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§ 7687. WVhenever the warden shall determine to contract for the furnishing of the principal articles purchased for the use of the prison, such as food, fuel, lumber, stone, iron or steel, the same shall be contracted for by the year, when such contracts can be advantageously made. The warden shall give previous notice in at least two newspapers printed in the territory of Dakota, of the articles wanted, the quality and quantity thereof, as near as the same can be ascertained, the time and manner of delivery and the period during which such articles shall be received. Such notice shall be published at least three successive weeks.

§ 7688. All such proposals shall be in writing and sealed up, and upon the day appointed in the notice in the foregoing section, they shall be opened by the warden, who shall cause all offers made in such proposals to be entered in a book and compared. The person offering the best terms, together with satisfactory security for the performance which shall be required by the warden in said notice, shall be entitled to the contract, unless it shall appear to the warden that no one of the offers is as low as the market price. In that case no offer shall be accepted, but the warden may, if he thinks necessary advertise again and proceed as before provided for.

§ 7689. All persons contracting under the provisions of the preceding sections shall give bonds to the territory in a reasonable sum with satisfactory security for the faithful performance of their contract. All bills contracted by the warden for purchases on account of the prison, shall be approved by a majority of the directors before payment.

§ 7690. The warden shall take bills of quantity and price of the supplies furnished, in all cases where the same is practicable, at the time of their delivery, and the warden or such other officer as the warden shall direct shall compare the bill with the articles delivered, and if the same are found correct, he shall make a corresponding entry on the account books of the prison and file the bill as a voucher of the fact of such delivery. If any bill so rendered for supplies shall be discovered to be incorrect on comparing it with the articles delivered, the warden shall immediately give notice to the person furnishing such supplies.

§ 7691. It is made the duty of the warden, and he is hereby required, to make out and present to the directors of the penitentiary a detailed estimate of the amount of money necessary to meet the current expenses of the prison for the next ensuing month, and upon presentation of said estimate, to the territorial auditor, duly approved and certified to be correct by the board of directors of said penitentiary, or a majority of them, the auditor shall draw a warrant upon the treasurer for the amount of said estimates so certified and approved, in favor of the warden of said penitentiary.

§ 7692. The sheriff of each county shall convey to the territorial prison, all persons convicted in his county and sentenced to be confined in said prison, as soon as may be after such conviction and sentence shall have been had; and after delivering such convict or convicts to the warden, together with a certified copy of the judgment of conviction of the court ordering such imprisonment, the warden shall deliver to such sheriff a receipt, in which he shall acknowledge having received the prisoner-naming him-which receipt the said sheriff shall file in the office of the clerk of the court where such conviction and sentence were had.