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SEC. 9. The warden of the state prison shall be purveyor of supplies for the county jail in the county of Providence, as well as for said prison. He shall be supplied with fuel, oil and board for himself and family, out of the supplies furnished for said establishments. Under the advice of the board of inspectors, he shall purchase the raw materials to be manufactured by the convicts under his care, and shall make sale of all articles manufactured.

SEC. 10. He shall keep a correct account of all receipts and expenditures; and at the October session of the general assembly shall present such account, together with an account of stock on hand, after the same shall have been examined and certified by the inspectors to be correct. He shall also at the same time present a written report which shall contain the number of persons in confinement, the sex, age, place of nativity, time of commitment, crime and term of imprisonment; noting also what convicts have left the prison during the preceding year, and under what circumstances.

SEC. 11. He shall not receive from any one confined in the state prison, nor from any one in behalf of any such prisoner, any gift or reward, or the promise of any, for any services or supplies, or as a gratuity, under the penalty of five hundred dollars.

SEC. 12. The warden of the state prison shall ex-officio be the keeper of the jail in the county of Providence; his compensation as warden shall be in full for all his services as keeper of said county jail.

SEC. 13. All fees that may accrue to the keeper of the jail shall be credited to the state in his account of credits and disbursements, and also the amount of money received for board of persons committed to his charge.

SEC. 14. The keeper of the jail in the county of Providence shall receive and safely keep in said jail, all such prisoners as may temporarily be committed to his keeping while being transferred from one county to another, under charge and in the custody of any of the officers of this state; and of all prisoners in custody of any officer of another state, while passing through this state. The officer having charge of such prisoners shall certify their commitment and discharge on the books of the said jail, and the warrant of such officer left with the jailer during such prisoners detention shall be a sufficient protection to him therefor.

SEC. 15. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of warden of the state prison, by death or resignation, or removal, the inspectors shall immediately give notice thereof to

the sheriff of the county of Providence, and proceed as early as possible to the election of another warden; and in the interim, and until the bond of the warden is executed as by law required, the said sheriff of the county of Providence shall ex officio be the warden of the state prison and the keeper of the jail in the county of Providence; and shall be entitled to receive such compensation as by law belongs to said office.

SEC. 16. One underkeeper shall every day visit the cell of each prisoner, shall see that his meals are regularly delivered, that he is diligent at his work, and that his cell and all its contents are in good order; all deficiences in any respect he shall report in writing to the warden, and to the inspectors also when required.

SEC. 17. No underkeeper shall absent himself from the prison without the leave of the warden; nor shall any one receive from any convict confined in the state prison, nor from any one in his behalf, any reward, or gift, or promise of any, either for services or supplies, or as a gratuity, under the penalty of imprisonment for thirty days. He shall also be immediately dismissed, and shall not afterward be employed in said prison.

SEC. 18. The compensation for underkeepers shall be fixed by the board of inspectors.

SEC. 19. The underkeepers shall have no conversation with the convicts other than is necessary for understanding and supplying their wants, and enforcing industry and obedience to the rules of the prison.

SEC. 20. The physician shall visit each convict in the prison once in every week, and oftener if need be. All directions given by him in relation to medicine, diet, clothing, cleanliness and exercise of the sick, so far as not inconsistent with law or the rules of the prison, or the safe custody of the convicts, shall be strictly attended to by the warden; such directions shall be in writing, and entered on his journal.

SEC. 21. He shall examine each convict on his first visit to him, as to the state of the health, both of his body and mind, his habits and mode of life, and make a memorandum thereof in his journal.

SEC. 22. The physician shall present to the general assembly at their October session in each year, a written report of his proceedings, and of the state of health of the prison for the year preceding.

SEC. 23. He shall also have the medical care of such of the prisoners in the jail in the county of Providence at the suit of the state as need medical aid; and for his services in

both establishments shall receive the annual compensation of one hundred dollars.

SEC. 24. No prisoner shall be dismissed from the state prison while laboring under dangerous disease, unless at his own request, although entitled to his discharge.

SEC. 25. Any person or persons licensed by the inspectors shall be allowed as free intercourse with the convicts, for the purpose of giving them moral and religious instruction, as is consistent with their safe custody.

SEC. 26. Public religious exercise may be held by such person in the corridor of said prison on Sundays; measures being taken to prevent the convicts during the same from holding any communication with any one which is not authorized by the rules of the prison.

SEC. 27. Every cell shall be furnished with a bible, and one hour each day shall be allowed each convict for the perusal of the same.

SEC. 28. The governor and lieutenant governor of the state, the speaker of the house of representatives, the secretary of state, the attorney general and the justices of the supreme court shall, ex-officio, be official visitors of the prison.

SEC. 29. No person not an official visitor shall be allowed to visit the prison without a written permit from one of the inspectors; nor shall any person other than an official visitor have any conversation or communication with any convict, except as provided for in the general rules established for the prison. This rule may be dispensed with in favor of any person visiting the prison from without the state, for the purposes of general information, by a written permit from two inspec

tors.

SEC. 30. No person shall deliver to or receive from any convict any letter or message whatever, not authorized by the rules and regulations adopted by the board of inspectors, or supply any convict with any article of any kind, under the penalty of one hundred dollars.

SEC. 31. Every convict imprisoned in the prison shall be clothed in the uniform of the prison immediately on his commitment. He shall be examined by the warden and other officers, and his name, height, apparent and alleged age, place of nativity, complexion, color of hair and eyes, length of foot, and trade or occupation, as near as may be ascertained, and entered in a book provided for that purpose, together with such natural and accidental marks as may serve as a means of identifying his person.

SEC. 32. All the effects on the person of the convict, as

well as his clothes shall be taken from him, an inventory of which shall be entered under the description of his person in his presence; after which he shall be conducted to the cell assigned him, informed of the rules of the prison, and set to labor as soon as conveniently may be. The effects and clothes of each convict shall be carefully kept by the warden and restored to him on his discharge, unless he shall desire to have the same sold by the warden; if so, he shall receive the proceeds thereof on his discharge.

SEC. 33. The uniform of the prison shall be determined by the inspectors. A change of linen shall be furnished each prisoner at least once a week.

SEC. 34. No convict shall receive any thing but the prison allowance, unless by order of the physician. When a convict shall be discharged, he shall receive his effects and clothes taken from him at his commitment, or the proceeds thereof, and shall also be paid four dollars by the warden, to be charged to expenses, whereby he can support himself until he can obtain employment.

SEC. 35. All breaches of this act shall be punished by indictment.

An Act directing the Keepers of Jails in this State to receive and safe keep all Prisoners committed under the authority of the United States.

Jailers and warden to receive prisoners committed under the authority of the United States.

Whereas by an act of the Congress of the United States at the session begun and holden on the fourth day of March, A. D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, it was "Resolved, that it be recommended to the several legislatures of the several states, to pass laws making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their jails to receive and safe keep therein, all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until they shall be discharged by due course of the laws thereof, under the like penalties as in case of prisoners committed under the authority of such states respectively; the United States to pay for the use and keeping of such jails, at the rate of fifty cents per month for each prisoner that shall, under their authority, be committed thereto, during the time

such prisoner shall therein be committed; and also to support such of said prisoners as shall be committed for offences:" In accordance with the above recommendation,

It is enacted by the General Assembly, as follows:

The keepers of the respective jails in the counties of Newport, Providence, Washington, Bristol and Kent, and the warden of the state prison, are hereby ordered and directed and it shall be expressly their duty to receive and safe keep therein, all prisoners committed or who shall be committed under the authority of the United States, until they shall be discharged by due course of the laws thereof, under the like penalties as in case of prisoners committed under the authority of this state, and upon the terms in the said resolve of Congress expressed.

An Act to protect the Officers of Justice of adjoining States in passing through this State in the execution of their duties.

Officers of justice of adjoining states protected while passing through this state in the discharge of their duties-penalty for obstructing, the same as for obstructing an officer of this state.

It is enacted by the General Assembly, as follows:

Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and other officers of the adjoining States, with their assistants, in the legal execution of any writ, warrant or other process issuing from and returnable to courts in their respective states, may and shall have full liberty, power and authority, to pass and repass, and also to convey such persons or things as they may legally have in their custody by virtue of any writ or warrant, in or by any of the roads or ways lying in or leading through any of the towns or lands of this state, in as full, free and ample manner as the officers of justice of this state do use and exercise in the discharge of their duty and office; and all persons that menace, threaten, obstruct, strike, insult or assault, or in any other manner abuse any such officer of the adjoining states, in such execution of his office, as he is passing through any of the lands or roads of this state, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as persons would by law be subject unto for insulting or otherwise abusing similar officers of justice of this state, in the due execution of their office.

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