point others in their stead. The guards shall perform such duties as the superintendent may direct, in and about the guarding, management, control and working of the prisoners, and they shall be supplied with the necessary arms to enable them properly to guard the prisoners and to prevent

escapes.

SEC. 24. Any guard who shall, while on duty, be in a state of intoxication, or shall otherwise fail in the discharge of any of his duties, shall forfeit any wages due him, and be discharged.

SEC. 25. The superintendent shall furnish boarding for the guards, for each of whom he shall be allowed ten dollars per month, payable monthly.

SEC. 26. The superintendent shall, upon the direction of the board of managers, work any portion of the prisoners not actually required at the workhouse, or on the work of the city, on any public or private work, and the amount of such work shall be collected by the superintendent, and by him paid into the city treasury, and placed to the credit of the workhouse fund.

SEC. 27. The superintendent shall, at the opening of each stated session of the common council, report to that body a detailed statement of the operations and affairs of the workhouse during the preceding six months, setting forth the number of prisoners received, the number then in the institution, the sex, and place of birth of all the prisoners, the value and description of the work performed by them in detail, and the expenditures and receipts on account of the workhouse.

SEC. 28. The superintendent may, with the written permission of the board of managers, signed by the president, sell or otherwise dispose of any article used, made or produced in or about the workhouse, and shall pay the proceeds of such sale into the city treasury, to be placed to the credit of the workhouse.

SEC. 29. The original bills for all purchases made by the superintendent on account of the workhouse shall be re

ported to the board of managers at such times as they may direct, and, if satisfied of the correctness of the same, they shall give the person from whom the purchase was made a certificate, signed by the president and attested by the superintendent, and upon the presentation of the same to the auditor, he shall issue his warrant for the amount.

SEC. 30. The superintendent shall have power to take all necessary measures to guard the workhouse and to prevent the escape of prisoners, and he or any city officer or other person is authorized to arrest, without warrant, any person who shall have escaped from the workhouse.

SEC. 31. The superintendent or any officer of the workhouse may arrest, without warrant, any person trespassing upon the workhouse premises, or attempting to rescue any prisoner, or assisting or attempting to assist any prisoner to escape, or hindering or attempting to hinder the superintendent or any officer of the workhouse in the lawful discharge of any of his duties; and any person convicted of any such offense shall be liable to a fine of not less than three nor more than one hundred dollars.

SEC. 32. Prisoners shall be furnished, in such manner as the board of managers may direct, with suitable clothing, when necessary, at cost, provided that they agree that the expense thereof shall be worked out by them in like manner as the amount of fine and costs for which they were committed.

SEC. 33. The superintendent, or any other officer of the workhouse, shall not be permitted to trade in or sell any articles of any kind to the city for the use of the workhouse.

SEC. 34. The superintendent shall pay all moneys received by him on account of the workhouse, into the city treasury, at the end of each month, and take a receipt therefor from the city treasurer, a duplicate of which shall be filed in the auditor's office.

SEC. 35. The Superintendent shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the consent and advice of the board of

common council, on or before the first day of June in each year, and he shall enter upon the performance of his duties on the first Monday of June in each year, and shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is appointed and qualified.

SEC. 36. In accordance with the provisions of the act of the general assembly, entitled "An act to authorize the cities of St. Louis and Carondelet to make an agreement concerning a Workhouse," approved December fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, the mayor of the City of Carondelet is hereby authorized to commit all persons convicted of a violation of any ordinance of said city, to the workhouse of the City of St. Louis.

SEC. 37. The persons so committed shall be received and registered by the superintendent of the workhouse; shall perform such labor as the superintendent may direct; be allowed the same compensation per day as other prisoners, and be subject, in all respects, to the rules and ordinances of the City of St. Louis in relation to the government of the workhouse; provided, that no person shall be committed who, from sickness or any other cause, is unable to perform the labor required of convicts at said institution.

SEC. 38. Said City of Carondelet shall pay to the City of St. Louis, for each prisoner so committed, the sum of ten cents per day, until such prisoner shall be discharged; and the City of St. Louis is to refund to the City of Carondelet the costs that may have accrued to the officers and witnesses in the prosecution of the charges against such prisoners; provided, the same are paid to the City of St. Louis after commitment; settlement to be made by the comptroller semiannually.

Approved, January 24, 1861.