Arms, &c., to be kept in good order.

Companies to be always ready for service.

Companies, how form

ed, and offiappointed.

cers, how

Restriction

as to serv

men, &c.

arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, from the state arsenal at Albany, upon the order of the warden of the prison.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 113.

$953. The arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, received by the members of each company, must be kept by them, in good order, for their use, when called upon, in defense of the prison; and, whenever such arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, are delivered, the person receiving the same must execute a receipt therefor, stating the purpose to which the same are to be applied.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 114.

S954. Each of said companies must always be ready for immediate service, and must repair, with their arms, on the first alarm or notice from the warden or principal officer of the prison, to the prison, and there aid and assist, under his direction, in defense of the prison, and in preventing the escape of the convicts, or the execution of any injury threatened or premeditated by them; and shall be under his sole control.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 115.

S955. Each of these companies must be formed and organized by the commander-in-chief, and the officers thereof designated, appointed and commissioned, as in the case of uniform companies. The persons composing them are exempt from all other militia duty, and from serving on any grand or petit jury so long as they respectively continue to be members of such companies.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 116.

S956. No person, duly enlisted into either of these ing as fire companies, shall, without the written consent of the commanding officers of the company to which he belongs, leave the same to serve as fireman in any fire company, or to enlist into any other company of

militia, except in case of a removal from out of the beat of said company.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 117.

named

Guards" & "Auburn

Guards.

$957. These companies are respectively known, Companies the first by the name of the Sing Sing Guards, and "Sing Sing the other by the name, of the Auburn Guards. They shall be ordered out for drill and exercise by the commanding officer thereof not less than six nor more than ten times in any one year.

See Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 118.

how to be

$958. Whenever the office of captain or subaltern Vacancies, in either of these companies becomes vacant, the filled. same shall be filled in the manner now provided by law for filling vacancies in the companies of the militia of this state, except that the warden of the prison to which the company in which any such vacancy happens shall be attached, must cause the necessary notices of an election to fill vacancies, to be served on the members of the company.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 119.

delinquents

3959. The commanding officer of each company Return of must return as a delinquent, to the inspector having to be made. charge of the prison, any non-commissioned officer, musician or private of the company, who does not appear on parade in the complete uniform of the company, or who is guilty of any neglect of duty or improper conduct on parade.

Laws of 1817, ch. 460, § 120.

quents may

5960. The inspectors of the prison may summon Delinany person so returned as a delinquent, to appear be fined. before them, at such time and place as they shall appoint, to answer to such alleged delinquency, and upon proof of such summons having been served, may proceed, at the time and place therein specified, to impose upon such delinquent such fine, not exceeding five dollars for each offense, as in their judgment the case may require.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 121.

Fines, how

to be collected.

Fines, how to be ap plied.

Officers

may be dismissed

for neglect of duty.

Service for ten years to exempt

S961. The president of the board of inspectors shall make out his warrant for the collection of such fines, in like manner, and with like effect, as a president of a court martial; the warrant shall be directed to any constable in the county in which the fine shall be imposed, commanding him to levy and collect such fine; and such constable shall collect such fine in like manner as other militia fines are now directed by law to be collected.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 122.

S962. All moneys collected by virtue of such warrant shall be paid over to the commanding officer of the company to which the delinquent upon whom such fine may be imposed shall belong, and may be applied, by a vote of the company, to any beneficial purpose that the company may direct.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 123.

S963. If any officer of either of the said compa nies neglects to perform any duty enjoined upon him by law, it is the duty of the commander-in-chief, upon such neglect being reported by the inspectors, to dismiss such officer from the company; and if any non-commissioned officer or private refuses or neglects to perform his duties, such delinquent, in addition to the fine herein before prescribed, may be discharged by the commanding officer of the company to which he shall belong, and another person may be enrolled in his stead.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 124.

S964. Every non-commissioned officer, musician or private of either of said companies who shall from future serve faithfully therein for the period of ten years, shall thereafter be exempt from militia duty in this state, except in cases of insurrection or invasion.

military

duty.

See Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 125.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE FIRE COMPANY AT AUBURN.

SECTION 965. Fire company at Auburn prison. 966. To attend on alarm of fire.

967. To attend to the fire engine.

968. Privileges of members of the company.
969. When entitled to discharge.

pany at Auburn prison.

$965. There shall continue to be organized, in the Fire com vicinity of the prison at Auburn, one fire company, to consist of one foreman and thirty-six men residing in that vicinity.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 127. The commissioners simply continue the existing law upon this subject. They make no provision for fire companies at Sing Sing and Clinton prisons, because the present law does not authorize them, and no new necessity for requiring them is known.

S966. It is the duty of such company, on the first alarm or notice of a fire in the prison, or in any of the adjacent buildings, to repair to the prison, and there to use and manage, under the direction of the warden, the engine belonging to the prison, and to aid by all means in their power, in the preservation of the prison, and of the persons confined therein. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 128.

S967. It is also the duty of such company to attend to the engine, and to exercise and try it at such stated times as the inspectors or warden shall prescribe; and the inspectors may, in their discretion, remove any member of the company and appoint another person in his stead.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 129.

$968. The members of the fire company shall, upon the certificate of the board of inspectors, be exempt from serving on juries, and from serving in

When enti

tled to

the militia, except in cases of invasion, or insurrection, so long as they continue such members.

Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 130.

S969. The members of the fire company, after

discharge. service of nine years therein, shall be exempt from

militia duty, except in time of war or insurrection, and shall be entitled to a discharge from the company. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 131.

Certificato of convic

tion to be delivered with convict.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE CUSTODY, CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE OF
CONVICTS.

SECTION 970. Certificate of conviction to be delivered with convict.
971. Convict to be kept single in cells at night, &c.

972. Convicts to be provided with food, clothing and bedding.

973. Provisions to be furnished by contract.

974. The articles of food to be prescribed by inspectors.

975. Notice of supplies wanted, to be published.

976. Proposals must specify the lowest price.

977. Contracts must be in writing.

978. Provision in case of violence being offered by convicts.

979. Restrictions as to inflicting blows on convicts.

980. Certain convicts may be confined in solitary cells.

981. Inspectors to visit such cells.

982. Apprehension of escaped convicts.

983. Rewards, how to be paid.

984. Letters, &c., to convicts must be examined.

985. In certain cases of death, a coroner's inquest may be held. 986. Bodies of convicts dying at Sing Sing, when to be given

for dissection.

987. The like at Auburn prison.

988. Children of female convicts..

989. Restriction as to sale of liquors near Clinton prison.

$970. Whenever any convict is delivered to the warden of either state prison, the officer having such convict in his charge, must deliver to such warden the certified copy of the sentence received by such officer from the clerk of the court by which such convict shall have been sentenced, and take from the warden a certificate of the delivery of such convict. Laws of 1847, ch. 460, § 86.