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EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
34. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in order to prevent
the introduction
of contagious disorders, every person who shall be ordered
to hard labour in the penitentiary, shall be separately washed and
cleaned, and shall continue in such separate lodging until, in the
opinion of the inspectors, he or she is fit to be received among the
other prisoners, and the clothes in which such person shall then be
clothed, shall either be burnt, or, at the discretion of two of the
said inspectors (a), be buried, baked, fumigated, or carefully laid
by, until the expiration of the time for which such offender shall
be sentenced to hard labour, to be then returned to him or her.
(a) See note to section 38. |
NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 138.
Persons sentenced
to the penitentiary
to be separately
washed, &c. |
35. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the walls of the
cells and apartments
in the said penitentiary shall be whitewashed with lime and
water at least twice in every year, and the floors of the said cells
and apartments shall be washed once in every week, or oftener, if
the said inspectors (b) shall so direct, by one or more of the said
prisoners
in rotation, who, at the discretion of the said keeper, shall
have an extra allowance of diet for so doing; and the said prisoners
shall be allowed to walk and air themselves for such stated time
as their health may require, and the keeper shall permit; and if
proper employment can be found, such prisoners may be permitted,
with the approbation of one of the inspectors (b), to work in the
yard,
provided such airing and working in the yard be in the presence,
or within the view of the keeper, or his deputies or assistants.
(b) See note to section 38. |
Walls to be whitewashed
twice in
every year, and
floors to be washed
one or more every
week, &c. |
36. AND BE IT ENACTED, that one or more of
the apartments
in the penitentiary shall be fitted up as an infirmary, and in case
any such offender, being sick, shall, upon examination of a physician,
be found to require it, he or she shall be removed to the infirmary,
and his or her name shall be entered in a book to be kept for
that purpose, and when such physician shall report to the said keeper
that such offender is in a proper condition to quit the infirmary,
and return to his or her employment, such report shall be entered
by the said keeper, in the book kept for that purpose, and the
keeper shall order him or her back to his or her former labour, so
far as the same may be consistent with his or her state of health. |
One or more apartments
to be fitted
up as an infirmary,
&c. |
37. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the governor and
council for the
time being of this state shall, and they are hereby required, to appoint
a suitable person to be keeper (c) of the said penitentiary,
who shall, however, be removed whenever occasion may require,
in which case another shall from time to time be appointed in like
manner, who shall receive such compensation for his services, and
in lieu of all fees and gratuities by reason or under colour of the
said office, as the legislature from time to time shall direct, to be
paid in quarterly payments, to be drawn from the treasury of the
western shore, and also five per centum on the sales of all articles
manufactured by the said criminals; and such keeper shall have
power to appoint a suitable number of deputies and assistants, who
shall also receive such allowances as the legislature shall think just,
which allowances shall be paid quarterly in like manner; and before
any such keeper shall exercise any part of the said office, he
shall give bond to the state, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved
(c) by 1817, ch. 72, the keeper
is to be appointed by the directors of the penitentiary. |
Governor and
council to appoint
a keeper of penitentiary,
and a
suitable number
of deputies. |
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