ART. 73.] PENITENTIARY. 487

3. The Governor shall also, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, biennially appoint a Warden to the
Penitentiary, who shall serve for two years, or until a new
appointment; and upon the said office becoming vacant, a new
appointment shall be made for the unexpired time of the late
incumbent.

4. The Directors shall, before entering upon the duties of their
office, each take an oath that he will well and faithfully execute
and perform the duties appertaining to his office according to the
laws of this State, and the rules and regulations adopted for the
government of the Maryland Penitentiary, and that he will not
during his connection with said penitentiary, sell to or buy from
the said institution or its authorities, directly or indirectly, any
article or thing whatever; and any director swearing falsely in
the premises, and being convicted thereof in due course of law,
shall suffer as in cases of wilful and corrupt perjury, and any
director who shall act in his office before taking said oath, shall,
upon conviction thereof in the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, to and for the
use of the said penitentiary, to be recovered in the name of
the State.

5. The Board of Directors shall annually appoint an assistant
warden, a book-keeper, physician and matron, and as many super-
intendents, deputy keepers, guards or other officers, as they may
deem necessary for the service of the institution, and shall also
regulate and determine their respective salaries and duties as far
as may be consistent with law, or the rules hereinafter esta-
blished, and shall prescribe the oaths to be taken by all the
officers, or other persons officially connected with the institution,
before entering upon their respective duties.

6. If any officer employed in said penitentiary shall, in taking
the oath prescribed by said directors, swear falsely, he shall,
upon conviction thereof in due course of law, suffer as in cases
of wilful and corrupt perjury; and any officer who shall act
in his office before taking said oath and filing bond as required,
shall, upon conviction thereof in the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars, to be recovered and
applied as directed in the preceding sections.

7. The warden and the other officers, guards and superintend-
ents employed in the Penitentiary, before entering upon the dis-