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An Ordinance of the City of Halifax, 
 passed June 6, 1860. 
 
 KEGULATIONS FOR NEW CITY PRISON. 
 
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 ][iE it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen 
 JjJ of the City of Halifax, in City Council con- 
 vened, viz : That 
 
 1. The City Prison shall be placed under the supervision 
 of a Committee of Six Aldermen to be formed of one Alder- 
 man from each Ward so to be arranged as to ensure a change 
 of Three of the Committee annuaUy. The Committee to 
 have the sole charge of the Establishment, subject to the 
 supervision of the Mayor and Council, and to meet once in 
 each month at the prison^ 
 
 2. The accounts of the Prison to be settled every montli 
 and to be paid on the certificate of the Chairman. The 
 Committee to be at liberty to purchase the supplies of the 
 Establishment, or to have them supplied by Contract. Before 
 the accounts certified by the Chairman of the City Prison are 
 
 
 
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paid they shall receive the sanction of the City Council, and 
 it shall be understood that any accounts referred by the 
 Chairman for payment shall take precedence at the Council 
 Board of all other business, to expedite the payment of the 
 same. 
 
 3. That the Prison be placed and kept under the charge 
 of a superintendant or governor who must be thoroughly 
 acquainted with the modern system of Prison discipline, as 
 soon as such a person can be obtained, to be appointed by the 
 City Council ; in the meantime that Mr. McDonald the 
 keeper of the Bridewell be put in charge, but as soon as such 
 superintendant can be procured the salary of the present 
 keeper be reduced. 
 
 That one under keeper be employed at a salary of Eighty 
 pounds per annum — who shall be the overseer of the prisoners 
 while at work, and that one of the City Constables shall 
 attend daily at the Prison in rotation. 
 
 4. That no prisoner be received by the superintendant or 
 keeper without a written warrant of commitment from the 
 Police Office, specifying the offence and the term of impri- 
 sonment, and that no person be discharged without a written 
 order signed by the Mayor or presiding Alderman. 
 
 5. That the Superintendant or Governor of the Prison, 
 and, until such be appointed, the person in charge shall keep 
 a Book in which shall be entered the name, age, and des- 
 cription, as near a& nay be, of each prisoner, the time of his 
 or her commitment and discharge ; that the book shall con- 
 tain a column in which the conduct of the prisoner, during 
 his or her imprisonment shall be entered. That all the pri- 
 soners shall, while in prison, wear the prison uniform to be 
 defined by the Committee. 
 
 6. That the male prisoners shall be placed in the East, 
 and the female prisoners in the West wing, and juvenile 
 otfenders be placed in the upper story of the East wing, unless 
 other arrangement of the prisoners be directed by the 
 Committee. . 
 
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7. That the prisoners, both male and female, be employ- 
 ed in such way as the Committee may from time to time direct. 
 
 8. That solitary confinement being one of the principal 
 modes of punishment, all the prisoners, except when employ- 
 ed, shall Lc kept locked up in their respective cells unless 
 otherwise ordered by the Committee, who shall have power 
 to relax the general nile in particular cases. 
 
 9. That at the meal hours the male prisoners shall proceed 
 in order to the cook house, and there each one receive a kid 
 containing his food with which they shall be marched to their 
 respective cells and take their meals separately and then 
 return their kids to the wash house— that before each meal 
 the prisoners shall repair to the wash house and there bo 
 loquired to wash, &c., that the same rule be adopted as regards 
 the female prisoners, as far as may be found expedient. 
 
 10. That the wash house shall be furnished with the 
 necessary appliances lor washing and shall be kept in order 
 under the direction of the keeper's wife or Matron. 
 
 11. That suitable work rooms be provided for the women 
 in the second or third stories of the central building, and one 
 jtlso for the men when not employed abroad. 
 
 12. That in the case of refractory prisoners or incorrigible 
 offenders, the dark cells may be used under the special order 
 of the Committee, but not otherwise, except in cases of emer- 
 gency, to be immediately reported to the Committee. 
 
 13. That the Cells in both wings be numbered and the 
 number of the Cells assigned to each prisoner marked in the 
 record book, before mentioned, opposite to his or her name.