All officers and persons employed in and about the penitentiary shall perform such duties in the oversight and charge of the penitentiary, the use and care of the property belonging thereto, and the custody, discipline, government, and employment of the inmates as shall be required of them by the warden, in conformity to law and the rules and regulations of the penitentiary. No officer or employee shall be engaged directly or indirectly in procuring a pardon for any person confined therein. Any officer or employee violating the provisions of this section shall be removed immediately.
N.D.C.C. § 12-47-16