lieve that any of such provisions are prejudicial to the health of the prisoners, he must immediately make a report thereof to the warden of the prison. He must also prescribe the diet of sick convicts, whether in the hospital or in their cells or elsewhere, and his directions in relation thereto must be followed by the warden. a daily record of admissions pital. S937. The physician must keep a daily record of Must keep all admissions to the hospital, indicating the sex, color, nativity, age, occupations, habits of life, crime, to the hosperiod of entrance and discharge from the hospital, date of admission to the prison, time in county prison before conviction, disease, if afflicted with scrofula before admission, scrofula during the first, second and third six months after admission to prison, and of the prescriptions and treatment of each case. $938. The physician must make a yearly report to the inspectors, of the sanitary condition of the prison for the past year, in which all the information contained in his daily record and his monthly reports shall be condensed. § 939. If the inspectors deem it necessary, they may require the physicians at Sing Sing and Clinton prisons, respectively, to reside in the prison, and in that case they may, in their discretion, add, not exceeding one hundred dollars, to the salary of each of the said physicians respectively. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 63. CHAPTER IX. THE CHAPLAINS. SECTION 940. Chaplain must perform religious services. 941. Must visit convicts in their cells. 942. Must see that books are furnished. 943. Must take charge of library. 944. Must visit the sick. 945. Must make an annual report to the inspectors. Must make report to a yearly the inspec tors. Chaplain must perform reli gious servi ces. Must visit convicts in S940. The chaplain of each prison must perform religious services in the prison, under such regulations as the inspectors may prescribe, and attend to the spiritual wants of the convicts. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 60, subd. 1. S941. The chaplain must visit the convicts in their cells. their cells for the purpose of giving them religious and moral instruction, and devote at least one hour in each week day, and the afternoon of each Sunday, to such instruction. Must see that books are furnished. Must take charge of library. Must visit the sick. Must make an annual report to the inspectors. Ibid., subd. 2. S942. The chaplain must see that a bible and hymn book is furnished, by the warden, to each convict. See Ibid., subd. 3. S943. The chaplain must take charge of the library, and take care that no improper books are introduced into the cells of the convicts, and if any such books are found, either in the cells or in the possession of a convict, he must take away and return the same to the warden; and for the purpose of properly discharging these duties, he must visit, weekly, each cell in the prison. Ibid., subd. 4. S944. The chaplain must visit, daily, the sick in the hospital. Ibid., subd. 5. $945. The chaplain must make an annual report to the inspectors, up to the first day of December, relative to the religious and moral conduct of the prisoners during the past year, stating therein what services he has himself performed, and the fruits, if any, of his instructions. He must append thereto, as far as practicable, in tabular form, a statement exhibiting the number of convicts then in prison, the number of white males between the ages of twenty and thirty, thirty and forty, forty and fifty, fifty and over, and, in like manner, of colored males, white females, and colored females, the number born in the United States, foreigners and of what country, the number that cannot read, that can read only, or can read and write, are well educated, classically educated, temperate, intemperate, health, whether scrofulous, whether employed at the time of the commission of the crime, counties where convicted, occupation, sentence, how many times recommitted, and whether married or unmarried. See Ibid., subd. 6. a quarterly S946. The chaplain must make a quarterly report Must make to the inspectors, stating the number of convicts report. that shall have been instructed during the last quarter by the instructors or instructress, the branches of education in which they have been instructed, the text books used in such instruction, and the progress made by the convicts, and must note, especially, any cases in which an unusual progress has been made by a convict. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 62. CHAPTER X. THE INSTRUCTORS AND INSTRUCTRESS. SECTION 947. Duty of instructors and instructress. 948. Instruction, when to be given. 5947. The instructors at the several state prisons, and the instructress at the female department of the Sing Sing prison, in conjunction with and under the supervision of the chaplain, must give instruction in the useful branches of an English education to such convicts as, in the judgment of the warden or the chaplain, may require the same and be benefited by it. This section and the next are suggested as substitutes for Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 61, and Laws of 1849, ch. 141, 5, which are as follows: "Two instructors shall be appointed by the board of inspectors for each of the prisons at Sing Sing and Instruction, when to be given. Auburn, and one for the Clinton state prison; it shall be the duty of such instructors, in conjunction with and under the supervision of the chaplain, to give instruction in the useful branches of an English education to such convicts as, in the judgment of the warden or the chaplain, may require the same and be benefited by it; such instruction shall be given for not less than one hour and a half daily, Sunday excepted, between the hours of six and nine in the evening." Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 64. "The inspectors of state prisons shall appoint one instructress for the female convict prison at Sing Sing, whose duty it shall be, in conjunction with and under the supervision of the chaplain, to give instructions in the useful branches of learning to such convicts as, in the judgment of the matron or the chaplain, may require the same and be benefited by it; such instruction to be given for not less than one hour and a half daily (Sundays excepted), between the hours of four and six in the afternoon. Laws of 1849, ch. 141, § 5. S948. Such instruction must be given for not less than one hour and a half daily, Sunday excepted, between the hours of six and nine in the evening. A guard to be maintained at each prison. Guards to be furnished with arms, &c. CHAPTER XI. THE GUARDS. SECTION 949. A guard to be maintained at each prison. $949. There shall be maintained at each state prison a guard, to be employed by the inspectors, to consist of one sergeant and so many privates as the inspectors may, from time to time, direct; but the guard at Sing Sing, including the sergeant, shall not exceed thirty in number; the guard at Auburn shall not exceed the number of twenty, and that at Clinton shall not exceed the number of twenty-five. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 64. $950. The guards of the respective prisons shall be furnished from the arsenals of this state with sufficient arms, ammunition and accoutrements, and are subject to the command and direction of the warden of the prison. Taken from Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 65. CHAPTER XII. THE MILITARY COMPANIES AT SING SING AND SECTION 951. Two military companies to be organized. 952. Their organization prescribed. 953. Arms, &c., to be kept in good order. 954. Companies to be always ready for service. 955. Companies, how formed, and officers, how appointed. 956. Restriction as to serving as firemen, &c. 957. Companies named "Sing Sing Guards" and "Auburn Guards." 958. Vacancies, how to be filled. 959. Return of delinquents to be made. 960. Delinquents may be fined. 961. Fines, how to be collected. 962. Fines, how to be applied. 963. Officers may be dismissed for neglect of duty. 964. Service for ten years to exempt from future military duty. S951. For the safety of the Sing Sing prison, a military company shall continue to be organized in the village of Sing Sing; and for the safety of the Auburn prison, a similar company shall continue to be organized in the village of Auburn. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 112. The commissioners simply continue the existing law, upon this subject. They make no provision for a military company at the Clinton prison, because the present law does not provide for one, and no new necessity requiring one is known. Two milinies to be tary compa organized. ganization prescribed $952. Each of these companies shall be formed Their or from the persons liable to militia duty residing in the vicinity of the prison to which it is attached, and shall consist of one captain, one first and second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals, two drummers, two fifers, and forty-five privates, who shall, from time to time, as may be necessary, receive |