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 to any prison under their care, and the same shall be kept in a book, to be provided by the county for that purpose; said calendar shall contain the names of all persons who shall be committed to prison, the places of abode, the time of their commitment, shall state the cause of their commitment, and the authority that committed them, and if they are committed for criminal offenses, shall contain a description of their persons, and when any prisoner shall be liberated, said calendar shall state the time when, and the authority by which such liberation took place, and if any prisoner escapes, shall also state particularly the time and manner of said escape.

Sec. 11. At the opening of each session of the district court, within his county, the sheriff shall return a copy of said calendar under his hand, to the judge holding said court, and if any sheriff shall neglect or refuse so to do, he shall be punished by fine, not exceeding three hundred dollars.

Sec. 12. In the jails erected, or which shall be hereafter erected in this territory, there shall be provided sufficient and convenient apartments for confining prisoners not criminal, separate from felons and other criminals, and also for confining persons of different sexes, separate and apart from each other.

Sec. 13. Whenever any person shall be duly sentenced to solitary imprisonment and confinement at hard labor, in the territorial prison, or either of them, the sheriff of the proper county is required to execute such sentence of solitary imprisonment until a suitable territorial prison shall be provided, by confining such convict in one of the cells of the jail, or if there be no such cell, then in the most retired and solitary part of the jail; and during the time of such solitary imprisonment the convict shall be fed with bread and water only, unless other food shall be necessary for the preservation of his health: and no intercourse shall be allowed with such convict during such confinement, except for the conveyance of food and other necessary purposes.

Sec. 14. Whenever any person shall be confined in any jail pursuant to the sentence of any court, if such sentence or any part thereof shall be that he be confined at hard labor, the sheriff of the county in which such person shall be confined,