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Cases of pun-ishment to bereported.

Inspectors toregulate punish-ments, &c.

Physician andsurgeon to beappointed.

Duties.

Infirmary.

Removal toinfirmary.

Return.

Inspectors tomake rules forgoverning theinfirmary.

Discretionarypower in favourof the sick.

Separationand instructionof convicts un-der fourteen.

Religiousworship, and re-ligious and mo-ral instruction.

Admission ofvisitors.

Privileged

visitors.

Acts prohibit-ed to the keeper;assistant, &c.

Penalty.

Inspectors toprescribe rulesfor protection ofconvicts, &c.

TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 65. 1829.

ment in solitary cells, by diet on bread and water, by putting such con-vict in irons, or in the stocks; but all such punishments shall be regularlyreported to the visiting inspectors at the next weekly visitation, and to theboard of inspectors at their monthly meeting; and it shall be the dutyof the inspectors to adopt and enforce special rules and by-laws regulat-ing the times, measure, extent and mode of such punishments, in relationto the several offences against the discipline of the penitentiary, and toreport the same in their annual report to Congress, whenever they shallbe adopted, altered or repealed.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors shall appointone regularly practising physician, to be the physician and surgeon of thepenitentiary, whose duty it shall be to visit the penitentiary at such timesas may be prescribed by the inspectors, and to render all medical andsurgical aid which may be necessary. One apartment, or more, as maybe needed, shall be fitted up as an infirmary; and, in case of sickness ofany convict, he, or she, upon examination of the physician, shall, uponhis order, be removed to the infirmary, and the name of such convictshall be entered in a hospital book, to be kept for that purpose; andwhenever the physician shall report to the warden, that such convict is ina proper state to return to the ordinary employment of the prison, suchreport shall be duly entered in the same book, and the convict shall returnto the brdinary discipline of the penitentiary, so far as may be consistentwith his or her health and strength. Special rules for the order andgovernment of the infirmary, shall be made and enforced by the inspec-tors, and nothing in this act contained, shall be construed to forbid anysuch relaxation of the general discipline of the penitentiary, as may berequired for the sick.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors shall havepower, and it is hereby made their duty, to provide for the separate labourand instruction of any convict under the age of fourteen years, and tomake and enforce such rules and regulations therefor, as may, in theirjudgment, most conduce to the reformation and instruction of such youth-ful convicts; anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. Theyshall also have power, and it shall be their duty, to provide for all theconvicts the means of religious worship, and religious and moral instruc-tion, subject, however, to general rules, not inconsistent with the disci-pline heretofore prescribed.

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be permittedto visit the said penitentiary, without a written order from one or moreof the said inspectors, except the President of the United States , the sec-retaries of the several departments of the government, members of Con-gress and the judges of the courts of the United States .

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That, if any keeper, assistantkeeper, or other officer, or servant, employed in, or about, the said peni-tentiary, shall convey out of, or bring into, the penitentiary, to, or from,any convict confined there, any letter or writing, or shall bring into thesaid penitentiary, to sell or give away, any spirituous or vinous liquors, orany other thing whatsoever, without the consent, in writing, previouslyobtained, of the said inspectors, every such person, so offending, shall bedeemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be pun-ished by fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in thejail of the. county, for any time not exceeding one year.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors shall prescribe,and it shall be the duty of the warden rigidly to enforce such rules forthe government of the subordinate officers of the penitentiary, as mayprevent all tyrannical or violent behaviour to the convicts, or all conversa-tion between them and the convicts, or with each other, within theirhearing, except for necessary purposes, and may best preserve order,silence, sobriety, and gravity of deportment throughout the establishment.