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§§ 7730-7731 may be necessary. Each officer, overseer, or keeper employed in or about the prison, shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths, to discharge the duties respectively required by law and the regulations of the prison, faithfully and to the best of his ability, which said oaths shall be filed with the warden of the penitentiary:

§ 7730. The warden shall be appointed by the directors, to hold his office for two years, unless sooner removed by the directors, and said directors are hereby authorized to remove such warden at their discretion. All other officers and employes shall be appointed by the warden, to be approved by the directors, and shall hold their office during the pleasure of the warden.

§ 7731. The warden shall receive a salary to be fixed by the directors, not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum, and all other officers and employes such amounts as the directors may from time to time determine and fix upon.

§ 7732. The directors shall appoint some one of their number, from time to time, whose duty it shall be to visit the prison at least once in each month, and inspect the books and all the concerns of the prison, and ascertain whether the officers are competent and faithful, and the convicts properly governed and employed and cared for, and said visitor shall have power to direct any alteration or change therein, with the assent of the directors.

§ 7733. All books and documents relating to the concerns of the prison shall at all times be open to the examination of the directors and the public.

§ 7731. The warden shall, under the direction of the directors, have the charge and custody of the prison, with all lands, buildings, furniture and tools, implements, stock and provisions and every other species of property pertaining thereto or within the precincts thereof, and shall superintend the police of the prison, and discipline of the convicts. He shall be secretary of the board of directors and keep and preserve accurate minutes of all their meetings. He shall be treasurer of the prison, and he shall render to the directors, on the first day of each month, a full and accurate statement of all moneys received by him, and all sums of money expended by him during the preceding month, showing on what account received and expended and shall accompany such report with proper vouchers for all such expenditures, which report shall be verified by the oath of the warden, and shall receive and pay out all moneys granted by the legislature for the support of the prison, and such as may accrue from the business of manufacturing under contract or otherwise, convict labor or rentage or sale of any 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. He shall be his own clerk and