the prison for which such officer is appointed is situated. See Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 42. bond. $852. Each of the following officers of the state official prisons, before entering upon the duties of his office, must execute a bond to the people of this state, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the inspector in charge, in the penal sum mentioned below, for the faithful performance of his duties according to law: 1. Each warden must execute such a bond in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars; 2. The store keeper of the Sing Sing prison, and the kitchen keepers of Auburn and Clinton prisons must execute such a bond in the penal sum of six thousand dollars; 3. Each principal keeper must execute such a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars; 4. Each clerk must execute such a bond in the penal sum of four thousand dollars; 5. The matron of the female department of the Sing Sing prison, must execute such a bond in the penal sum of three thousand dollars; 6. The kitchen keeper of the Sing Sing prison, must execute such a bond in the penal sum of three thousand dollars. See Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 43; Ibid., § 56; S 853. The various bonds required by the last section must be filed in the office of the comptroller of this state. Bond where to be filed. S854. The annual salaries of the different officers, Salaries. teachers and guards at the various state prisons, are as follows: 1. That of each of the wardens, eighteen hundred dollars; 2. That of each of the principal keepers, twelve hundred dollars; 3. That of each of the clerks, twelve hundred dollars; 4. That of each of the physicians, twelve hundred dollars; 5. That of each of the chaplains, one thousand dollars; 6. That of each of the keepers whose salaries are not otherwise prescribed by this section, seven hundred and twenty dollars; 7. That of each of the instructors, one hundred and fifty dollars; 8. That of the guards at each prison, five hundred and fifty dollars; 9. That of the store keeper at the Sing Sing prison, one thousand dollars; 10. That of the kitchen keeper at the Sing Sing prison, one thousand dollars; 11. That of each of the kitchen keepers at the Auburn and Clinton prisons, one thousand dollars; 12. That of the matron at the female department of the Sing Sing prison, six hundred and sixty dollars; 13. That of each of the assistant matrons at the female department of the Sing Sing prison, five hundred and forty dollars; 14. That of the instructress at the female department of the Sing Sing prison, one hundred and fifty dollars. The commissioners have intended to continue the rates of compensation prescribed by the existing law, and are not to be understood as making any recommendation upon the subject. All questions as to the proper amount of the various salaries are proper to be left to the consideration of the legislature at the time when the Code shall come before them for examination. The above salaries correspond with those prescribed by Laws of 1864, ch. 300. All are, however, reduced to annual rates; and the phraseology and arrangement of the statute of 1864, is also modified, to harmonize it more perfectly with the other parts of the Code. The previous laws on the subject of salaries of prison officers, are chiefly Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 66; Laws of 1849, ch. 141, § 6; and Laws of 1862, ch. 403, § 2. S855. The salaries of the officers and guards of the How paid. state prisons are payable monthly at the end of each month. The warden of each prison must pay the salaries of the officers and guards at his prison out of the funds thereof. See Laws of 1847, ch. 460, §§ 66, 67. S856. The comptroller is hereby authorized to audit and allow, from time to time, all necessary traveling expenses and subsistence of the warden of each state prison, when necessarily traveling on official business, or when the attendance of such warden is required at the seat of government; the necessity of such travel and attendance to be decided by the comptroller, and the accounts when audited to be paid by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 68. support S857. The wardens and other officers, and the officers to guards of the respective prisons must support them- themselves. selves from their own salaries and resources, and shall not receive any perquisites or emoluments for their services other than the compensation provided in this chapter, except that the wardens, physicians and chaplains shall keep their offices at the respective prisons, and that the warden shall reside therein and they shall all be furnished with the fuel for their offices, and those who are required to reside in the prison, for themselves and families, from the stock provided for the use of the state; and from the same stock the warden shall furnish fuel for the barracks of the guards. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 69. S858. No warden or other officer of either of the state prisons of this state shall give any note, draft Official reports must be verified. Time of making reports. Officers not to be interested in contracts. or other evidence of debt, except a check on the bank selected as the depository of the prison funds, as prescribed by section 874, and such drafts as are authorized by law, in payment for any article purchased for either of the prisons, and signed by him or them individually or in their official capacity; nor shall any such warden, or other officer, sign any paper as warded for the purpose or with the intent of putting or having the same put in circulation for any purpose whatever, nor give any credit to any contractor for money due to any of the prisons. Laws of 1854, ch. 240, § 11. $859. Every officer of a prison who is required by law to make any report or render any statement of account in writing, for which no particular form of attestation or verification is prescribed by law, must verify every such report or account by his affidavit that the same is just and true. Suggested as a substitute for Laws of 1855, ch. 552, §8, which is as follows: "All officers of either of the prisons, who, under any section of this act, or of any act of which this is amendatory, whose duty it is to report annually, quarterly or monthly to the governor, secretary of state, comptroller, inspector or inspectors of state prisons, or to the agent and warden of either of the prisons, will hereafter be required to attest the same by his or her affidavit that such report is just and true." S860. All reports required by law to be made annually to the inspectors of state prisons, or to the secretary of state, by any officer of the prisons must be made up to and including the thirtieth day of September of each year, and must be delivered on or before the first day of December in each year. Laws of 1857, ch. 94, § 3. S861. No inspector or officer employed at either of the prisons shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, purchase or sale for, by or on account of such prison, nor shall any inspector, officer, keeper or guard, or other person employed at such prison, accept any present from any contractor or contractor's agent, either directly or indirectly, nor shall any person whatever, convey into either of the prisons of this state, any article for the use of the convicts prohibited by the rules of the inspectors or by the laws of the state. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 83, as amended Laws of 1855, ch. 552, § 10. The clause "any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as such," found at the end of the original section, is omitted as unnecessary in view of the provisions of sections 215 and 216 of this Code. CHAPTER IV. THE WARDENS. SECTION 862. Warden must reside at the prisou. 864. May make contracts. 865. Must superintend manufactures, &c. 866. Must purchase requisite materials. 867. Must take bills and affidavits of all purchases made for the prison. 868. Must collect debts due the prison. 869. Must take charge of moneys and effects of convicts. 870. Must provide discharged convicts with certain sums of money. 871. May draw money from the treasury. 872. May draw money from the literature fund. 873. Must furnish bibles and hymn books. 874. Must deposit moneys received, in bank. 875. Must keep regular accounts. 876. Must report estimates in advance of incurring expenses. 877. Must render account to the inspectors. 878. Must make monthly report to the comptroller of receipts and expenditures. 879. Must file copies of contracts. 880. Must advertise useless property for sale. 881. Must pay sheriff for transporting convicts. 882. Must superintend the prisons. 883. Must keep a time book. 884. Must instruct the keepers. 885. Must daily examine the prison. 886. Must make rules for the subordinate officers. 887. Must keep a daily journal. 888. May suspend subordinate officers. |