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7. To make all proper and necessary appropriations out of the county treasury for the purchase of land and the erection of buildings, as authorized by this act, and to defray the expenses necessary in the care and maintenance of the same, and for the support of the poor, and to cause an amount sufficient for said purposes to be levied upon the taxable property of the county, and collected as other

taxes.

8. Upon a two-thirds majority of all the members of the board, to sell and dispose of the whole or any part of the poor farm of the county in such manner and upon such terms as they may deem most for the interests of the county, and to make and execute all necessary conveyances thereof, in the same manner as other conveyances of real estate may be made by a county. [R. S. 1845, p. 404, § 17, 18, 19, 20, 23; L. 1861, p. 180, § 1; L. 1855, p. 132, § 1.

29. ACCOUNT BY OVERSEER.] § 29. The overseers of the poor in each town in counties under township organization, (whether the poor are supported by townships or otherwise,) and of each precinct in counties not under township organization, shall keep an accurate account, showing the name of every person relieved or supported in their town or precinct; the place of his birth; the manner in which he is relieved or supported, whether in whole or in part at the expense of the county or town; the amount of the aid furnished; whether the dependency was on account of idiocy, lunacy, intemperance, or other cause, stating the cause. And on or before the first meeting of the county board of September in each year, file a copy of such account with the county clerk of their county.

30. ACCOUNT BY COUNTY AGENT.] § 30. When the county agent shall furnish relief to any of the poor of the county, he shall keep a like account, and at the same time in each year file a copy of the same with the county clerk of his county.

31. ACCOUNT BY KEEPER OF POOR HOUSE.] § 31. The keeper of the poor house shall also keep an account, showing the name of each person admitted to the county poor house; the time of his admission and discharge; the place of his birth; whether his dependence resulted from idiocy, lunacy, intemperance, or other cause, stating the cause; and shall, at the same time, in each year, file with the county clerk of his county a copy of the same, together with a statement showing the average number of persons kept in the poor house each month during the year.

32. NEGLECT TO REPORT.] § 32. If any overseer of the poor, county agent, or keeper of the poor house, shall fail or neglect to make such a report at the time required by this act, he shall, for each offense, forfeit the sum of $25, to be recovered in the name of the county, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

33. POOR TO BE KEPT AT POOR HOUSE.] § 33. When any county shall have provided a suitable poor house for the accommodation of the poor of the county, and the same is ready for the reception and care of the poor, all poor persons requiring the care and support of the county shall be cared for and supported at such poor house, and not in the several towns and precincts in the county, except when they cannot be received in the poor house, and except as herein otherwise provided. [R. S. 1845, p. 404, § 21.

34. CURATIVE.] § 34. In all cases where counties have voted for the support of the paupers of such counties by townships, and the said counties have acted in good faith for the term of five years under the authority of said vote, in the support of paupers by townships, the acts of said counties and the townships thereof shall be deemed legal and binding, notwithstanding any informality in the time or manner of holding the said elections, or in recording or preserving the records of the same. [L. 1871-2, p. 596, § 1.

35. TOWNSHIP SUPPORT-HOW ABANDONED.] § 35. Upon the petition of not less than twenty legal voters residing in each one of a majority of the towns in any county which shall have adopted the mode of supporting paupers by townships, the county board shall cause to be submitted to the voters of the county, at the next general election for town officers, the question of the continuance of

that mode of supporting the poor. The ballots shall be: "For township support of paupers," or "Against township support of paupers," and notices of the election shall be given, and the votes canvassed and returns made the same as for county officers. If it shall appear by the returns of said election that a majority of the votes cast on that question at said election are against township support of paupers, then that mode of supporting the poor shall cease, and thereafter the poor shall be supported in the same manner as provided by law in counties not having adopted the support of the poor by townships; otherwise the poor of such county shall be supported by townships as heretofore provided. Said question shall not be submitted oftener than once in five years.

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AN ACT in relation to the penitentiary at Joliet, to be entitled "An act to provide for the management of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet." [Approved June 16, 1871. In force July 1, 1871. L. 1871-2, p. 596.]

1. JOLIET PENITENTIARY CONTINUED.] § 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the penitentiary at Joliet, in the county of Will, until otherwise provided by law, shall be the gen eral penitentiary and prison of this state for the confinement and reformation as well as for the punishment of all persons sentenced by any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, for the commission of any crime the punishment of which is confinement in the penitentiary, in which the person so sentenced shall be securely confined, employed at hard labor, and governed in the manner hereinafter directed.

2. GOVERNOR'S DUTIES IN REGARD TO.] § 2. The governor shall visit the penitentiary semi-annually, and oftener if he shall deem it best, for the purpose of examining its affairs and its condition. He shall inquire into all alleged abuses, or neglect of duty, and may make, in connection with the commissioners, such alterations in the general discipline of the prison as he may deem necessary.

3. OFFICERS.] § 3. The officers of said penitentiary shall consist of three commissioners, one warden, one deputy warden, one chaplain, one physician, one steward, one matron, and as many turnkeys and watchmen as the warden and commissioners shall deem necessary.

4. COMMISSIONERS-TERM OF OFFICE-VACANCIES.] § 4. The commissioners shall be appointed by the governor, and be subject to removal by him at his discretion, which removal and the cause thereof shall be reported by the governor

to the next general assembly. Those now in office shall continue to hold such offices during the terms for which they were respectively elected, unless sooner removed by the governor. At the expiration of the terms of office for which the present commissioners have been elected, and biennially thereafter, there shall be appointed by the governor one penitentiary commissioner, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, unless sooner removed therefrom. Appointments to fill vacancies occasioned by death, resignation or removal from office, shall be made for the residue only of such term or terms, and the governor shall have power to fill any vacancy existing at the time this act takes effect. [2d L. 1867, p. 21, § 1.

5. APPOINTMENT OF WARDEN, ETC.-TERM OF OFFICE.] § 5. The warden, chaplain and physician shall be appointed by the commissioners, to hold their respective offices for the term of three years, unless sooner removed by said commissioners, and said commissioners are hereby authorized to remove said warden, chaplain, or physician, at their discretion. [2d L. 1867, p. 23, § 5; p. 27, § 20; p. 31, § 29.

6. DISABILITIES OF COMMISSIONER.] § 6. No person shall be appointed to the office of penitentiary commissioner who is a contractor in the penitentiary, or the agent or employee of any such contractor, or who is interested, either directly or indirectly, in any kind or branch of business in said penitentiary, or who shall at the time hold any other office under the laws of this state; and no such com. missioner shall hold any other office or accept any appointment under this or any other law of this state, during his continuance in office as such commissioner. [2d L. 1867, p. 22, § 3.

7. OATH-BOND.] § 7. Each of said commissioners shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by section twenty-five, article five, of the constitution of this state; and each of the said commissioners shall enter into a bond to the People of the State of Illinois, in the penal sum of $25,000, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governor and auditor of public accounts, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as penitentiary commissioner; and the governor and auditor of public accounts, upon discovering any default or delinquency on the part of said commissioners, or either of them, or upon the application of any surety on said bond, shall have power, and it shall be their duty, at any time, to require additional security or a new bond of said commissioners, or either of them; and the state shall have a lien upon the real property of the principal in said original and supplementary bonds, from the time of the execution and approval of the same; which bond or bonds and oath or affirma tion shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state before such commissioner shall enter upon the duties of his office. [See "Official Bonds," ch. 103. 2d L. 1867, p. 21, § 2.

8. OATH AND BOND OF WARDEN.] § 8. The warden, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by section twenty-five, article five, of the constitution of this state. And he shall also enter into a bond to the People of the State of Illinois, in the penal sum of $50,000, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governor and by the said commissioners, or a majority of them, conditioned for the faithful performance of the several duties which now are or may hereafter be required of him by law, which said bond and oath or affirmation shall be deposited in the office of secretary of state. [2d L. 1867, p. 23, § 5.

9. WARDEN, DEPUTY, CLERKS, MATRON, ETC.] § 9. The warden shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the commissioners, or a majority of them, to appoint a deputy warden, clerk and steward, who shall severally take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of the state, and give bond to the People of the State of Illinois, in the penal sum of $3,000, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the said commissioners or a majority of them, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices. Said deputy warden, clerk and steward shall be subject to removal by said warden, and they shall perform such duties as shall be required of them by

said warden, or which may be required of them by the rules, orders and regulations of said commissioners. Said warden shall also employ such number of assistant keepers and guards as shall be necessary, who shall, at all times, be subject to his orders, and perform such duties as he shall require of them. Said warden shall also appoint a matron, and such assistant matrons as may be neces sary, not exceeding one for each twenty-five female convicts in said penitentiary, who shall perform such duties in respect to said female convicts as said warden may require of them. No person shall be appointed warden or deputy warden, clerk or steward, or to any other employment in the penitentiary under this act, who is a contractor in the penitentiary, or the agent or employee of such contractor, or who is interested, either directly or indirectly, in any kind or branch of business carried on in such penitentiary, or who shall, at any time, hold any other office under the laws of this state; and no such warden, deputy warden, clerk or steward, or other employee, shall hold any other office or accept any other appointment under this or any other law of this state, during his continu ance in such employment. And in case any such warden, deputy warden, clerk or steward, or other employee, shall become so interested, either directly or indirectly, at any time during the term of his employment, or shall accept any other office or appointment under the laws of this state, he shall be removed by the said commissioners. [2d L. 1867, p. 24, § 5.

10. DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS.] § 10. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to meet at said penitentiary at least as often as once in each month, and as much oftener as the proper control and superintendence of said penitentiary shall require. They shall examine and inquire into all matters connected with the government, discipline and police of said penitentiary, the punishment and employment of the convicts therein confined, the money concerns and contracts for work, and the purchase and sales of the articles provided for said penitentiary or sold on account thereof. They shall make and require to be enforced all such general rules, regulations and orders for the government and discipline of said penitentiary as they may deem expedient, and may, from time to time, alter and amend the same; and in making such rules and regulations it shall be their duty, in connection with the governor, to adopt such as in their judgment, while being consistent with the discipline of the penitentiary, shall best conduce to the reformation of the convicts, and they shall make all necessary and suitable provision for the employment of said convicts, subject to the limitations and provi sions hereinafter contained. They shall inquire into any improper conduct which may be alleged to have been committed by the warden or any other officer or employee of said penitentiary, and for that purpose may issue subpenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production before them of writings and papers, and may examine any witnesses, on oath, who may appear before them. [2d L. 1867, p. 24, § 7.

11. REPORTS TO AND BY COMMISSIONERS.] § 11. The said commissioners shall require reports from the warden and other officers of the said penitentiary, in relation to any and all matters connected with the government, management, operations, business, discipline and property of said penitentiary, and with the condition, conduct and employment of the convicts confined therein; and they shall make a biennial report to the governor, concerning the state and condition of said penitentiary and convicts, of all moneys expended and received, and on what account expended and received; of all contracts entered into during the preceding two years, for the employment of convicts, or for furnishing supplies, or for any other purpose, and the terms of such contracts, stating what portion of each contract has been performed, and the several sums of money expended or received thereon; and shall also include in said biennial report an abstract of all reports made to them by the officers of said penitentiary during the two preceding years. [See Const., art. 5, § 21. 2d L. 1867, p. 25, § 8.

12. RECORDS BY COMMISSIONERS.] § 12. They shall keep regular minutes of their meetings and proceedings at said penitentiary, and shall cause the same, together with all orders, rules and regulations adopted by them, to be recorded

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