APPENDIX. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES, FROM JUNE 1, 1883, TO JANUARY 8, 1883. 1884. May 4. By appropriation, per chapter 356, Laws 1883. $6,700 00 CONTRACTS. CLINTON PRISON. CLOTHING CONTRACT. New York Clothing Co. This agreement, made this 10th day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, between Isaiah Fuller, agent and warden of the Clinton prison, of the first part, and The New York State Clothing Company, a copartnership consisting of Henry W. Cane, William J. McCaffrey, George W. Cane and Abraham Cane, of the town of Plattsburgh, county of Clinton and State of New York, of the second part, witnesseth: That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the covenant hereinafter contained and specified to be kept and performed by the said parties of the second part, does hereby covenant and agree to hire and let unto the said parties of the second part for the term of five years from the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, the labor and services of four hundred and fifty convicts to be employed in the manufacture of clothing in the said prison, or in any other employment not prohibited by law which may be mutually agreed upon between the parties to this contract, provided, however, that such number shall at all times be at the disposal of the party of the first part, and for the services of such number as shall be so employed from day to day, the parties of the second part shall pay at the rate of thirty-five cents per day for each and every convict so employed. The said party of the first part further agrees to furnish the parties of the second part all the buildings for shop-room now on premises of said prison heretofore used by Carroll & Co., including all machinery, shafting, belting, pulleys, etc., belonging to the State in said buildings free of rent. The said party of the first part further agrees that the parties of the second part may employ a necessary number of citizens as clerks, foremen and instructors, to superintend the said business and oversee the labor of said convicts and said citizens so employed, together with the parties of the [Sen. Doc. No. 13.] 12 second part shall at all times, during prison hours, have ingress and egress to and from said shops and premises, each of them being at all times subject to the rules and regulations now existing, or which may hereafter exist, for the management and government of said prison. The said parties of the second part hereby covenant and agree, well and truly, to pay to the party of the first part, at his office in Clinton State Prison, on the first day of each and every month, for all the labor and services done and performed under this contract during the preceding month, and it is further agreed that if the said parties of the second part shall at any time neglect or refuse to make the monthly payments within ten days from the time they shall respectively fall due under this contract, then it shall be lawful for the said party of the first part to annul this contract and declare the same void. It is further agreed, by and between the said parties, that any debt which may be due or become due from the said parties of the second part upon this contract shall be a lien in favor of said prison upon the stock, goods, machinery and tools owned or used by the said parties of the second part in operating such contract upon the prison premises; such lien shall commence with and continue during the existence of said contract and until the claim or debt shall be satisfied and paid; and it shall be lawful for the said party of the first part, whenever any sum of money shall be due from the said parties of the second part, to proceed to satisfy such lien by a sale of the property covered by such lien, in the same manner as by a sale upon a chattel mortgage, in pursuance of section 1 of chapter 465 of the Laws of the State of New York, passed May 5, 1863. It is further stipulated and agreed that the parties of the second part shall, on or before the 1st day of June, 1883, deposit with the Comptroller of the State of New York the sum of $500, pursuant to section 2 chapter 465 of the Laws of the State of New York, passed May 5, 1863; such money to remain on deposit with said Comptroller as security of any indebtedness which may arise on said contract during the continuance thereof and until such debt shall be paid. It is further agreed that the party of the first part shall furnish a suitable number of keepers, whose duty it shall be to keep order, enforce discipline among the convicts and keep the time thereof, and to make no charge for time lost by convicts by reason of sickness, punishment, or any other cause not the fault of the said parties of the second part. It is further agreed that neither this contract, nor any interest therein, shall be assigned by the parties of the second part without the written permission of the party of the first part. It is further agreed by the said parties that if by reason of sickness in said prison, or from any other cause not within his control, the party of the first part shall be unable to furnish the full number of convicts herein before specified and agreed upon, that no claim for damages nor right of action shall accrue to said parties of the second part for any deficiency in said number in consequence thereof; and it is further agreed that the State shall not, in any event, be held responsible for any loss which may be sustained by fire by the said parties of the second part. It is further agreed that all claims for damages by reason of any violation of this contract on the part of the party of the first part shall be made in writing, stating fully the nature and extent of the damages claimed to have been sustained, and such claims shall be presented to the party of the first part, at his office in the said prison, within thirty days after the same shall have accrued, or shall be forever debarred from sustaining any action at law thereon. It is further agreed that the parties of the second part shall heat the buildings used by them as shops. Witness our hands and seals this 10th day of May, 1883. Witness: Agent and Warden, New York State Clothing Co., by ABRAM CANE. Articles of agreement entered into this first day of February, 1881, between Augustus A. Brush, agent and warden of Sing Sing State prison, of the first part, and Perry & Co., of the city of Albany, of the second part, witnesseth: Whereas, The said party of the first part is desirous of hiring to the said party of the second part the labor of nine hundred or more male prisoners now confined or to be confined in the New York State prison, located at the village of Sing Sing, in said State, for the manufacture of stoves, hollow-ware and other things appertaining to the same; now, Therefore, The said party of the first part, in consideration of the premises and of the provisions hereinafter to be recited, agrees to give to the said party of the second part, during the continuance of this agreement, and without charge for rent, the free and exclusive use of the buildings now in use and possession of the said party of the second part, except the building known as the hat shop, situated within the walls of said prison. Also, the steam engine, boiler and other machinery, tools, fixtures, shafting, belting, office furniture, etc., now contained in said build |