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§§ 7680-7686 personal property. The warden shall keep an account of all moneys received for gate fees for the admission of visitors to the prison, the amount of which for each year shall be embraced in his annual report and shall constitute a part of the prison revenues.

§ 7680. The warden shall be his own clerk and shall keep a correct record of all the transactions of his office and a correct account of all his doings.

§ 7681. Before the warden enters upon the duties of his office, he shall give a bond to the territory of Dakota in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, with two or more sureties to be approved by the directors, conditioned that he will faithfully account for all moneys which shall come into his hands as prison treasurer, and perform all duties incumbent upon him as warden of the prison; he shall also before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and such bond, with the approval of the directors indorsed thereon and the oath aforesaid, shall be filed in the office of the territorial treasurer.

§ 7682. Whenever the directors shall deem it necessary they may require the warden to file new bonds with satisfactory security, in a larger sum than that specified in the preceding section, subject to their approval.

§ 7683. The warden shall make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this territory, for the government of the officers and convicts of the prison as he may deem necessary and proper, subject to the approval of the directors.

§ 7684. The warden shall reside within the prison grounds, and neither the warden nor any prison officer appointed by him or holding any office in the prison, including the directors, shall directly have any interest or concern pecuniarily in any contract, either verbal or written, which may be entered into by said warden on the part of the territory, for any purpose whatever con­nected with the business of the prison.

§ 7685. The warden shall on the thirtieth day of November in each year, make an annual detailed report to the directors, verified on oath, which shall contain at full and accurate statement of all concerns of the prison for the year ending on that day; also a list of convicts who have been received, discharged, pardoned, or who have died during the y ear, including the pris­oners sentenced by the United States courts, and an estimate of expenses for the ensuing year, which report the directors shall submit to the governor with their own, and by him be submitted to the legislature.

§ 7686. All contracts made on the part of the territory by the warden, on account of the prison, shall be in writing and approved by the directors before taking effect, unless when the wants or necessities of the prison shall compel the warden to pur­chase supplies of any kind immediately, in which case he may pur­chase the same upon verbal agreement. All contracts lawfully made by him shall be deemed the contracts of the territory. The · prison property of every kind in his charge is the property of the territory, and all funds of the prison received by him shall at all times be kept separate from any other funds. The warden shall have power to make all purchases for the prison on such conditions and in such manner as in his opinion will best promote the interests of the territory.