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deputy keepers, guards or other officers as he may deem neces-
sary for the service of the institution, and shall also regulate and
determine their respective duties as far as may be consistent
with law.

1892, ch. 44.

396. The directors shall fix and determine the amount of the
salaries to be paid to the assistant warden, bookkeeper, physician,
matron, deputy keepers, guards and other officers employed in
the penitentiary, and shall prescribe the oath to be taken by all
such officers or other persons officially connected with the insti-
tution before entering upon their respective duties; and shall
take from them respectively the bond required by the preceding
section.

1894, ch. 148.

397. The warden shall receive a salary at the rate of three
thousand dollars per year, and shall be allowed subsistence, fuel
and the occupancy of such parts of the front building as a dwell-
ing, as are not used for purposes of the penitentiary, and all
necessary out houses, yards and grounds not within the walls of
the prison proper, but shall receive no other pay, emoluments or
perquisites for his services.

1890, ch. 590.

406. The directors may enter into such contracts for the
employment of the convicts in the penitentiary and tor the sale
of the manufactures in the institution as they may deem proper,
but shall not enter into any contract for the making or manufac-
turing of the articles known as tin cans, used for oyster and fruit
packing purposes, or iron stoves used for heating and cooking
purposes, or iron castings used for machinery purposes, nor
employ any convicts in the making thereof; the directors may,
however, employ an agent or agents for the purchase of articles
or goods wanted by the institution, and allow the agents so
employed such compensation as the directors may deem right
and proper; provided, that nothing herein contained shall^inter-
fere with present existing contracts.