the managers shall direct, in such branches of English education as the managers shall designate, and to such extent as to frequency of lessons, and time spent thereon, as the said managers shall require. And it shall be the duty of the chaplain by the 30th day of September in each year, to make a report to the managers of the extent of his labors, their apparent results, and with such suggestions as he shall deem important.

PHYSICIAN.

SFC. 33. It shall be the duty of the physician of the institution: First, To attend at all times to the wants of the sick inmates, whether in the hospitals or in their cells, and to bestow upon them all necessary medical service;

Second, In company with the hall master, to examine weekly the cells of the inmates, ascertain their state of cleanliness and ventilation, point out any defects in these particulars to the warden, and report in writing their condition monthly to the managers, or oftener if he deem necessary;

Third, To prescribe the diet of sick inmates, and his directions in Diet of sick relation thereto shall be strictly followed, and to be present and inmates, etc. superintend all corporeal punishments which may be inflicted in the

institution;

admission to

Fourth, To keep a daily record of all admissions to the hospital, Daily record of the disease for which admitted, and of cases treated in the cells or hospitals. elsewhere, giving color, nativity, age, occupation, habits of life, crime, period of entrance and discharge from the hospital;

Fifth, To make a yearly report to the managers of the sanitary Yearly report. condition of the institution during the year, which report also shall contain a condensed statement of his daily record.

Sixth, To make all such other reports as the managers may from Reports required time to time require.

by managers.

inmates claiming

SEC. 34. The physician shall be a keeper, and it shall be his Examination of duty to examine inmates claiming to be unable to labor by means to be unable to of sickness or otherwise; and if in his opinion such inmate is labor. thereby unable to labor, he shall certify the same immediately to the warden, and such inmate shall be relieved from labor and admitted to the hospital, or placed in his cell or elsewhere, for medical treatment, as said physician shall direct, having due regard for the safe keeping of said inmate; and he 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 inmate is sufficiently recovered, said person shall be required to labor, but not before.

how purchased.

SEC. 35. The necessary medicines and other hospital stores for Hospital stores, the use of the institution shall be purchased from time to time by the warden of the institution, with the advice of the physician and the direction of the managers.

SALARIES.

SEC. 36. There shall be paid monthly, at the office of the House To be paid of Correction, to the officers thereof, the following annual salaries, monthly.

to wit:

allowed to re

etc.

boarding officers

To the warden, fifteen hundred dollars. The warden shall, in Warden. addition to his salary, be allowed the use of such apartments as the managers shall provide; also fuel, lights, and provisions for his family, from stock provided for the institution. And no other officers not officer or other person employed in or about the institution shall be ceive perquisites, be permitted to receive in any way perquisites, emoluments, or supplies, other than the compensation allowed by law. The managers Regulations for shall make all necessary regulations for the officers and employés in institution. being messed and boarded in the institution, at a price to be charged them, not less than the cost thereof, and for that purpose shall furnish lodging rooms, furnished in a plain and substantial manner, and supply provisions from the House of Correction stock, which shall be prepared and cooked by the labor of the inmates, and served at such time and at such place as the managers shall direct, under the authority of the warden. To the deputy warden, Deputy warden. one thousand dollars; to the treasurer, a sum not exceeding five Treasurer and hundred dollars; to the clerk, one thousand dollars; to each of

clerk.

Keepers and

physician. Chaplain.

Teachers and employes.

Hours of employ

ment.

May be visited by religious teachers.

To be kept singly in cells.

Discipline.

Proviso.

Attempt to

to officers, etc.

the keepers, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars; to the physician, not exceeding six hundred dollars; to the chaplain. not exceeding one thousand dollars; to the teacher, and other employés of the institution shall be paid monthly such compensation as the managers shall deem just, and shall direct.

INMATES.

SEC. 37. All inmates in the House of Correction, except such as are confined in solitude for misconduct in the institution, shall be kept constantly employed at hard labor at an average of not to exceed ten hours per day, Sundays excepted, unless incapable of labor by reason of sickness or infirmity; and such inmates may at all times, except when employed at labor under the rules adopted by the managers, be visited by any religious teacher or pastor of their own choice or religious belief, subject to such reasonable general rules and regulations, applying to all alike, as may be adopted by the managers.

SEC. 38. Whenever there shall be a sufficient number of cells in the institution, it shall be the duty of the warden to keep each inmate singly in a cell at night, and also during the day-time when unemployed, if he shall find it necessary.

SEC. 39. The keepers shall preserve proper discipline among the inmates under their charge, and the warden or deputy warden may punish inmates for misconduct under such regulations as shall be adopted by the board of managers: Provided, That no punishment by showering with cold water, or whipping with the lash on the bare body, nor any other brutal or inhuman punishment, shall be allowed. The warden or deputy warden shall, as soon as the next day after inflicting punishment, enter in a book to be kept for that purpose a record thereof, signed by him, stating the offense and the kind and the extent of the punishment inflicted.

SEC. 40. When convicts, combined or singly, shall offer violence escape, violence to any officer or guard of the prison, or to any other convict or person, or do or attempt to do any injury to the building or any appurtenances thereof, or attempt to escape, or resist or disobey any reasonable command, the officers of the prison shall use all suitable means to defend themselves, to enforce discipline, to secure the offenders, and prevent such attempt to escape.

Use or sale of

ited.

SEC. 41. No spirituous or fermented liquor shall be sold or given liquors prohib- to inmates in the House of Correction, or bought [brought] or harbored on the land granted to the State for the use of the institution, and no such liquors shall be used by any convict, employé, or any other person in the prison, unless he is sick, and then only as directed by the physician of the institution: And it is further provided, That no sheriff or other person shall sell to or furnish any person under sentence, whom he may have in charge to convey to the House of Correction, any spirituous or fermented liquors.

Proviso.

Of officers.

UNIFORM.

SEC. 42. Each officer of the prison shall wear such uniform to indicate his position as the managers shall direct.

GOOD CONDUCT.

lish scale of deb

SEC. 43. The board of managers shall establish a scale of debits Board to estab and credits for misconduct or good conduct, which shall be a part its and credits. of the rules and discipline of the reformatory, and in a book kept for that purpose shall cause to be entered up at the end of each month the total credits to which each inmate may be entitled, which the warden shall cause to be announced on the first day of each month, by card or otherwise, to each inmate.

fractions kept by

sentence.

SEC. 44. The warden shall keep a record of each and all infrac- Record of intions of rules of discipline by inmates, with the names of the warden. persons offending, and the date and character of each offense, which record shall be placed before the managers at each regular meeting of the board, and every inmate who shall have no infrac- Deductions from tion of the rules or laws of the State recorded against him shall be entitled to a deduction for each year of his sentence, and pro rata for each part of a year, when the sentence is for more or less than one year, as follows: From and including the first year up to the third year, a deduction of two months for each year; from and including the third year up to the fifth, a deduction [reduction] of seventy-five days for each year; from and including the fifth up to the seventh year, a deduction of three months for each year; from and including the seventh year up to the tenth year, a deduction of one hundred and five days for each year; from and including the tenth year up to the fifteenth year, a deduction of four months for each year; from and including the fifteenth year up to the twentieth year, a deduction of five months for each year. For every Forfeiture of violation of rules and discipline, or want of fidelity and care in the performance of work, the inmate shall forfeit all gained time and earnings for the month in which the delinquency occurs; but according to the aggravating nature or frequency of his offense, the board of managers may deduct a portion or all of his previously saved time and money, or either of them. And if an inmate shall pass the entire period of his sentence without any violation of the rules, he shall be entitled to a certificate thereof by the warden. If any inmate is prevented from labor by sickness or infirmity, as Allowance in certified by the physician, and his conduct has been good, he shall be entitled to a deduction of two and a half days each month from his sentence. If any inmate is unable to earn anything by reason of sickness or infirinity during his confinement, and his conduct has 'been good, the board may allow him a sum not exceeding fifteen dollars on the expiration of his sentence.

CONTRACTS.

gained time.

case inmate is sick.

SEC. 45. Whenever the managers shall direct a contract to be Manner of makmade for letting and hiring the labor of the inmates, it shall be ing contracts. the duty of the warden, under the direction of the managers, to

make such contracts in the following manner:

for sealed pro

First, He shall cause to be printed in one daily or weekly paper, Advertisementpublished at Ionia, and one daily paper published in the city of posals. Detroit, and one daily paper published in the city of Grand Rapids,

Designation of articles to be manufactured.

What bids shall specify.

Bond to accompany bid.

Opening and award on bids.

In case bids not in accordance

House of Correction.

for at least three successive weeks previous to the time of letting the labor of the inmates, an advertisement stating that sealed proposals will be received therefor, and specifying the number of persons whose labor is to be let, the length of time, which shall not exceed ten years, and the last day on which bids will be received; Second, The managers may, in their discretion, designate what articles or class of articles shall be manufactured;

Third, Each bid shall specify each article to be manufactured, and the number of square feet of shop-room that will be required; Fourth, Each bid shall be accompanied by a bond with sufficient sureties approved by the managers, and for such sum as they shall direct, conditioned that in case the bid is accepted by the warden. the bidder will, on entering into a contract, execute a bond, with two or more sureties, in a sum satisfactory to the managers, for the faithful performance of such contract on his part, and no bid or proposal shall be received otherwise;

Fifth, The bids shall be opened by the warden in presence of the managers at their next meeting after the last day specified for receiving bids, and the contract shall be awarded to the highest bidder, if the bid in the judgment of the managers shall be a fair and reasonable price for the labor;

Sixth, If the bids made in pursuance of the advertisement, as with interests of provided for above, are not in accordance with the best interests of the House of Correction, and of the State, in the judgment of the managers, the warden may decline to close the contract, and proceed again in the same manner, under the direction of the managers, to advertise the letting of contracts until the same shall be successful;

Contracts to be in writing approved by managers.

Reservations to be inserted in contract.

Lien of State on

Seventh, The contracts made by the warden shall be in writing and approved by the managers, or a majority of them, and one copy shall be filed in his office, and executed by the warden when the bond given for the performance of its conditions shall have been approved by the managers;

Eighth, There shall be inserted in every contract, that the State shall retain the right of control over the inmates, through its officers, and reserves the right to govern the inmates, and to change the disciplinary rules, and to forbid any work or manner of doing the same that is injurious to health, or dangerous to the persons of the inmates. And the managers shall also reserve so much of the time of the inmates as they may deem proper for imparting instruction. And the warden, under the direction of the managers, may exclude from the premises of the House of Correction any contractor, his agent, or employé, who may be guilty of a violation of the rules of the institution;

Ninth, The said contracts shall also provide that the State shall machinery, etc. have a lien upon the machinery, stock, and tools of the contractors, who are or may be within the workshop or yard of the institution, for all moneys due or to become due for labor, and authorizing the warden at any time after such moneys become due to detain such property, and to advertise and sell the same, by giving at least four