Chap. 0304 An Act relating to the enlargement of the State Prison, and to the expenses of such enlargement, and of the State Reform School.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :

Sect. 1. There shall be erected, within the limits of the State Prison yard in Charlestown, an additional prison, between the present old and new prison buildings, and to connect with the same, said prison to be built of unham-mered stone, in general conformity to the plan and specifications which accompany this act, and the easterly wing of the present old prison shall also be altered and improved in conformity to the accompanying plan and specifications, and one hundred thousand dollars are hereby appropriated for the payment of the expenses of such erection and the alterations consequent thereon.

Sect. 2. The governor, with the advice of the council, is hereby authorized to appoint two commissioners, who, with the warden of the State Prison, shall superintend the erection of said additional prison, and their accounts shall be rendered quarterly to the auditor of accounts, and the governor is requested.to draw warrants, from time to time, for their payment.

Sect. 3. In order to defray any expenses incurred in pursuance of this act, or to pay any sums borrowed as hereinafter authorized, and also to repay any expense incurred in the establishment of the State Reform School, and not provided for by the statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-nine, chapter two hundred and fourteen, the treasurer is hereby authorized, under the direction of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the council, to issue scrip or certificates of debt, in the name and behalf of the Commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, redeemable in ten years from

the date thereof, and bearing interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually; and all such scrip shall be countersigned by his excellency the governor, and the faith of the Commonwealth is hereby pledged for the redemption of the same, as above provided. And the treasurer may, under the direction of the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, dispose of any portion of said scrip, at any price not less than the original par value.

Sect. 4. The treasurer, under the direction of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the council, may borrow in anticipation of any of the scrip authorized as above, of any of the banks of the Commonwealth, or of any corporations or individuals, such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this act : provided, that the whole amount borrowed by authority hereof, and remaining unpaid, shall at no time exceed the amount of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.   [Approved by the Governor, May 3, 1850.]