LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1819.

707

therein by the courts of the United States in and for the District
of Maryland, on condition that he be paid towards the support
of said institution the sum of thirty cents per diem for the time
the said prisoner shall remain in custody, which prisoner shall
be subjected to the same laws and discipline whilst there, to
which other convicts from the state courts are subjected.

courts of U.
S. in peni-
tentiary.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or persons, who
may already have been sentenced to imprisonment in Baltimore
county jail, by the courts of the United States as aforesaid, may
at the request of the judges of the court, when convicted, be
removed to the penitentiary for the remainder of their time, on
the same terms and conditions as before mentioned in relation
to future convicts.

Persons al-
ready sen-
tenced to
imprison-
ment in
gaol may be
removed to
penitentiary

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the per diem before men-
tioned shall be paid, or secured to be paid monthly, to the
keeper of the penitentiary, who shall account for the same to
the said institution, and if payment of the said per diem shall
not be punctually paid, the keeper shall release the prisoner,
after three days notice, to the marshal of the district.

CHAPTER 84.
A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act relating to Insolvent Debtors
in the City and County of Baltimore.
See 1816, ch. 221, ante page 652.

Per diem to
be paid
monthly.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all applications by any person or persons residing in the
city or county of Baltimore, for the benefit of the insolvent laws
of this state, shall hereafter be made to the commissioners of
insolvent debtors for the city and county of Baltimore, appointed
in virtue of the act to which this is a supplement, or to either of
them, instead of being made to Baltimore county court, or the
judges thereof; and the said commissioners are hereby autho-
rized and empowered, to administer to the applicant the oath
directed to be taken by the said insolvent laws, and they, and
each of them, are hereby vested with all the powers of Balti-
more county court, or the judges thereof, in relation to such
application, and shall grant a personal discharge to such appli-
cant in the same manner as Baltimore county court, or any
judge thereof, is directed by the second section of the act to
which this is a supplement, and they shall fix the time for the
final hearing before Baltimore county court; and if upon the
examination directed to be made by the said act, it shall appear
that the said applicant hath complied with the terms and condi-
tions of the said insolvent laws, and hath acted fairly and bona
fide, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to report the
same to Baltimore county court, in the manner directed by the
fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement, and the

All applica-
tion a for
benefit of
insolvent
laws to be
made to
commis-
sioners, &c.