SEC. 16. (b)

made by Inspect

of State annu

(6174.) SEC. 17. It shall be the duty of the inspectors of the Report to be prison to make out and transmit to the Secretary of State, on ors to Secretary or before the first day of January in each year, a full state-ally. ment of the monthly reports of the agent, verified by his oath; also a full statement of the number of convicts received into the prison, and from what county received, and for what crimes convicted; the number discharged, died, escaped and pardoned, and the general health of the convicts; also a statement of the money expended in the support and maintenance of the prisoners, and the wages of the guard, and of all moneys received for articles sold, and for the labor of the convicts, and generally of all the proceedings during the year.

be Agent, etc.

(6175.) SEC. 18. No inspector of the State prison shall be No Inspector to agent thereof, or be concerned in the business of such agency, or hold any other appointment or place connected with the prison.

cers and Agents

(6176.) SEC. 19. There shall be paid to the officers of the Sa laries of offiprison the following annual salaries, to be paid quarterly, at of State Prison. the office of the prison, to wit: to the agent, one thousand dollars; to the deputy keeper, six hundred dollars; to the clerk, six hundred dollars, and to the assistant keepers, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars each, as the inspectors shall deem just and reasonable; to the chaplain, five hundred dollars, and to the physician such sum as the inspectors shall allow. (c)

books for con

(6177.) SEC. 20. It shall be the duty of the inspectors to Purchase of appropriate annually out of the avails of the prisoners' labor, victs; Librarian. and fees received from visitors, the sum of one hundred dollars in the purchase of books for said prison, for the use of said convicts. The chaplain shall be librarian, he shall have charge of the library, and of the distribution and management of the books. (d)

(6178.) SEC. 21. The inspectors shall from time to time Prison Guards. employ, arm and furnish such guards as the preservation of discipline and safe keeping of the prisoners may require, who shall be under the direction and control of the agent of the prison.

(b) Repealed by Act 196 of 1848, p. 275.

(e) As Amended by "An Act to Amend Sections Nineteen and Twenty-Two, of Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Two of the Revised Statutes of Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Six." Approved February, 1855. Laws of 1855, p 194.

(d) As Amended by Act 196 of 1848, p. 275.

Compensation of
Inspectors.

(6179.) SEC. 22. The inspectors shall be allowed for their services respectively, three dollars for each and every day actually and necessarily occupied in inspecting the prison and inquiring into the management thereof, not to exceed thirty days in each year, and they shall also be allowed the same Traveling fees. amount of traveling fees as are allowed by law to members of the Board of Supervisors, to be audited by the Auditor General, and to be paid on his warrant out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. (e)

Agent and Clerk to give Bond.

Oaths of officers and filing thereof.

Duties of Agent.

(6180.) SEC. 23. The agent and clerk shall each, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, execute to the People of this State, their bonds, with two or more sufficient sureties; the agent in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, and the clerk in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties according to law; said bonds to be approved by the inspectors, and filed in the office of the Auditor General.

(6181.) SEC. 24. The agent, clerk, deputy keeper, assistant keepers and guards, shall each, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed in the twelfth article of the Constitution, before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, and the same shall, as soon as convenient, be filed in the office of the Auditor General.

(6182.) SEC. 25. It shall be the duty of the agent, under the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Inspectors, for the direction and government of all the officers of the prison: 1. To attend constantly at the prison, except when performing some other duty connected with his office;

2. To exercise a general superintendence over the govern ment, discipline and police of the prison, and to superintend all the business concerns thereof;

3. To give necessary directions to the keepers, and to axamine whether they have been careful and vigilant in their respective duties;

4. To examine daily into the state of the prison, and the health, conduct and safe keeping of the prisoners;

5. To use every proper means to furnish employment to the prisoners most beneficial to the public, and best suited to their several capacities;

(e) As Amended by Act 90, of 1855. See Note to Section 19.

6. To superintend the manufacturing and mechanical business that may be carried on pursuant to law, within the prison; to receive the articles manufactured, and to sell and dispose of the same for the benefit of the State;

7. To take charge of the real and personal estate attached to the prison. (ƒ)

Prison to be con

of Agent.

(6183.) SEC. 26. All the transactions and dealings on account Transactions of of said prison, shall be conducted by and in the name of the ducted in name agent, who shall be capable in law of suing and being sued in all Courts and places, and in all matters concerning the said prison, by his name of office; and by that name he is hereby authorized to sue for and recover all sums of money, or any property, due from any person to any former agent of the said prison, or to the people of this State on account of said prison.

bor of convicts.

1842, p. 130.

(6184.) SEC. 27. Whenever the inspectors shall so direct, it Contracts for la shall be the duty of the agent to make contracts from time to time, for the labor of the convicts, and subject to such regulations as the inspectors shall prescribe. (g)

contracts.

(6185.) SEC. 28. The agent shall cause a notice to be pub- Notice of letting lished in the State paper and in a paper published at the village of Jackson, for at least three weeks previous to the day appointed for letting the labor of the convicts, which notice shall state that sealed proposals will be received for the labor of convicts; also stating the number of convicts to be let and the branch of business they are to be engaged in. All contracts made by the agent shall be reduced to writing and approved by the inspectors, or a majority of them, and one copy of every contract shall be filed in the prison office. (h)

be supplied with

(6186.) SEC. 29. The prisoners confined in the State prison, How prisoners to shall be supplied with provisions by contract, unless the provisions. inspectors shall otherwise direct, to be made by the agent under the direction of the inspectors, with such persons as may be willing to do it on the best terms, at a fixed price per day for each prisoner.

quantity to be

spectors.

(6187.) SEC. 30. The articles of food, and the quantities of Articles and the each kind, shall be prescribed by the inspectors and inserted prescribed by Inin the contract; and so many rations shall be delivered daily, or at such other times as may be agreed on, as there are convicts confined therein.

(f) (9) (h) As Amended by Act 196, of 1818, p. 275,

plies.

Notice for sup (6188.) SEC. 31. Before any contract for the supply of rations shall be made, a notice, stating the number of rations, and the quantity and quality of each part of the ration, and the time and place of receiving proposals for furnishing the same, shall be given by publication in two newspapers, one of which shall be a paper printed at Detroit, and the other a newspaper printed in the County of Jackson; and the contracts shall be made with those persons who offer the most advantageous proposals to the State, provided satisfactory security be offered, unless the inspectors shall deem it expedient to decline all the proposals, and advertise anew.

Hospital stores.

materials.

(6189.) SEC. 32. The necessary medicines and other hospital stores for the use of the prison, shall be purchased from time to time as may be necessary, by the agent of the prison, with the advice of the physician, and under the direction of the inspectors.

Purchase of raw (6190.) SEC. 33. The agent, under the direction of the inspectors, may also purchase such raw materials as may be necessary, to be manufactured in the prison, and to be paid for by such agent out of any money in his hands belonging to the State.

No officer to be interested.

Agent to make return monthly.

Agent to render

a ccount anually

(6191.) SEC. 34. No inspector, agent, or any other officer of the prison, shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, purchase or sale, for or on account of such prison, under the penalty of five hundred dollars.

SEC. 35. (i)

(6192.) SEC. 36. It shall be the duty of the agent to keep a regular and correct account of all moneys received by him from every source, by virtue of his office, including all moneys taken from convicts, or received as the proceeds of property taken from them, and of all sums paid by him, and the persons to whom, and the purposes for which the same were paid, and to make out and deliver to the inspectors monthly, on oath, a return of all moneys received and paid by him on account of the prison, during the preceding month, specifying from whom received, and to whom paid, and on what account, and stating also the balance in his hands at the time of rendering such account.

(6193.) SEC. 37. The agent shall, annually, on the last day to Auditor Gen- of November, in every year, close his account, and on or before the fifteenth day of December thereafter, shall render to the

eral.

(1) Repealed by Act 196, of 1848, p. 275.

Auditor General a full and true account of all moneys received by him on account of the prison, and of all moneys expended by him for the use thereof, with sufficient vouchers for the same, and also an inventory of the goods, materials and other property of the State on hand, exhibiting a complete detail of the transactions of the prison for the year.

count.

(6194.) SEC. 38. To the several returns, accounts and Affidavit to ac inventories required by the preceding section to be rendered, there shall be annexed an affidavit of the agent and clerk of the prison, stating that the same are true in every respect, to the best of their knowledge and belief.

(6195.) SEC. 39. It shall be the duty of the Auditor General Duty of Auditor. to examine and audit the accounts of the agent, and annually

to lay a statement thereof before the Legislature.

to Inspectors the

tions of Prison.

(6196.) SEC. 40. The agent shall, on or before the first day Agent to report of December, in every year, make and deliver to the inspectors annual transac of the prison, a report, exhibiting a complete and comprehensive view of the transactions of the prison during the preceding year, and stating the number of convicts confined therein; the various kinds of business in which they are employed; the number employed in each branch, and the profits, if any, arising to the State therefrom.

ceive no perqui

(6197.) SEC. 41. The agent, keeper, and other officers, and Officers to rethe guards of the prison, shall not receive any prequisites or sites except, etc. emoluments for their services, other than the compensation allowed by law, except that the agent shall keep his office, and reside with his family at the prison, and shall be furnished with fuel and lights from the stock provided for the use of the prison, and from the said stock, shall furnish fuel and lights for the barracks of the guards; and the deputy keeper shall be furnished with the house now occupied by the deputy keeper, free of rent.

annually to Sec

(6198.) SEC. 42. It shall be the duty of the agent, annually, Agent to report on or before the first day of December, to report to the Secre- retary of State. tary of State, the names of the convicts pardoned or discharged during the preceding year from the prison; the counties in which they were tried; the crimes for which they were convicted; the terms for which they were severally committed; the ages and description of their persons; and in cases of pardons, the term unexpired for which they were severally entenced; when such pardons were granted, and the terms, if ny, upon which they were granted.