| NOV. 1809.
CHAP. 138. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
of by the governor and council, in the sum of two thousand
dollars, upon condition, that he, his deputies and assistants, shall
well and faithfully perform the trust and duties in them reposed;
which said bond, being executed before, and certified by, the governor
and council, under the great seal of the state, shall be legal
evidence in all courts of law in any suit against such keeper, or his
deputies and assistants. |
To appoint twelve
inspectors. |
38. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the governor and
council for the
time being of this state shall, sometime in the month of December,
annually, appoint twelve inspectors (a) of the said penitentiary-house
aforesaid, and if any person so appointed, and having accepted
said appointment, shall refuse to serve in the said office, he shall
forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by
action of debt, and applied towards defraying the annual expenses
of said institution; the said inspectors (a), seven of whom shall
be
a quorum, shall meet once in every three months, in an apartment
to be provided for that purpose in the said penitentiary, and may
be especially convened by the keeper, when occasion shall require,
and they shall, at their first meeting, and at each quarterly meeting
thereafter, appoint two of their number to be acting inspectors (a),
and it shall be the duty of the acting inspectors to attend the said
penitentiary at least once in each week, and shall examine into and
inspect the management of the said penitentiary, and the conduct
of the keeper and his deputies, and shall do and perform the several
matters and things directed by them to be done and performed.
(a) By 1817, ch. 72, they are
to be styled directors of the penitentiary. |
The board to
make further regulations
not inconsistent
with
any law of the
state, for promoting
the objects of
the institution. |
39. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the board of inspectors
(b), at
their quarterly or other meetings, shall make such other and further
orders and regulations for the purpose of promoting the objects
of the institution, as they may deem proper, so that the same be not
inconsistent with any law of this state, and such orders and regulations
shall be hung up in at least three of the most conspicuous
places in the said penitentiary; and if the said keeper, or any of his
deputies or assistants, shall obstruct or resist the said inspectors
(b),
or any of them, in the exercise of the powers and duties vested in
them by law, such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars,
to be recovered by action of debt, at the suit of the state, in
any court of competent jurisdiction, and applied to the benefit of
the penitentiary, and moreover be liable to be removed from office;
and the governor of this state for the time being shall always be considered
as one inspector (b), in addition to the number herein directed,
whenever he shall think proper to meet and act as such;
and the said board of inspectors (b) shall annually, at their first
meeting, and whenever thereafter a vacancy shall happen, appoint
a physician to attend the sick in the said penitentiary, who shall
render his account quarterly to the said inspectors (b) at their
quarterly
meetings, who shall decide thereon, and the said inspectors (b)
may allow the said physician a reasonable compensation for his services.
(b) See note to section 38. |
Keeper authorised
to punish by solitary
confinement,
and inspectors to
order whipping
not exceeding 39
lashes. |
40. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the keeper of
the penitentiary
shall have power to punish all such prisoners guilty of assaults
within the penitentiary, when no dangerous wound or bruise is
given, profane cursing and swearing, or indecent behaviour, idleness, |
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