LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1838.

1303

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That a majority of the field and
staff officers of each regiment, may make all minor by-laws, for

Rules and
orders.

the rule and government of the regiment, not inconsistent with

the rights and privileges of command, nor incompatible with

the provisions of this act, or the laws of the state.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act con-

Baltimore
city ex-

tained, shall be construed to apply to the city of Baltimore.

cepted.

CHAPTER 400.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT relating to the Maryland Penitentiary.

See 1837, ch 320, ante page 1265,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Power of

That so much of the sixth section of the act, relating to the
Maryland Penitentiary, to which this is a supplement, as autho-

appointing
assistant
warden.

rizes the warden thereof, annually, to appoint an assistant war-

den, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that the authority

thereby conferred upon said warden, be, and the same is hereby

in the same manner, and to the same extent, vested in the direc-

tors of said penitentiary.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the thirteenth section of

13th sec. of

said act, December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,
chapter three hundred and twenty, be, and the same is hereby

act of 1837,
ch. 320,
repealed.

repealed, and that the forty-sixth section of the act of November

46th sec. of

session, eighteen hundred and nine, chapter one hundred and
thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby declared to be, in full

act of 1809,
ch. 138, re-
enacted.

force and effect, from and after the passage of this act.

See 1837, ch. 320, sec. 13, note, ante page 1268.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the power heretofore con-

Courts no

ferred upon the several courts of this state, in passing sentence
upon persons convicted of crimes, to direct and appoint the part

longer com-
pelled to
sentence to

or portion of the time, of his or her imprisonment, to be placed

solitary
confine-

and kept in the solitary cells of said penitentiary, on low and

ment.

coarse diet, be, and the same is hereby rescinded and annulled.