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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1837.

obedience is required and will be obtained ; he shall see that

Discharge.

the convicts on their discharge, are possessed of every thing

that they brought with them to the prison ; he shall take proper

measures for the health and cleanliness of the prison, and see

that the convicts pay proper attention to their persons; he shall

not permit any kind of gaming, or profane or indecorous lan-

Occupation

guage to be used by the convicts or any of the officers ; he

of time.

shall employ his time, in the prison, as much as possible in his

office or lodge, overlooking the other officers in the discharge of

their duties, and he is expected to be acquainted with the dif-

ferent kinds of business carried on, so as to form a proper esti-

mate of the faithfulness with which the whole work may be

done.

Employ-

He shall designate the employment of the prisoners, reference

ment of
prisoners.

being had to their age, sex and health, and the profits of labour ;
under his direction the assistant warden shall deliver out the

materials and receive the manufactures, and he shall cause such

Work -shop

accounts to be kept in the workshops and other departments of

accounts.

labour as will show the amount of material furnished and the

quantity of work done by each convict, and the amount to

(*be)

which they may [*] entitled for overwork, and these accounts

shall be closed every week, for the purpose of detecting and

punishing any misconduct of the prisoners in the performance of

their tasks.

Moral

He shall inspect the moral conduct of the prisoners, and in

conduct.

person, or by the assistant warden, attend divine service when-

ever it may be held, at which all the prisoners shall attend,

unless prevented by sickness.

Police and

He shall be answerable for the police and discipline of the

discipline.

institution, and shall report monthly to the board upon the con-

duct of the officers under his direction ; and the board shall

remove any officer for the slightest offence or omission in the

discharge of his duty.

Intercourse

He must not permit any prisoners to be together at any time,

forbid.

without proper supervision by an officer; no member of his

family shall hold any intercourse with the prisoners more than

is allowed to strangers ; he must preserve his family entirely

isolated from the prison, and on no pretext shall he allow or

permit a prisoner to leave the prison yard and come into the

Petty
officers.

front building ; proper officers must be named to attend to all
such duty as is now performed by convicts in passing to and

from the front building and the prison.

Espionage
forbid.

He must not encourage any espionage or tale-bearing among
the convicts ; he must govern the institution by the weight of

its authorities, and the prisoners must be made to feel that the

officers are entirely cognizant of all their improper designs, and

prepared to counteract or prevent any effort on their part.