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Maintenanceof cleanliness.
Economy en-joined.
Convicts to la-bour for UnitedStates .
Excess of ex-penditure to beexplained.
Salary of war-den and otherofficers.
Warden’s func-tions :
Keep accounts;
Make con-tracts ;
Let out labourof convicts;General super-intendence andresponsibility;
Monthly ac-count to inspec-tors ;
Quarterly ac-count to theSecretary of theTreasury.
Warden togive bond.
Limitation ofaction thereon.
and that the strictest obedience be paid thereto; they shall provide thatthe strictest attention be paid to preserve cleanliness, throughout thebuildings, kitchens, cells, bedding, and as far as may be, in the personsand clothing of the convicts; they shall appoint, and at their pleasureremove such keepers, and other inferior officers and servants, as may berequired for the service and government of the penitentiary; they shall,from time to time, inspect the accounts of the penitentiary, and shall seethat the affairs thereof are conducted with economy and integrity; theyshall, in the month of January, in every year,report to Congress a detailedaccount of the expenses, and income of the penitentiary, the number ofconvicts received, discharged, or deceased, during the year, the rules andby-laws passed, altered, or repealed, within such year, and such othermatters relating to the discipline and management of the prison, as maybe proper to make known its state and condition; and it shall be theirduty so to manage the affairs of the penitentiary, if it be possible, thatthe proceeds of the labour of the said convicts shall pay all the expensesof the said penitentiary and more: But nothing herein contained shallprevent the said inspectors from employing the said convicts in labourfor the United States . And, if the said penitentiary shall fail to supportitself, it shall be the duty of the said inspectors to state, in their annualreport to Congress , what they suppose to be the reason of such failure.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the warden shall receive asalary of twelve hundred dollars a year. The other officers and servantsof the penitentiary shall receive such annual or monthly pay as the inspec-tors shall direct.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of thewarden to keep accurate accounts of all materials bought or furnished forthe use or labour of the convicts, and,also, of the proceeds of their labour;he shall make all contracts and purchases for the supplies necessary forthe penitentiary: he shall have power to let out the labour of the convictsby contract, subject, always, however, to the rules and discipline of thepenitentiary; he shall, under the superintendence and inspection of theinspectors, oversee and manage all the affairs of the penitentiary, and shallbe responsible for the due enforcement of its rules, by-laws, and disci-pline; he shall make out and deliver to the inspectors, at each of theirmonthly meetings, an account of all moneys received and expended byhim on account of the penitentiary, during the preceding month, speci-fying from whom received, and to whom paid, and for what; which ac-count shall be sworn to by the warden, and carefully filed and preservedamong the papers of the board of inspectors. He shall, also, on the firstMonday of January, April, July, and October, in each year, make outand exhibit to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department ,an account of all moneys received and paid on account of the peniten-tiary, for the last three months, specifying from whom received, to whompaid, and for what, and shall settle the same with the said department.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the warden, before he entersupon the duties of his office, shall give bond to the United States , withsufficient security, to be approved by the inspectors of the penitentiary,in such sum as they shall direct, conditioned that he will faithfully per-form the duties of his office, and truly account for all goods, money, orother articles belonging to the United States , or to individuals, whichmay, in the discharge of the duties and trusts of his office, come into hiscustody, and pay or deliver the same over to the United States , or suchpersons as may be legally entitled thereto, whenever he shall be lawfullyrequired; which bond may be sued in the name of the United States ,for the use of the United States , or any individual, who may have aclaim thereon, as often as the said condition may be broken ; providedsuch suit shall be brought against the security within six years of thetime when the cause of action accrued.