1968

LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1837.

that he or she will not, during his or her connection with said

penitentiary, sell to or buy from the said institution or its autho-

rities, directly or indirectly, any article or thing whatever; and

Swearing
falsely
deemed

any officer swearing or affirming falsely in the premises, and
being convicted thereof, in due course of law, shall suffer as in

perjury.

cases of wilful and corrupt perjury ; and if either of them shall

Penalty for
acting with-
out bond.

act in his or her office before taking the oath, and filing bond as
required, he or she shall, upon conviction thereof in Baltimore

&C.

city court, forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, to and

for the use of the said penitentiary, to be recovered in the name

of the state.

Being con-

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That no person having any offi-

cerned in
contracts

cial connection with the said institution, shall be directly or

indirectly concerned, or interested in any contract, purchase or

sale of any thing for, by, or on account of the said prison, nor

shall they sell to, nor purchase from the said prison, or its au-

thorities, any article whatever; and any person so offending

Dismissed
and fined.

shall be immediately dismissed from his employment, and be
subject to a fine of five hundred dollars, to be imposed and re-

ceived as prescribed in the thirteenth section of this act; and

the said directors and other officers are hereby required to make

Knowledge
of and fail-

report to the board of directors, of all such offences coming to
their knowledge, and a failure or neglect, shall be considered a

ing to re-
port deemed

breach of duty, and punishable under the ninth section of this

a breach.

act.

SEC. 13. This section is repealed by the 2d section of 1838, ch. 400, by

which the forty-sixth section of the act of November session, 1809, ch. 13S,

is declared to be in full force ; that section having been omitted, (with a num-

ber of others, supplied by this act, see ante page 588,) is here inserted.

NOVEMBER, 1809. — CHAP. 138.

SEC. 46. And be it enacted. That the court of oyer and ter-

miner and gaol delivery for Baltimore county shall, at each and

every term, charge the grand jury attending to inquire into the

conduct and management of the keeper, deputy and assistants,

of the said penitentiary, and to make presentments of all of-

fences and omissions of the said keeper, deputy and assistants,

in and relating to the said penitentiary; and the said court

shall, at the terms aforesaid, direct a number, not exceeding six

of the said grand jurors, to visit and examine the said peni-

tentiary.

By 1816, ch. 193, sec. 1, all the powers, &c. of the court of oyer and

terminer are vested in Baltimore city court, see ante page 649.

Goods to be

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the goods and articles,

sold at
wholesale.

manufactured at the said penitentiary, shall be sold at whole-
sale, in bills of not less than fifty dollars, to any one purchaser;

Penalty.

and for any violation of this section of this act, the agents of

the penitentiary shall be subject to the penalties imposed by the

thirteenth section.