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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
or carried within the prison lot by any sheriff, keeper, turnkey,
porter, or other person having charge thereof, or by any prisoner,
visitor, or other person whatever, except by order of the attending
physician or physicians of said prison, and except of such
small quantities of either as may be absolutely wanted to be consumed
by the keeper, turnkey, porter, or other person having
charge of said prison, and his, her or their family or families; and
that no person, except the attorney or attornies of a prisoner, shall
be permitted to visit a prisoner or prisoners within said lot or prison,
unless by special licence from the sheriff or principal keeper,
or some judge or justice, or other person legally authorised to give
the same; and if any sheriff shall introduce within the prison lot,
or suffer to be introduced, any such spirituous liquors, knowing it
to be done contrary to this act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of
one hundred dollars for each and every offence, to be recovered by
indictment, or information, one half to be paid to the informer
thereof, and the other half to be applied to the use of Baltimore
county; and if any keeper, turnkey, porter, or other person, having
charge of said prison or prison lot, shall introduce any such
spirituous liquors, of suffer them to be introduced, knowing it to
be done contrary to this act, and if any turnkey, porter of other
person, having charge of said prison or prison lot, except the sheriff
and principal keeper, shall admit any person or persons, (with
the exception of the attorney or attornies of any person confined
in said prison,) to enter the said prison or lot without licence as
aforesaid, each and every of them so offending, and it being fully
proved, shall be suspended from his office of keeper, turnkey or
porter, and be thereby incapable of holding any office or charge
within the said prison or prison lot, for the space of one year next
thereafter ensuing. |
NOV. 1812.
CHAP. 122.
penalty for so doing. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and may
be lawful to
and for the levy court of Baltimore county to assess and levy on
the assessable property of said county, any sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars in any one year, for the necessary repairs of said
prison and dependencies yearly, and to make and ordain such by-laws,
ordinances and regulations, as they shall think necessary for
the internal good government, health and safety of the prisoners,
and preservation of the building and enclosures, with such moderate
punishments or penalties annexed, as they shall think necessary
and just, and the same to alter and amend at their pleasure,
and cause the same to be written or printed, and fixed up within
the said prison, prison lot and wards thereof, provided such by-laws,
ordinances and regulations, are not contrary to the constitution
and laws of the United States, or the constitution and laws of
this state, and provided the same shall be subject to the revision
and control of the judges of Baltimore county court. |
Levy authorised
for repairs of prison. |
