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judgment, and the said visitors shall provide a book or books
in which shall be entered the minutes of their proceedings
under this act, and the certificate of each visitor having taken
and subscribed the oath or affirmation aforesaid, and when the
said visitors or any three of them appointed in virtue of this
act, shall have taken and subscribed the said oath or affirma-
tion, they shall be qualified and competent to exercise all the
powers, and perform the duties herein granted and required ;
three members shall at any time form a quorum for the transac-
tion of business.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said visitors shall have
full power and authority as often as they may deem it necessary,
to visit and inspect the said jail and the prisoners confined
therein ; to make by-laws for the internal police and good go-
vernment thereof, and for the preservation of the buildings and
other property ; to regulate and provide the diet of the priso-
ners, procure necessary bedding and clothing for their Use, to
make such repairs, alterations and improvements in and about
the jail as they may deem necessary ; to provide medicines and
attendance for such of the prisoners as are sick, and that they
shall have a discretionary power of employing any prisoners,
including debtors and persons on the bounds, with consent of
such prisoners, in such work and labour in and about the pre-
mises, as may not be inconsistent with their safe keeping,
according to the tenor of their commitment ; and the visitors
shall keep an account of the earnings of each person engaged in
such voluntary labour, and upon his or her discharge, he or she
shall be allowed two-thirds of the net proceeds thereof, to be
ascertained by the said visitors. And all vagrants committed
to the jail of Baltimore county, under the existing laws of this
state, free negroes or slaves who may be committed, shall be
required to perform such work and labour without their consent
being thereto first had and obtained.
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Visit and
inspect.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of sard
visitors to choose annually at their first meeting in the month
of April or at some subsequent meeting, a president and secre-
tary from among the members of the board ; the president shall
preside at all meetings of the board; the secretary shall keep
the minutes of their proceedings ; the board shall meet on the
first Tuesday of every month or at such other times as they
may direct; special meetings may be called at any time by the
president or any two members on giving three days' notice in
writing to the members.
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Officers;
meetings.
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