LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1837.

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Article 9. Matron. — The matron shall attend at all times,

Matron's

and reside in the prison, except when allowed to go out by the

duties.

warden. The rules and regulations for the government of the

men are to bo enforced among the women ; and they are to per-

form such work, under the matron's superintendence, as the

warden may direct.

Article 10. Visiters. — No person shall be permitted to visit

Restrictions

the penitentiary except on business, and this shall be transacted

in the front building, or unless he have a written permission, as

the directors may prescribe, or unless he be a member of the

legislature, for the time being, governor, secretary of state, judge

of a court of record, attorney-general, or one of his deputies,

members of a city corporation in the state, or sheriffs, or grand

jurors. Visitors shall hold no communication with the con-

victs, except by permission, and in the presence of an officer,

nor receive nor give any thing from or to them. And the prac-

tice of visiting the convicts shall be discountenanced as much

sis possible.

Article 11. Convicts. — The convicts shall be cleansed on their

Persons.

admission, and furnished with suitable and comfortable clothing

of such pattern and description, and to be changed as often as

the directors may designate. They shall be put to hard labour

Labour.

every day in the year, except Sunday and Christmas day, and

when Christmas falls on Sunday, then the next Monday, and

their time so employed as to be most advantageous. In no

Breach of

cases shall offences against order and discipline be overlooked,

discipline.

but shall be promptly punished. They shall be allowed the

means of communicating in writing to the board, who shall

inquire into their complaints and give proper attention to the

subject matter of their addresses. Good conduct and industry

Conduct.

shall be encouraged by favourable reports to the board; but in

no case shall any hope of pardon or favour be held out to them.

The men and women shall always be kept separate, the former

Sexes

to be locked at night separate in the east wing, and the latter

separate.

to be kept as much as possible from each other in their proper

department. The slops and offal of the prison shall be sold, or

Offal.

used in raising hogs or other stock, for the use of the house ;

and none of the officers shall be allowed to raise stock of any

Restriction.

kind within the walls. The ground within the prison walls

may be cultivated for the use of the prison, under the direction

of the wardens, for the purpose of keeping down unhealthy ex-

halations from weeds, rubbish, et cetera. The warden may keep

Warden's

a horse and cow for his own use, to be attended by his own ser-

horse and
cow.

vants and fed at his own expense. The walls and houses must

be whitewashed at least three times a year. The convicts shall

Meals pre-

have three meals a day, consisting in all of one and a quarter

scribed.

pounds of flour, three-quarters of a pound of beef or a half pound