Chapter XVI. *to authorize the Appointment of a Warden of the Jail in the District of Columbia.* Feb. 29, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the President of the Warden of jail to be appointed
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Chap. XVI.— An Act *to authorize the Appointment of a Warden of the Jail in the District of Columbia.* Feb. 29, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the President of the Warden of jail to be appointed.United States shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, some suitable person to be warden of the jail in the District of Columbia, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and who Term, salary.shall receive an annual salary of sixteen hundred dollars, which shall include all fees and emoluments.
And said warden shall annually, in the Report.month of November, make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 2. Power and duty of warden. *And be it further enacted,* That the said warden shall have the exclusive supervision and control of the jails in said district, and be accountable for the safe-keeping of all the prisoners legally committed thereto, and shall have all the power and discharge all the duties heretofore legally exercised and discharged over said jails and the prisoners therein by the marshal of the said district.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the warden of the penitentiary Transportation of convicts.in the said district, upon the order of the supreme court of said district or the Secretary of the Interior, shall transport all convicts sentenced THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. 16, 17. 1864.13to imprisonment beyond the limits of said district to the place of confinement, receiving therefor the actual expenses of himself, guard, and of each convict. And in case of absence or other disability of said warden, theAbsence or disability of warden. warden of said jail, having the custody of said convicts, shall, upon order as aforesaid, transport them to the place of confinement, receiving therefor the compensation aforesaid.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That said warden shall, before enteringBond. upon the duties of the office, execute to the United States a bond for the faithful performance of the duties thereof in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by some judge of the supreme court of said district. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That all nets and parts of acts comingRepealing clause. in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same arc hereby, repealed.
Approved, February 29, 1864. Chapter XVII: supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 13 Stat. 13 1864-03-03 Chapter XVII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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Chapter XVI
*to authorize the Appointment of a Warden of the Jail in the District of Columbia.* Feb. 29, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the President of the Warden of jail to be appointed
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