of the state, and his successors in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and shall take an oath for the like faithful discharge of the same, and shall be subject to be removed at the pleasure of said directors.

sician, and assist

SECT. 4. The directors shall appoint some proper person to be 1831. 1835. chaplain of said prison; also, some proper person to be physician, of chaplain, phywho shall hold their offices respectively during the pleasure of the ants, &c. directors, shall be subject to the by-laws, and shall receive such compensation from the prison funds as shall be fixed by the directors. The directors shall also appoint, on the nomination of the warden, all the subordinate officers of said prison; which officers, so appointed, may be removed at the pleasure of the warden, and not otherwise; and no officer, or assistant, shall enter upon his duties until he shall have received such appointment, in writing, signed by the directors, and shall have taken, before one or more of the directors, an oath for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which oath may be administered by either of the directors.

1856. ties of the direct-

SECT. 5. The directors shall make such rules, and by-laws, from time to time, as they may deem necessary for the government of Powers and du said prison, and of the persons committed thereto; may prescribe ors. the manner in which the prisoners committed to said prison shall be employed, and shall collectively attend twice in each quarter at the said prison, and at each regular quarterly meeting, shall audit and examine the accounts of the warden for the preceding quarter, and see that the same are correctly kept, and balanced; and the directors shall, at every meeting, examine into the state of the prison, and the condition of the prisoners, and shall, at all times, have full and free access to said prison, and to every part thereof, and to the prisoners committed therein, and to all the accounts of the warden thereof, without hindrance or delay, and shall make a report, annually, to the general assembly, of the progress, and condition of said prison, and make such suggestions therein, as to the amendment of the criminal laws, and the laws relating to said prison, as may seein to them necessary and proper, which report shall be published, and a copy thereof transmitted to the secretary of state of each of the United States.

ants.

SECT. 6. The warden shall have the entire control and manage- 1827. ment of said prison, subject to the rules and by-laws which may be Power, duty, and responsibility of: made from time to time by the directors, and shall be responsible for the warden. the manner in which said prison is conducted; and he shall obey, at all times, the written orders of the directors regarding said prison. The warden, in guarding said prisoners and keeping them at hard Warden's assistlabor, shall be assisted by a number of officers and men, not exceed-' ing ten, to be nominated by him, and approved by the directors, which officers and men shall, before entering upon the duties of their trust, take an oath for the faithful discharge of the same; and the warden shall nominate an overseer of each department of business carried on in said prison, who shall keep a distinct and correct account of the business and expenses of his department, and render the same to the warden, when required, which overseer shall be subject to be removed at the pleasure of the warden.

The warden shall keep, in said prison, all such persons as shall be Warden to keep sent thereto by warrant from lawful authority, employed in such prisoners employed, &c. labor as they shall be capable of doing, and as shall be ordered by the directors, for such time as they shall be sentenced to remain

1862.

keep a record of

&c., and of the

oners.

therein; and in case they are stubborn or disorderly, or do not well and faithfully perform their task, as they shall be reasonably required, or shall not submit to the rules and orders established for the government of said prison, may confine them at their labor, or punish them by putting fetters and shackles on them, and by moderate whipping, not exceeding ten stripes for any one offense, or by confinement in dark and solitary cells.

The warden shall keep a record, in such manner and form as the Wardon shall directors shall prescribe, of the punishment inflicted upon each pristhe punishment, oner, showing the mode and degree of punishment, and the offense conduct of pris for which such punishment was inflicted; and he shall keep a like record of the conduct of each prisoner; and for each month, in which a prisoner appears, by such record, to have observed all the rules and requirements of the prison, and not to have been subjected to punishment, three days shall, with the consent of the directors, be deducted from the term of the sentence of such prisoner; and for each month, that it shall appear, from such record, that the conduct of a prisoner has been positively good, such prisoner having rendered a prompt and cheerful obedience to the rules and requirements of the prison, five days shall be deducted from the term of the sentence of such prisoner.

1863.

May employ the

The warden may, with the advice and consent of the directors, prisoners outside employ the prisoners, not exceeding ten at any one time, and put the prison walls. them to work, outside the prison walls, within a circuit of one and a half miles thereof, and they shall be under the direction and charge of some proper officer of the prison.

1827.

prisoners.

The warden shall provide for said prisoners necessary and suitable To provide food, food and clothing, and also such tools, implements, and materials, as shall be proper for employing such prisoners at work, and shall also provide for the relief of any sick or weak prisoner, and shall be paid for the same out of the earnings of said prisoners, if the same are sufficient, and if not, out of the treasury of the state.

1827.

1856.

The warden shall superintend the labor and conduct of the prisTo superintend oners, and act as the general agent of said prison, as to the purchases the prisoners, and the business and sales therefor, and shall conduct the business of said prison on of the prison, &c., cash estimates only, and not in the forms of barter, and shall cause

and render ac

count, &c.

his accounts, in the capacity of warden, to be accurately and systematically kept, in such manner as the directors shall prescribe; and shall render to the directors quarterly accounts of his purchases, expenditures, sales, and receipts, on account of said prison, and of the business thereof, when the directors shall meet at said prison, pursuant to the provisions of the fifth section of this act, to audit and examine the same; and then, at all times, said warden shall, when requested, communicate to said directors any information within his knowledge, respecting the concerns and business of said prison; and the warden shall, annually, in the month of May, settle and adjust the accounts kept by him as aforesaid, with the comptroller of public accounts, or with such other person or persons as the general assembly may appoint for that purpose, and oftener, if he shall be thereto required; and the warden, in his own name, as warden, may institute, and prosecute to final judgment, any suit necessary for the recovery of any debt or claim which may be due and accruing to him, on any contract made by him, in relation to the concerns of said prison.

SECT. 7. The warden shall make such regulations for the government and punishment of the guard and overseers of said prison, as

Warden may

of guard and

spectators.

he shall judge proper; but no punishment shall be inflicted on any 1827. of them, by force of such regulations, except a fine to an amount make rules for not exceeding three months wages, and the loss of their clothing the punishment supplied by the state; and he shall also make such regulations as the overseers, and for case may require, relative to spectators and others who may be ad- the admission of mitted within, or shall be found lurking without, the prison yard, and enforce such regulations, by apprehending the offenders, and placing them under guard, or turning them out of said yard, and excluding them from the environs of the prison; and in case of obstinacy, or apparent design of assisting the prisoners to escape, by confining them in any suitable apartment of the prison, except the cells, until they can be otherwise disposed of according to law; but no person shall be confined by virtue of such regulations, for a longer period than twenty-four hours.

1881.

SECT. 8. The chaplain shall devote his whole time to the religious. instruction and moral improvement of the prisoners, and suitable Duty of chaplain. apartments shall be provided for the introduction of a system of sabbath school instruction, to be conducted under the superintendence of the warden and chaplain, in such manner as may be prescribed in the by-laws.

Provisions relat

ers detained for

SECT. 9. If any prisoner shall be detained in prison, solely on 1827. account of the costs of prosecution, and in the opinion of the di- ing to the disrectors, shall be unable to pay said costs, and it shall appear to said charge of prisondirectors that he has conducted well during the period of his con- costs, finement, or that he is unable to labor, the warden of said prison may accept the note of such prisoner, for the amount of said costs, payable to the treasurer of the state, and thereupon discharge said prisoner from confinement; but if said prisoner, in the opinion of said directors, has not conducted well during the period of his confinement, and shall be able to labor, said directors may direct the warden to hold him in service within said prison, and for such term as may be limited by said directors, to pay said costs; and the warden shall allow such prisoner customary journeyman's wages for like services, and shall have power to confine such prisoner at his labor, so far as may be necessary for his safe keeping, and the safe keeping of the other prisoners.

Convicts in state

when.

SECT. 10. Every person, who now is, or hereafter shall be, con- 1886. fined in the said prison, for the non-payment of a fine, shall be al- prison to be allowed the sum of fifty dollars per year, for his labor in said prison, lowed for labor, to be computed from the time that his imprisonment for the non-payment of said fine commenced; but no person shall be entitled to such allowance, unless, in the opinion of the warden and directors of said prison, he shall have been submissive to the officers of the prison during his confinement, and shall have conducted himself as a faithful and attentive prisoner.

commitment in

be added to ori

SECT. 11. If any prisoner shall make his escape, and shall be re- 1827. taken and recommitted, the necessary expenses of the pursuit and Expenses of rerecommitment, as allowed by the directors, shall be added to the case of escape, to original costs of prosecution, and be subject to the provisions of law ginal cost, &c. relating to such original costs; and in every case of recommitment, or of confinement in dark and solitary cells, pursuant to the sixth section of this act, the time elapsed between the escape and the recommitment, or the time of such confinement, shall not be computed as part of the term of imprisonment for which such prisoner was sentenced.

SECT. 12. The said prison may be used, under the authority of

1827. 1864. used under the authority of the

Prison may be

United States.

1830.

When prisoners

the United States, for the purpose of confining any prisoner who may be sentenced to imprisonment and labor by any court of the United States, within the district of Connecticut, for the violation of any law of the United States; and the warden and directors of the prison may, at any time, contract with the proper United States authorities, for the use of said prison, for the purpose of confining therein any prisoner of war, or any prisoner who may be sentenced to imprisonment and labor by any civil, naval, or military tribunal of the United States; but the expense of supporting and confining such prisoners in said prison shall, in all cases, be paid by the United States.

SECT. 13. Whenever said prison shall be out of repair, the pery be confined sons confined therein may be imprisoned in any of the common jails in this state, until said prison shall be in a condition to receive such persons.

ail.

uty warden ex

1827. 18 SECT. 14. The warden, and the deputy warden of the prison, Warden and dep while they remain such, shall be exempted from military duty, and empted from mil the warden, and the officers and privates of the guard under his from arrest on command, and the overseers, while they remain such, shall not be eivil process, &c. liable to arrest or imprisonment in any civil suit; but whenever any

itary duty, and

claim, to the amount of fifty dollars, against the warden, shall not be paid on demand, the directors shall discharge said warden; and whenever any such claim against any such officer, private, or overseer, shall not be so paid, the warden shall discharge such officer, private, or overseer, as soon as the safety of the prison will admit, if, on inquiry, the persons so authorized to discharge shall be satisfied that such claim is just and legal.

CHAPTER II.

OF THE STATE REFORM SCHOOL.

1851.

State reform school established, &c.

1851. 1856.

trustees, and

SECT. 15. The land, buildings, and appurtenances, belonging to the state in Meriden, shall be, and remain, a place for a school for the use of the state, for the instruction, employment, and reformation, of juvenile offenders, by the name of the State Reform School. SECT. 16. The government of said school shall be vested in a Appointment of board of eight trustees, to be appointed by the senate, and shall their compensa- consist of one from each county, two of whom shall be so appointed, and commissioned, annually, and the places of the two senior members, as they stand in the order of their appointment, shall be annually vacated; and no trustee shall receive any compensation for his services, but he shall be allowed the amount of expenses incurred by him in the discharge of the duties of his office, which shall be examined and allowed by the comptroller of public accounts, and paid from the treasury of the state.

tion.

1851.

SECT. 17. The board of trustees shall take charge of the general Duties and pow-interests of the institution; see that its affairs are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the legislature, and of such bylaws as the board may from time to time adopt for the orderly and

ers of trustees.

economical management of its concerns, and that strict discipline is maintained therein; provide employment to the inmates, and bind them out, discharge, or remand them, as is hereinafter provided; appoint a superintendent and such other officers as, in their judg ment, the wants of the institution may require; prescribe the duties of the superintendent and other officers; exercise a vigilant supervision over the institution, its officers and inmates; remove such officers at pleasure, and appoint others in their stead; and determine the salaries to be paid to the officers respectively; and all by-laws, made by said trustees for the management of said institution, and not contrary to the laws of this state, shall be binding in all respects upon said superintendent, officers, and inmates; and the said trustees shall, each year, prepare and submit, under oath, to the general assembly, a report of the concerns of said institution, together with a copy of said by-laws.

1857. Claims to be ex

SECT. 18. The trustees shall examine and adjust all claims and accounts against said school, and upon finding them just shall certify amined and adthe same, and no such claim or account shall be allowed by the justed by the comptroller of public accounts, unless so certified.

trustees.

borrow money

SECT. 19. The trustees shall not borrow money for the use of the Trustees not to school, upon the credit of the state, nor make any outlay, or expen- on the credit of ditures thereon, beyond appropriations that shall have been made the state. by the general assembly, prior to such outlay or expenditures, except from funds derived, or to be derived, from other sources than the state treasury.

SECT. 20. The superintendent shall have the charge and the cus- 1851. 1855. tody of the boys; he shall be a resident at the institution; he shall his duties and Superintendent, have charge of the lands, buildings, furniture, tools, implements, powers. stock and provisions, and every species of property pertaining to the institution, and he shall be treasurer thereof; he shall keep, in suitable books, regular and complete accounts of all his receipts and expenditures, and of all property intrusted to him, showing the income and expenditures of the institution; and he shall account in such manner as the trustees may require; and he shall hold all books, papers, documents, vouchers, and accounts open to the inspection of said trustees; and said superintendent and treasurer shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, give a bond to the treasurer of this state, with sureties acceptable to him, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned that he shall faithfully account for all moneys and property received by him as superintendent and treasurer, and faithfully perform all the duties incumbent on him as such, which said bond shall be filed and kept in the office of the treasurer of this state; but no trustee shall be superintendent of said school.

school.

1851.

1864.

SECT. 21. Every boy, under the age of sixteen years, who shall be convicted of any offense punishable by imprisonment, other than who may be senimprisonment for life, except the offenses specified in the forty-fifth tenced to reform and ninety-sixth sections of the act concerning the domestic relations, and the seventy-fifth section of this act, may be sentenced by the court, before which such conviction shall be had, to the state reform school, or to such punishment as is provided by law for the same offense; and if the sentence shall be to the state reform school, then it shall be in the alternative, to said school, or to such punishment as would have been awarded, if said school had not been established; but no justice of the peace shall sentence any boy to said school, unless upon the recommendation, at the time of such sentence, of a