Recital continued. of the prison, separate and alone, except in such cases of sickness as are by this act provided for, and shall be comfortably clothed in habits of coarse materials, uniform in color and make; the males shall have their hair cut short at least once a month, and their beards close shaven at least once in every week; each convict shall be sustained upon plain food, at the discretion of the keeper, with the approbation of the inspectors, and shall every day except Sunday be kept, as far as may be consistent with their sex, age, health and ability, strictly at hard labor of some sort in which the work is least liable to be spoiled by ignorance, neglect or obstinacy, and in which the materials cannot be easily embezzled or destroyed; if the work to be done requires previous instruction or constant oversight of the convict, the keeper shall, with the approbation of the board of inspectors, employ suitable persons for the purpose, and a just compensation, fixed by said board, shall be paid them by the treasurer upon orders drawn by the keeper an i certified by the comptroller; in order to encourage industrious and proper habits, a separate account shall be opened and kept in books provided for that purpose for each convict, in which he shall be credited with the amount of labor performed by him, and above what, in the opinion of the keeper and acting inspectors, he ought to perform, due regard being had to his ability for labor; which sums so credited shall at the discharge of such convict be paid to him or laid out in decent raiment for him, or otherwise applied to his use, as the acting inspectors shall direct; but no credit shall be given for overwork to any convict whose whole weekly earnings do not exceed the whole weekly expense of his maintenance in the prison; no convict shall be employed to act as under-keeper; nor shall any convict act as clerk, cook or servant in the said prison, except in such manner as is consistent with the principles of separate confinement; no convict shall receive or have any other clothing or food than is prescribed by law and the rules of the prison; the convicts shall be supplied, as far as practicable and consistent with the interests of the state, with articles manufactured by the prisoners; no person shall take anything into or out of the prison for any prisoner without the consent of the keeper; if the physician shall report to the keeper that any prisoner is in such a situation as to need the care of a nurse, the keeper may, with tinued. the approbation of the acting inspectors, employ one of Recital conthe prisoners as nurse so long as the physician shall deem necessary; and whenever, in the opinion of the physician, the enlargement of any prisoner confined in the cells of said prison shall be absolutely necessary to the preservation of life, the keeper shall from time to time, and for such length of time as the physician shall direct, cause said prisoner to be removed from his or her cell; but the prisoner shall in every such case be kept from the society of the other prisoners, except such as may attend as nurses, and shall in no case be permitted to go beyond the walls of the prison; if any deputy keeper shall report that any prisoner has violated any of the rules and regulations for the government of the prison, the keeper shall have before him said prisoner and deputy keeper who charges him with such offence, and shall inquire into such charges, adjudge the case, and award such measures of punishment as he may deem proper, not exceeding close confinement in a dark cell, on bread and water, with chain on the leg or handcuffs, or both, for six days; and if, in his opinion, the convict should receive further punishment, he shall refer the case to the acting inspectors, who shall order such further punishment as they shall think proper; provided, that corporal punishment shall in no case be inflicted; if a prisoner entitled to his discharge, by expiration of his term of confinement or by pardon, shall be laboring under an acute or dangerous disease, so as to render him, in the opinion of the physician, unable to take care of himself, or unfit to be set at large, he shall not be discharged except at his own request, until the physician shall deem that it may be done with safety to the prisoner and others; upon the discharge of each prisoner who has not money to the amount of five dollars, the keeper shall pay him any sum not exceeding that amount out of the moneys of the state, to the end that all temptation to commit offences against society before employment or the means of living can be procured may be removed; each prisoner, upon his discharge, shall take off the prison dress and have restored to him the clothes and all other articles. which he brought to the prison, and which were then taken from him, unless the same have been sold or disposed of by the keeper, under the direction of the inspectors; and then such prisoner shall have the value thereof paid to him by Recital continued. Section as amended. hats prohibited. the keeper; the official visitors of the state prison shall be the governor, the members of the legislature, the secretary of state, the chancellor, the six judges of the court of errors and appeals, the justices of the supreme court and the attorney general; the official visitors may at any time visit the said prison and examine the same and the cells thereof, and the keeper shall give them every facility for so doing; the board of inspectors shall make such rules and regulations and give the keeper such authority respecting the admission of other visitors than the official visitors as they shall deem proper," be and the said fourth section is hereby amended by adding to article two of said section the following proviso: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be deemed or taken or construed to authorize said supervisor or board of Manufacture of inspectors to contract with any person or corporation to hire or contract out the labor of the prisoners, or any part of them, in or about the business of the making or manufacture of felt and silk hats, or the manufacture of any part or parts thereof. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1878. When bounda ries of town abolished. CHAPTER LXXIV. An Act in relation to townships the territorial boundaries of of which are the same as those of incorporated cities. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly ships are to be of the State of New Jersey, That whenever the territorial boundaries of any city incorporated by the laws of this state shall be the same as the territorial boundaries of any township, the said townships shall be and the same are hereby abolished; that the township committee and collector of said townships elected or appointed shall remain in and perform the duties of their respective offices until a settle accounts, by ment of the accounts of said townships can be made which Settlement of shall not exceed the period of four months after their term whom made. of office for which they may have been elected shall have expired after which the common council or other corporate body and collectors of said cities shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as the township committee and collectors of such townships are now required to perform. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 15, 1878. CHAPTER LXXV. Supplement to an act entitled "An act for the organization of the national guard of the state of New Jersey," approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and the various amendments thereto. "1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section two of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows: "2. And be it enacted, That the rifle corps of this state Section to be reand the present organized uniformed militia shall be included pealed recited. in the national guard," be and the same is hereby repealed. Repealer. 2. And be it enacted, That section three of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows: pealed recited. "3. And be it enacted, That the commander-in-chief is Section to be rehereby authorized and empowered to proceed at once to organize the national guard in conformity to this act," be and the same is hereby repealed. Repealer. 3. And be it enacted, That section nineteen of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows: "19. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of the state Section to be rebe and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay a salary at the rate of five hundred dollars a year to the armorer, in quarterly payments, and one dollar and twenty-five cents per pealed recited. Repealer. Section to be re day to one assistant in like manner, so long as they shall be actually employed in repairing and keeping in order the arms and equipments of the state, upon warrants drawn by the quartermaster general and approved by the commanderin-chief," be and the same is hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That section forty of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows: "40. And be it enacted, That the commander-in-chief pealed recited. shall have full power, at his discretion, to make such disposition of the interest of the state in the uniforms issued heretofore to the militia and rifle corps of this state, as he shall deem most for the benefit of the militia service of the state, having due regard to the claims by way of part payment on the same in favor of those to whom they have been issued," be and the same is hereby repealed. Repealer. Section to be repealed recited. Repealer. Section to be repealed recited. Repealer. Section to be repealed recited. Repealer. 5. And be it enacted, That section forty-two of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows: "42. And be it enacted, That every company of the national guard shall be paraded at least twelve times in every year, and at least one of its parades shall be by brigade," be and the same is hereby repealed. 6. And be it enacted, That section forty-four of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows: "44. And be it enacted, That in addition to the number of days for drill, now required by law, all the national guard may, once in three years, when so ordered by the governor, be required to attend an encampment at such time and place as the commander-in-chief may appoint, which encampment shall continue at least six days, during which time the troops shall be exercised in company and battalion movements and target practice, and be carefully instructed in the whole routine of camp and field duty," be and the same is hereby repealed. 7. And be it enacted, That section eighty-three of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows: "83. And be it enacted, That all laws now existing, imposing military tax, are hereby repealed," be and the same are hereby repealed. 8. And be it enacted, That the second section of the supplement of the act to which this is a supplement, which was approved March thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, which reads as follows: |