his office or under color thereof, and shall also take and subscribe an oath, to be indorsed upon said bond or appended thereto, that he will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of North Dakota and faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his appointment according to law and to the best of his ability, and said bond and oath shall be filed and retained in the office of the state treasurer. And each of the other officers and employees shall, before entering upon the duties of his appointment, take and subscribe an oath of like import and such oath shall be filed and retained by the warden. The board of trustees may require the warden to execute and file a new and additional bond, with other and satisfactory sureties, in a larger sum than that specified above whenever in its judgment it may be deemed necessary.
§ 8534. Salary of warden, Other officers. The warden shall receive a salary to be fixed by the board of trustees but not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum, and all other officers and employees such amounts as the board of trustees may, from time to time, determine and establish.
§ 8535. Powers and duties of warden. Visitors. Records. It shall not be lawful for both the warden and deputy warden to be absent from the penitentiary at the same time, except by permission of the board of trustees, but in such case such board shall in its discretion designate one of its number to act as warden during such absence. The warden shall, under the direction of the board of trustees, have the charge, custody and control of the penitentiary and the persons committed thereto, together 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 and be responsible for the police of the penitentiary and the discipline of the inmates; he shall keep and preserve accurate records of all the meetings of the board of trustees; he may make such rules and regulations for the admission of visitors, including a gate fee for their admission as may be deemed necessary, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, and may designate days for the admission of visitors and limit such days to not less than two in each week. The warden shall be his own clerk and keep a correct record of all transactions of his office and a correct account of all his doings; he shall keep a daily journal of the proceedings of the penitentiary, in which he shall note all infractions of the rules and regulations thereof by any officer or employee, and shall enter in such journal a memorandum of every complaint made by any inmate, of cruel or unjust treatment by any officer or other person, or a want of proper clothing or food, and also any infraction of the rules and regulations of the penitentiary by any of the inmates, naming him and specifying the offense, and the punishment, if any, inflicted therefor, and said journal and memorandum shall be laid before the board of trustees at every meeting.
§ 8536. Warden to make rules and regulations. The warden shall make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state, for the government of the officers, employees and inmates of penitentiary, as he may deem necessary proper, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, and he may, from time to time, with the approval of the board of trustees make such changes in said rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and a printed copy of the rules and regulations of the penitentiary
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